Informed union voters can make a big difference Nov. 8
THE CANDIDATES LISTED below have been selected by the leadership of the local lodges in their areas, along with the International Government Affairs Department, as those who will best support working families.
We know that how you vote is a personal decision. And we respect that decision. We also know that working families will make a huge difference in these elections – just as we did in the 2004, when many pro-worker candidates were elected to Congress and to state and local offices across the nation.
The union’s source of strength in the political arena is an informed union member who registers and votes. Please make your vote count in 2016!
Learn more about the selection criteria...
Candidates for the House of Representatives are listed by congressional district. Endorsements are also included for statewide elections. Races where no candidate earned our endorsements have been left off the list.
List of States
(Click on a state name below to display endorsements to the right.)
Endorsements
| Alabama |
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| 5th | Will Boyd (D)+ |
| Alaska |
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| Senator | Lisa Murkowski (R) |
| At-Large | Steve Lindbeck (D)+ |
| Arizona |
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| Senator | Ann Kirkpatrick (D)+ |
| 1st | Tom O’Halleran (D)* |
| 2nd | Matt Heinz (D)+ |
| 3rd | Raul Grijalva (D) |
| 7th | Ruben Gallego (D) |
| 9th | Kyrsten Sinema (D) |
| Arkansas |
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| Senator | Conner Eldridge (D)+ |
| 2nd | Dianne Curry (D)+ |
| California |
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| Senator | Kamala Harris (D)* |
| 1st | Jim Reed (D)+ |
| 2nd | Jared Huffman (D) |
| 3rd | John Garamendi (D) |
| 4th | Bob Derlet (D)+ |
| 5th | Mike Thompson (D) |
| 6th | Doris Matsui (D) |
| 8th | Paul Cook (R) |
| 9th | Jerry McNerney (D) |
| 10th | Michael Eggman (D)+ |
| 11th | Mark DeSaulnier (D) |
| 12th | Nancy Pelosi (D) |
| 13th | Barbara Lee (D) |
| 14th | Jackie Speier (D) |
| 15th | Eric Swalwell (D) |
| 17th | Mike Honda (D) |
| 18th | Anna Eshoo (D) |
| 19th | Zoe Lofgren (D) |
| 20th | Jimmy Panetta (D)* |
| 21st | Emilio Huerta (D) |
| 22nd | Louie Campos (D)+ |
| 23rd | Wendy Reed (D)+ |
| 24th | Salud Carbajal (D)* |
| 25th | Bryan Caforio (D)+ |
| 26th | Julia Brownley (D) |
| 27th | Judy Chu (D) |
| 28th | Adam Schiff (D) |
| 29th | Tony Cardenas (D) |
| 30th | Brad Sherman (D) |
| 31st | Pete Aguilar (D) |
| 33rd | Ted Lieu (D) |
| 34th | Xavier Becerra (D) |
| 35th | Norma Torres (D) |
| 36th | Raul Ruiz (D) |
| 37th | Karen Bass (D) |
| 38th | Linda Sanchez (D) |
| 39th | Brett Murdock (D)+ |
| 40th | Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) |
| 41st | Mark Takano (D) |
| 42nd | Tim Sheridan (D)+ |
| 43rd | Maxine Waters (D) |
| 44th | Isadore Hall III (D)* |
| 46th | Lou Correa (D)* |
| 47th | Alan Lowenthal (D) |
| 48th | Suzanne Savary (D)+ |
| 49th | Douglas Applegate (D)+ |
| 51st | Juan Vargas (D) |
| Colorado |
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| 1st | Diana DeGette (D) |
| 3rd | Gail Schwartz (D)+ |
| 6th | Morgan Carroll (D)+ |
| Connecticut |
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| Senator | Richard Blumenthal (D) |
| 1st | John Larson (D) |
| 2nd | Joe Courtney (D) |
| 3rd | Rosa DeLauro (D) |
| 5th | Elizabeth Esty (D) |
| Delaware |
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| Governor | John Carney (D)* |
| At-Large | Lisa Rochester (D)* |
| District of Columbia |
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| At-Large | Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) |
| Florida |
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| Senator | Patrick Murphy (D)+ |
