IBEW LOCAL 441 ENDORSES FRONTRUNNER KATIE PORTER FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR

Workers Unite Around Katie as Her Labor Coalition Continues to Grow

Katie Will Tackle California’s Cost Crisis and Fight for Working Families

IBEW Local 441 today endorsed Katie Porter to be California’s next Governor, joining a long list of labor unions and workers that are backing Katie’s leading gubernatorial campaign. 

“Katie Porter understands firsthand the struggles that Californians are facing with the high cost of living,” said John O’Neill, president of IBEW 441. “Her record in Congress of lowering costs and standing up for working families is the type of leadership we need in the Governor’s Office. IBEW 441 is proud to support Katie Porter in this race because she’s always had our back, and we know that she’ll have the back of every Californian family as our next Governor.”

Local 441, which represents over 2,400 electricians in Orange County, is the latest union to support Katie’s frontrunner campaign. She also has endorsements from five statewide unions — Teamsters California, National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), United Auto Workers (UAW), Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), and Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transit (SMART) Workers Union — and support from countless workers across the state. 

“I am grateful to IBEW 441 for their endorsement in my campaign for Governor,” said Katie Porter. “If we had more leaders who understood the struggles of everyday Californians, you can bet life would already be more affordable in California—from child care to health care to housing. Now more than ever, we need leaders with backbone who will cut through the BS and deliver real results for families. I’m running for Governor to shake up the status quo in Sacramento that has left too many families and workers behind, and I’m grateful to have IBEW Local 441’s backing to get it done.”

IBEW 441’s endorsement comes as Katie pulls away from the pack of Democrats in the race for California Governor. A new poll, the first with the current field of candidates, showed Katie with 14% of the vote, leading other Democrats by a significant margin. When voters heard just one simple message about Katie’s record taking on Trump and vision for lowering costs, her support soared to 22%—overtaking the two Republicans in the race as well. Katie’s grassroots coalition is the largest in the race and continues to grow as voters tune into the election. She raised over $6.1 million from nearly 150,000 individual contributions in the nine months she’s been in the race, more than any other candidate during that period. As the only candidate in the race who rejects donations from corporations, apart from a self-funding billionaire, voters and workers trust that Katie will look out for their interests—not special interests.

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