Third Time’s the Charm as TWU Local 100 Propels Espaillat to Victory in the 13th CD Race!

JUNE 29 -- TWU Local 100 took a victory lap along with Democratic Primary Winner Adriano Espaillat in upper Manhattan and the Bronx last night. It was Espaillat's third run for Congress and with the help of Local 100's political organizing, he has prevailed.

With just over a thousand registered Democratic voters in the District, TWU members were, without any doubt, the margin of victory in Espaillat’s 36.7% to 33.1% win over Assemblyman Keith Wright. We established a Bronx TWU campaign office and mounted an extremely effective and unprecedented get-out-the-vote effort among Local 100 members. PAC Director Marvin Holland and his team put in long hours for weeks. Notably, Train Operator Dawn Sobers (on the ladder) ran Local 100’s most comprehensive and detailed member-to-member operation in our history, charting out our members, educating them on the issues and urging them to vote. Bus Operators from Kingsbridge jumped into the campaign along with TWU members in other titles.

When it all came down to the finish line, TWU was the first union Adriano thanked in his victory speech just a block from the Dyckman Avenue stop on the #1 train, stating, “All along, every single time, they stood with me – TWU!." President John Samuelsen said: "This victory belongs in large part to each and every rank and file Local 100 member who worked on the campaign and voted in this election."