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Election 2006: AFSCME Members Make the Difference

 
Illinois Council 31 member canvassing in 8th Congressional District for Tammy Duckworth.   No rain, no sleet, no cold, no snow will keep AFSCME from getting out the vote in Colorado.
     
 
Volunteers, including Frances Strickland (left), help out OCSEA / ODOT Assembly member Sonny Bright (Chapter 2100) by painting “Strickland for Governor” on Sonny's barn door.   OCSEA / ODOT Assembly VP Margaret Smith dons a clown suit during a Take Back Ohio picnic in Rhodes Park on the Columbus Hilltop. Members from the four Hilltop chapters invited candidates for an afternoon of food, fun and information.
     
   
OCSEA Corrections Assembly member picks up Sherrod Brown yard signs to show his neighbors who will have his vote in the U.S. Senate race.   Pennsylvania retirees pose with U.S. Senate candidate Bob Casey and AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee. The retiree luncheon was held in October in Philadelphia and attended by 400 AFSCME retirees from across the state.
     
 
Oregon Council 75 members at a "Ted Kulongoski for Governor" rally.   Minnesota Child Care Providers Together members worked hard to elect candidates that supported working families.
     
 
In Maryland on Oct. 24, Baltimore Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martin O’Malley addressed more than 600 AFSCME retirees, including Ida Ward (pictured), president of Maryland Retiree Chapter 1.   Necia Holerud of Local 2508, Minnesota Council 5 makes GOTV calls for candidates who will protect her pension.
     
 
Minnesota Local 1574 members Merjam and Brian Wilcox canvass their co-workers.   Iowa Council 61 members rally in Ft. Madison.
     
 
Ohio Council 8 members support Strickland for governor.   Connecticut Council 4 members get ready to get out the vote.
     
 
Ohio Council 8 kids help get out the vote.   THUMBS UP – An AFSCME member in Wisconsin shows her support for Gov. Jim Doyle (D) and other Democrat candidates at a Nov. 3 rally in Milwaukee. AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee spoke at the event, saying, “We’re going to buy (Doyle’s GOP opponent) Mark Green a one way ticket out of town.”
     
 
AFSCME members and staff join gubernatorial candidate Bill Ritter after a march in downtown Denver.   Council 15 police officers in Connecticut at election rally for Senator Joe Lieberman.
     
        
GREEN MACHINE TURNS OUT – Wisconsin AFSCME members were front and center in Milwaukee at a Nov. 3 GOTV rally for Gov. Jim Doyle (D) and U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl (D). The keynote speaker, former President Bill Clinton, charged the Bush administration with “ignoring the realities and evident complications” of the war in Iraq.   AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee and President Bill Clinton at Wisconsin GOTV rally.
     
   
Michigan Council 25 Women’s Committee staff the phones at the AFL-CIO phonebank in Detroit on October 25.   An AFSCME Ohio Council 8 member proudly shows off her Strickland for Governor yard sign.
     
     
A Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, member holds her Aloha for U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka sign in downtown Honolulu during the primary election campaign.   In Tennessee, members of Local 1733 on Operation Big Vote.
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