State House hopeful wins union supportFriday, May 9, 2008
State House District 111 hopeful Clay Middleton won the backing from several labor unions Wednesday. Ken Riley, President of ILA Local 1422, Erin McKee of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the executive committee of the AFL-CIO announced they backed Middleton, an Iraq war veteran who now works for U.S. Majority Whip James Clyburn's Lowcountry office. Middleton said he is trying to reach all District 111 voters, "and working families are a major part of the team we are building." He faces a June 10 Democratic primary battle against Charleston City Councilman Wendell Gilliard and S.C. State University Board of Trustees chairman Maurice Washington. Voters will decide who will fill the seat being vacated by Rep. Floyd Breeland's retirement. |
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Posted by zoomru on May 9, 2008 at 10:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
WHAT!! A CLYBURN-ISTA!!! CLAY YOU ARE TOAST!!!
SO.....you bent over for SENATORO ROBERTO BYRD-ASA! (LORD VADER!) just like GRAND MASTER FLASH CLYBURN-OSO and Linse' SUAVE' DID!!!!! YOU IDIOT!!!!!! WE Need leaders with GUTS to do the right thing by OUR state!! not just region!!!
Maurice and Wendell...DO YOU BEND OVER!!! DO YOU HAVE GUTS!!!
Posted by bigwhip on May 9, 2008 at 10:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
A union endorsement!!!!!! WOW!!!! My bet is it will cost him votes.