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CRothg t1_ja81xxd wrote

Reply to comment by dg792 in Del. Lamont Bagby receives Democratic nomination in SD-09 by Mad-Lad-of-RVA

Do unions like this choose to endorse candidates by a collective vote of all union members, or is it a decision made by union leadership? It seemed like a pretty boneheaded move on the union’s part given that it resulted in the loss of a major polling place and probably suppressed turnout.

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lycosid t1_ja8m4ch wrote

And that polling place was right in the middle of Bagby’s base. If it had been a closer race he’d have probably been pretty mad at them. Of course, they probably knew there wasn’t much risk here.

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Charlesinrichmond t1_ja8mf1i wrote

yeah that hurt Bagby no doubt

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dg792 t1_ja8zr53 wrote

He won with a 51 point lead over his closest opponent, if your idea is that it hurt him then are you implying that otherwise he would have gotten 80% or 90% of the vote?

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ttd_76 t1_jaajvwg wrote

Alexsis Rodgers was basically running on a vague pro-labor/Dominion sucks platform. So if IBEW666 is endorsing Lamont Bagby, I feel like Bagby knew he didn’t need to sweat this election very much.

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