| 13th | Charlie Crist (D)+ |
| 14th | Kathy Castor (D) |
| 17th | April Freeman (D)+ |
| 20th | Alcee Hastings (D) |
| 21st | Lois Frankel (D) |
| 22nd | Ted Deutch (D) |
| 24th | Frederica Wilson (D) |
| 25th | Mario Diaz-Balart (R) |
| 27th | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) |
| Georgia |
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| Senator | Jim Barksdale (D)+ |
| 2nd | Sanford Bishop (D) |
| 4th | Henry “Hank” Johnson (D) |
| 5th | John Lewis (D) |
| 13th | David Scott (D) |
| Hawaii |
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| Senator | Brian Schatz (D) |
| 1st | Colleen Hanabusa (D)* |
| 2nd | Tulsi Gabbard (D) |
| Idaho |
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| Senator | Jerry Sturgill (D)+ |
| 1st | James Piotrowski (D)+ |
| 2nd | Jennifer Martinez (D)+ |
| Illinois |
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| Comptroller | Susan Mendoza (D)+ |
| Senator | Tammy Duckworth (D)+ |
| 1st | Bobby Rush (D) |
| 2nd | Robin Kelly (D) |
| 3rd | Daniel Lapinski (D) |
| 4th | Luis Gutierrez (D) |
| 6th | Amanda Holland (D)+ |
| 7th | Danny Davis (D) |
| 8th | Raja Krishnamoorthi (D)* |
| 9th | Jan Schakowsky (D) |
| 10th | Bradley Schneider (D)+ |
| 11th | Bill Foster (D) |
| 12th | CJ Baracevic (D)+ |
| 17th | Cheri Bustos (D) |
| Indiana |
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| Governor | John Gregg (D)* |
| Super of Public Instruction | Glenda Ritz (D) |
| Senator | Evan Bayh (D)* |
| 1st | Peter Visclosky (D) |
| 2nd | Lynn Coleman (D)+ |
| 5th | Angela Demaree (D)+ |
| 6th | Barry Welsh (D)+ |
| 7th | Andre Carson (D) |
| 9th | Shelli Yoder (D)+ |
| Iowa |
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| 1st | Monica Vernon (D)+ |
| 2nd | David Loebsack (D) |
| 3rd | Jim Mowrer (D)+ |
| 4th | Kim Weaver (D)+ |
| Kansas |
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| Senator | Patrick Wiesner (D)+ |
| 2nd | Britani Potter (D)+ |
| 3rd | Jay Sidie (D)+ |
| 4th | Daniel B. Giroux (D)+ |
| Kentucky |
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| 1st | Sam Gaskins (D)* |
| 3rd | John Yarmuth (D) |
| 4th | Calvin Sidle (D)+ |
| 6th | Nancy Jo Kemper (D)+ |
| Louisiana |
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| 2nd | Cedric Richmond (D) |
| Maine |
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| 1st | Chellie Pingree (D) |
| 2nd | Emily Cain (D)+ |
| Maryland |
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| Senator | Chris Van Hollen (D)* |
| 2nd | Dutch Ruppersberger (D) |
| 3rd | John Sarbanes (D) |
| 5th | Steny Hoyer (D) |
| 7th | Elijah Cummings (D) |
| 8th | Jamie Raskin (D)* |
| Massachusetts |
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| 1st | Richard Neal (D) |
| 2nd | Jim McGovern (D) |
| 3rd | Niki Tsongas (D) |
| 4th | Joseph Kennedy III (D) |
| 5th | Katherine Clark (D) |
| 6th | Seth Moulton (D) |
| 7th | Michael Capuano (D) |
| 8th | Stephen Lynch (D) |
| 9th | William Keating (D) |
| Michigan |
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| 2nd | Dennis Murphy (D)+ |
| 5th | Daniel Kildee (D) |
| 6th | Paul Clements (D)+ |
| 7th | Gretchen Driskell (D)+ |
| 9th | Sandy Levin (D) |
| 10th | Frank Accavitti (D)* |
| 11th | Anil Kumar (D)+ |
| 12th | Debbie Dingell (D) |
| 13th | John Conyers (D) |
| 14th | Brenda Lawrence (D) |
| Minnesota |
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| 1st | Tim Walz (D) |
| 2nd | Angela Craig (D)* |
| 7th | Collin Peterson (D) |
| 8th | Richard Nolan (D) |
| Mississippi |
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| 2nd | Bennie Thompson (D) |
| Missouri |
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| Governor | Chris Koster (D)* |
| Secretary of State | Robin Smith (D)+ |
| Senator | Jason Kander (D)+ |
| 1st | William Lacy Clay, Jr (D) |
