Murphy gets AFSCME endorsement, building on union strength
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy scooped up another endorsement from big labor Thursday in his bid for the U.S. Senate.
Murphy, of Jupiter, who is vying with Orlando U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando and several others for the Democratic nomination to the seat being vacated by Republican Marco Rubio, is now the favorite of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
AFSCME has about 15,000 members in Florida. Madtes said that while decisions about campaign financing will be made by the union’s Washington, D.C., officials, he expected “our members knocking on doors and working the phones,” for Murphy.
Murphy earlier was endorsed by the Florida Teamsters and the Florida Association of Retired Americans, a labor-backed retiree organization.
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