Although he’s not officially the Democratic nominee yet, U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley continues to generate public support for his U.S. Senate bid.
Iowa’s largest public employee union, AFSCME Iowa Council 61, has endorsed him, Braley’s campaign said in a news release today. Two other unions, the Iowa State Council of Machinists and the Great Plains Laborers’ District Council, had endorsed him earlier this year.
“To know what Bruce Braley works for, just take a look at where he’s come from,” AFSCME Iowa Council 61 President Danny Homan said in the statement. “His mom is still teaching in Brooklyn, Iowa, and his dad worked at a grain elevator. Bruce learned by their example early in life how to work hard, and he’s been a fighter for the middle class in Congress.”
Braley announced on Feb. 7 that he would seek the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, a fellow Democrat. No frontrunner has emerged on the GOP side yet; U.S. Rep. Steve King is considered the strongest prospect, but he has yet to say whether or not he’ll run for Senate.
Today’s Braley news release said that in Iowa, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees represents over 40,000 public employees, including law enforcement and correctional officers, home health care and child care providers, firefighters, mental health workers, professional school staff, emergency responders, and other workers. The council is made up of over 100 self-governing local unions.
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