DENVER, CO – The 8,000 member strong janitors, airport workers, healthcare workers, and security officers of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 have officially announced their endorsements for the upcoming election on November 3rd.
SEIU Local 105 is proud to be a member-led union. As such it was the union’s service worker membership – black, brown, and white – from across Colorado that interviewed dozens of candidates and made the important decisions to endorse leaders who are committed to putting working families first in our state.
“This is the most important election in our lifetime. Now more than ever, we must elect leaders that will stand united with workers to fight for a better future,” said Ron Ruggiero, President of SEIU Local 105. “No matter where you come from or the color of your skin, our communities need elected leaders who will fight for racial and economic justice because we cannot have one without the other.”
Workers across the country continue to grapple with the double pandemic of COVID-19 and record unemployment. Since the beginning of the first stay-at-home orders, essential workers have had to fight for personal protective equipment, essential pay, and paid sick leave while continuing to put their lives on the line every day. SEIU Local 105 members are confident that these endorsements will set the tone in the fight for a new normal in our state. We know that together we can make the way to a better future for all Coloradans.
“We are proud to endorse local champions who both understand the real issues affecting working people and are dedicated to making lasting change in our communities,” said Michael Howard, President of Committee on Political Education (COPE) for SEIU Local 105. “We need leaders who will fight for better working conditions, higher wages, safer workplaces, and the freedom to join together in unions. There is so much at stake this election, and we are ready to put in the work to win on November 3rd.”
SEIU Local 105 Endorsements
| US Senate | John Hickenlooper |
| US House CD1 | Diana DeGette |
| US House CD2 | Joe Neguse |
| US House CD3 | Diane Mitsch Bush |
| US House CD6 | Jason Crow |
| US House CD7 | Ed Perlmutter |
| Colorado Senate SD 8 | Karl Hanlon |
| Colorado Senate SD 14 | Joann Ginal |
| Colorado Senate SD 17 | Sonya Jaquez Lewis |
| Colorado Senate SD 18 | Stephen Fenberg |
| Colorado Senate SD 19 | Rachel Zenzinger |
| Colorado Senate SD 21 | Dominick Moreno |
| Colorado Senate SD 23 | Sally Boccella |
| Colorado Senate SD 25 | Paula Dickerson |
| Colorado Senate SD 26 | Jeff Bridges |
| Colorado Senate SD 27 | Chris Kolker |
| Colorado Senate SD 28 | Janet Buckner |
| Colorado Senate SD 29 | Rhonda Fields |
| Colorado Senate SD 31 | Chris Hansen |
| Colorado Senate SD 33 | James Coleman |
| Colorado House District 1 | Susan Lontine |
| Colorado House District 2 | Alec Garnett |
| Colorado House District 3 | Meg Froelich |
| Colorado House District 4 | Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez |
| Colorado House District 5 | Alex Valdez |
| Colorado House District 6 | Steven Woodrow |
| Colorado House District 8 | Leslie Herod |
| Colorado House District 9 | Emily Sirota |
| Colorado House District 10 | Edie Hooton |
| Colorado House District 11 | Karen Ann McCormick |
| Colorado House District 12 | Tracey Bernett |
| Colorado House District 13 | Judy Amabile |
| Colorado House District 17 | Tony Exum, Sr. |
| Colorado House District 18 | Marc Snyder |
| Colorado House District 23 | Chris Kennedy |
| Colorado House District 24 | Monica Duran |
| Colorado House District 25 | Lisa Cutter |
| Colorado House District 26 | Dylan Roberts |
| Colorado House District 27 | Brianna Titone |
| Colorado House District 28 | Kerry Tipper |
| Colorado House District 29 | Lindsey Daugherty |
| Colorado House District 30 | Dafna Michaelson Jenet |
| Colorado House District 31 | Yadira Caraveo |
| Colorado House District 33 | Matt Gray |
| Colorado House District 34 | Kyle Mullica |
| Colorado House District 35 | Shannon Bird |
| Colorado House District 36 | Mike Weissman |
| Colorado House District 37 | Tom Sullivan |
| Colorado House District 38 | David Ortiz |
| Colorado House District 40 | Naquetta Ricks |
| Colorado House District 41 | Iman Jodeh |
| Colorado House District 42 | Dominique Jackson |
| Colorado House District 43 | Jennifer Mitkowski |
| Colorado House District 46 | Daneya Esgar |
| Colorado House District 47 | Brianna Buentello |
| Colorado House District 50 | Mary Young |
| Colorado House District 51 | Cathy Kipp |
| Colorado House District 53 | Jeni James Arndt |
| Colorado House District 59 | Barbara McLachlan |
| Colorado House District 61 | Julie McCluskie |
| Prop 118 – Paid Family and Medical Leave Initiative | Support |
| Colorado Amendment B – Gallagher Amendment Repeal and Property Tax Assessment Rates Measure | Support |
| Colorado Amendment 76 – Citizenship Requirement for Voting Initiative | Oppose |
| Prop 116 – Decrease the income tax rate from 4.63% to 4.55% Initiative | Oppose |
| Prop 117 – Require voter approval for certain new enterprises exempt from TABOR initiative | Oppose |
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The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 is an organization made up of more than 8,000 healthcare, property service, and airport workers in Colorado. Our union is part of the fastest-growing union in North America, whose 2 million members make up the largest healthcare union, the largest property services union, and the second-largest public services union.
