Labor Delivers Big Win in Prince George's Special Election

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Labor-endorsed candidate Derrick Leon Davis won big in Tuesday’s Special Election to fill the District 6 seat vacated by Leslie Johnson, wife of former County Executive Jack Johnson. Davis, a member of ASASP, the school administrators union led by Metro Council Executive Board member Doris Reed, topped a crowded field of 15, assuring his victory with a "labor to labor" campaign combining targeted phone calling and door-to-door canvassing to union voters in District 6. “Knowing that turnout would be low, we identified over 2,000 union votes for Derrick and focused on getting them to the polls Tuesday,” said Metro Council COPE Coordinator Rick Powell. “Our efforts paid off thanks to the dedicated Council affiliates who stepped up to financially support the professional banking campaign as well as providing union volunteers to door-knock union households,” added Council President Jos Williams. “That's the kind of solidarity that makes our Council – and our local labor movement – so strong.”