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Article: A Union Boost For Lamont, DeStefano.
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- Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT)
- Article date:
- August 29, 2006
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Byline: Christopher Keating
Aug. 29--In their first joint appearance since a Democratic "unity" event following their primary victories three weeks ago, Ned Lamont and John DeStefano were surrounded Monday by union workers as they picked up endorsements from the Service Employees International Union.
The endorsement by 55,000 union members and retirees was the largest yet for Lamont, who defeated Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman in the Democratic primary and is facing him in a rematch on Nov. 7. The union had endorsed DeStefano in his gubernatorial primary and offered its re-endorsement for the general election. The union support came on a day when a new ...