| 2nd | Bill Otto (D)+ |
| 5th | Emanuel Cleaver (D) |
| 6th | Sam Graves (R) |
| Montana |
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| Governor | Steve Bullock (D) |
| Attorney General | Tim Fox (R) |
| Secretary of State | Monica Lindeen (D)+ |
| Auditor | Jessee Laslovich (D) |
| Super of Public Instruction | Elsie Arntzen (R)* |
| At-Large | Ryan Zinke (R) |
| Nebraska |
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| 1st | Daniel Wik (D)+ |
| Nevada |
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| Senator | Catherine Cortez Masto (D)* |
| 1st | Dina Titus (D) |
| 2nd | Chip Evans (D)+ |
| 3rd | Jacklyn Rosen (D)* |
| 4th | Ruben Kihuen (D)+ |
| New Hampshire |
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| Governor | Colin Van Ostern (D)* |
| Senator | Maggie Hassan (D)+ |
| 1st | Carol Shea-Porter (D)+ |
| 2nd | Ann McLane Kuster (D) |
| New Jersey |
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| 1st | Donald Norcross (D) |
| 2nd | Frank LoBiondo (R) |
| 3rd | Tom MacArthur (R) |
| 4th | Christopher Smith (R) |
| 5th | Josh Gottheimer (D)+ |
| 6th | Frank Pallone (D) |
| 7th | Peter Jacob (D)+ |
| 8th | Albio Sires (D) |
| 9th | William Pascrell (D) |
| 10th | Donald Payne, Jr (D) |
| 11th | Joseph Wenzel (D)+ |
| 12th | Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) |
| New Mexico |
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| Secretary of State | Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D)+ |
| 1st | Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) |
| 2nd | Merrie Lee Soules (D)+ |
| 3rd | Ben Ray Lujan (D) |
| New York |
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| Senator | Charles Schumer (D) |
| 1st | Lee Zeldin (R) |
| 2nd | Peter King (R) |
| 3rd | Jack Martins (R) |
| 6th | Grace Meng (D) |
| 7th | Nydia Velazquez (D) |
| 8th | Hakeem Jeffries (D) |
| 9th | Yvette Clarke (D) |
| 10th | Jerrold Nadler (D) |
| 11th | Daniel Donovan (R) |
| 12th | Carolyn Maloney (D) |
| 13th | Adriano Espaillat (D)* |
| 14th | Joseph Crowley (D) |
| 15th | Jose Serrano (D) |
| 16th | Eliot Engel (D) |
| 17th | Nita Lowey (D) |
| 18th | Sean Patrick Maloney (D) |
| 20th | Paul Tonko (D) |
| 21st | Elise Stefanik (R) |
| 23rd | John Plumb (D)+ |
| 25th | Louise Slaughter (D) |
| 26th | Brian Higgins (D) |
| 27th | Diana Kastenbaum (D)+ |
| North Carolina |
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| Governor | Roy Cooper (D)+ |
| Lieutenant Governor | Linda Coleman (D)+ |
| Attorney General | Josh Stein (D)+ |
| Secretary of State | Elaine Marshall (D) |
| Treasurer | Dan Blue III (D)+ |
| Labor Commissioner | Charles Meeker (D)+ |
| Auditor | Beth Wood (D) |
| Super of Public Instruction | June Atkinson (D) |
| Commissioner of Insurance | Wayne Goodwin (D) |
| 1st | G.K. Butterfield (D) |
| 4th | David Price (D) |
| 8th | Thomas Mills (D)+ |
| 9th | Christian Cano (D)+ |
| 10th | Andy Millart (D)+ |
| 11th | Rick Bryson (D)+ |
| 12th | Alma Adams (D) |
| 13th | Bruce Davis (D)+ |
| North Dakota |
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| Governor | Marvin Nelson (D)* |
| Lieutenant Governor | Joan Heckaman (D)* |
| Treasurer | Tim Mathern (D)+ |
| Ohio |
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| Senator | Ted Strickland (D)+ |
| 1st | Michelle Young (D)+ |
| 3rd | Joyce Beatty (D) |
| 4th | Janet Garrett (D)+ |
| 5th | James Neu (D)+ |
| 7th | Roy Rich (D)+ |
| 9th | Marcy Kaptur (D) |
| 11th | Marcia Fudge (D) |
| 13th | Tim Ryan (D) |
| 14th | David Joyce (R) |
| 15th | Scott Wharton (D)+ |
| Oregon |
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| 4th | Peter DeFazio (D) |
| Pennsylvania |
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| Treasurer | Joe Torsella (D)+ |
| Auditor | Eugene DePasquale (D) |
| Senator | Katie McGinty (D)+ |
| 1st | Bob Brady (D) |
| 2nd | Dwight Evans (D)* |
| 5th | Kerith Strano Taylor (D)+ |
| 6th | Mike Parrish (D)+ |
| 7th | Patrick Meehan (R) |
| 8th | Steve Santarsiero (D)* |
| 9th | Bill Shuster (R) |
| 11th | Mike Marsicano (D)+ |
| 12th | Erin McClelland (D)+ |
| 13th | Brendan Boyle (D) |
| 14th | Mike Doyle (D) |
| 15th | Rick Daugherty (D)+ |
| 16th | Christina Hartman (D)* |
| 17th | Matt Cartwright (D) |
| 18th | Tim Murphy (R) |
| Rhode Island |
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| 1st | David Ciccilline (D) |
| 2nd | James Langevin (D) |
| South Carolina |
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| Senator | Thomas Dixon (D)+ |
| 1st | Dimitri Cherny (D)+ |
| 2nd | Arik Bjorn (D)+ |
| 4th | Chris Fedalei (D)+ |
| 5th | Fran Person (D)+ |
| 6th | James Clyburn (D) |
| 7th | Mal Hyman (D)+ |
| Tennessee |
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| 9th | Steve Cohen (D) |
| Texas |
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| 1st | Shirley McKella (D)+ |
| 6th | Ruby Faye Woolbridge (D)+ |
| 12th | Bill Bradshaw (D)+ |
| 14th | Michael Cole (D)+ |
| 18th | Sheila Jackson Lee (D) |
| 20th | Joaquin Castro (D) |
| 21st | Tom Wakely (D)+ |
| 23rd | Pete Gallego (D)+ |
| 24th | Jan McDowell (D)+ |
| 26th | Eric Mauck (D)+ |
| 29th | Gene Green (D) |
| 33rd | Mark Veasey (D) |
| 34th | Filemon Vela (D) |
| 35th | Lloyd Doggett (D) |
| Utah |
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| Attorney General | Jon Harper (D)+ |
| 4th | Doug Owens (D)+ |
| Vermont |
|---|
| Lieutenant Governor | David Zuckerman (D)+ |
| Attorney General | T. J. Donovan (D)* |
| Secretary of State | Jim Condos (D) |
| Treasurer | Beth Pearce (D) |
| Auditor | Doug Hoffer (D) |
| Senator | Patrick Leahy (D) |
| At-Large | Peter Welch (D) |
| Virginia |
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| 1st | Matt Rowe (D)+ |
| 3rd | Robert Scott (D) |
| 4th | Don McEachin (D)* |
| 5th | Jane Dittmar (D)* |
| 6th | Kai Degner (D)+ |
| 7th | Eileen Bedell (D)+ |
| 9th | Derek Kitts (D)+ |
| Washington |
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| Attorney General | Bob Ferguson (D) |
| Secretary of State | Tina Podlodowski (D)+ |
| Auditor | Jeff Sprung (D)+ |
| 3rd | Jim Moeller (D)+ |
| 5th | Joe Pakootas (D)+ |
| 8th | Alida Skold (D)+ |
| 9th | Adam Smith (D) |
| 10th | Denny Heck (D) |
| West Virginia |
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| Governor | Jim Justice (D)* |
| Attorney General | Doug Reynolds (D)+ |
| Secretary of State | Natalie Tennant (D) |
| Treasurer | John Perdue (D) |
| Auditor | Mary Ann Claytor (D)+ |
| Commissioner of Agriculture | Walt Helmick (D) |
| 1st | David McKinley (R) |
| 2nd | Mark Hunt (D)+ |
| Wisconsin |
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| Senator | Russ Feingold (D)+ |
| 2nd | Mark Pocan (D) |
| 4th | Gwen Moore (D) |
| 6th | Sarah Lloyd (D)+ |
| 8th | Tom Nelson (D)* |
| Wyoming |
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| At-Large | Ryan Greene (D)* |
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How the candidates were chosen
We endorse candidates only after they have undergone close scrutiny. To earn our endorsement, a candidate must show a willingness to work with us — not by their statements, but by their actions. They must vote the way we need them to vote on key issues before Congress, and they must sit down with us to solve problems we are having in their district or state.
Please examine this list. If you do not understand why we are supporting a particular candidate, ask your local lodge leaders or the Government Affairs Department for clarification.
Paid for by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Campaign Assistance Fund, [phone: (703) 560-1493] and is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
