New York
nurse november 2018
the official publication of the new york state nurses association
Elections are over.
Now’s the time to fulfill our agenda.
Medicare for All!
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List of NYSNA-endorsed winners in NY, pp. 6-8 Winners endorsed by state AFL-CIO in NJ, CT and PA, pp. 9-11
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Moral clarity
For me, an area of moral clarity is: you’re in front of someone who’s suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act. – Paul Farmer
By Judy SheridanGonzalez, RN, NYSNA President
W
e live in trying times. As nurses, we find ourselves facing ethical dilemmas on a daily basis. Do I respond to the patient needing pain medication or the disoriented one trying to get out of bed? Do I prioritize antibiotics on time for one patient or restart an infiltrated IV on another? Do I go to lunch or finish my documentation? Do I help a junior colleague or complete my own assignment? Do I vehemently advocate for my patients’ rights— or my own rights—and risk subtle or even overt retaliation, or do I silently accept “the system” with all of its flaws and keep a low profile? Silent no more
Advocating for patients. Advancing the profession.SM Board of Directors President Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, MSN, FNP First Vice President Anthony Ciampa, RN Second Vice President Karine M. Raymond, RN, MSN Secretary Tracey Kavanagh, RN, BSN Treasurer Patricia Kane, RN Directors at Large Anne Bové, RN, MSN, BC, CCRN, ANP Judith Cutchin, RN Seth Dressekie, RN, MSN, NP Jacqueline Gilbert, RN Nancy Hagans, RN Robin Krinsky, RN Lilia V. Marquez, RN Nella Pineda-Marcon, RN, BC Verginia Stewart, RN Marva Wade, RN Regional Directors Southeastern Yasmine Beausejour, RN Southern Sean Petty, RN Central Marion Enright, RN Lower Hudson/NJ Jayne Cammisa, RN, BSN Western Chiqkena Collins, RN Eastern Martha Wilcox, RN Executive Editor Jill Furillo, RN, BSN, PHN Executive Director Editorial offices located at: 131 W 33rd St., New York, NY 10001 Phone: 212-785-0157 x 159 Email: communications@nysna.org Website: www.nysna.org Subscription rate: $33 per year ISSN (Print) 1934-7588/ISSN (Online) 1934-7596 ©2018, All rights reserved
People would like to think that remaining silent is being “neutral” or simply not taking a position on an issue. Nothing could be further from the truth. Silence is acquiescence. Silence in the face of oppressive conditions is passive acceptance—and thus, de facto support—of these conditions. While it may seem sensible to opt for self-preservation at a moment in time (i.e., keeping a “low profile”), it is a failing long-term strategy. We can only make fundamental changes in our external environment when we function as a collective. The anti-labor rhetoric and actions perpetrated by the bosses and billionaires—and the political groups that support them—are designed to dismantle the only powerful tool that workers have: their unions. Imperfect as our unions may be, we would be at the total mercy of employers without them. But a tool is only as powerful as its operators. With democratic input into a union’s goals and programs, with committed leaders, with calculated strategic actions, with an educational program designed to inspire and ignite passion, only then can a union hope to begin to challenge the Big Money and Big Media control that our employers and their cronies (certain politi-
thinking. Healthcare—like Social Security—is not an “entitlement,” as we are led to believe. People have a right to retire with dignity, not mired in poverty and isolation. People have a right to have access to the tools and services that promote wellness. We talk about the healthcare folks deserve without judgment, the macro piece of how we see each and every one of our patients. Social responsibility & the social determinants of health
cians, so-called “think tanks,” legal strategists, commentators and the like) possess. To survive and thrive in such a hostile anti-union atmosphere, worker organizations also need to embrace and incorporate the broader community into their programs. Nurses can do this easily and organically because everything that we do is linked to the wellbeing of our patients. When we talk about nursing practice, we are talking about how to provide the best care. When we describe the need for educational supports, we are describing how we can best be prepared to confront challenges presented to us by complex scenarios. When we demand safe staffing, we are promoting patient safety. Our working conditions are our patients’ care delivery conditions. The Healthcare New Yorkers Deserve
The theme of our first Delegated Convention is “The Healthcare New Yorkers Deserve” because we believe that as a basic human need, healthcare is at the same time a basic human right. As direct care providers, we know what quality care should look like. Most of our struggles in the workplace, in our communities and even in our own families revolve around the delivery of healthcare. Industry psychologists work overtime to manipulate the public’s
No one wants to see our hard work to get our patients well, or provided with the ability to cope, compromised by the social conditions under which they live when they leave the hospital, clinic or program. And yet, it happens all the time. We cannot see healthcare as a segregated entity that begins with the intake and ends with the discharge. Nurses are holistic creatures. Knowing our patients lack the resources to remain healthy is what keeps us awake at night. The social determinants of health include education, economic security, nutrition, neighborhood safety, housing, race, gender, language proficiency, immigration status, environment, self-esteem, social status and a variety of related issues. This is why nurses like Lillian Wald, Mabel Keaton Staupers and so many others, as well as physicians like Paul Farmer (quoted above) dedicate their lives to addressing the savage inequities that exist in societies and play a key role in the health and well-being of our populations. Our union’s most powerful resource is our members. We are blessed to have so many dedicated and spectacular caregivers among us. Our fights for fairness at work and care quality and equity for our patients are umbillically linked. The healthcare New Yorkers deserve is the working environment nurses and caregivers deserve. They are one and the same.
health & safety
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Nearly 90% have no access to SPH Equipment
Small steps = fewer injuries
N
urses are at risk and are vulnerable to many types of injuries. The most common is musculoskeletal damage due to “overexertion.” For nurses, the main cause of overexertion is the manual lifting, transferring and repositioning of patients. Despite clear empirical evidence that safe patient handling (SPH) equipment dramatically decreases injuries to both healthcare providers and patients and saves millions of dollars for healthcare employers, many healthcare facilities have been slow to implement comprehensive SPH programs. In 2014, New York became the eleventh state to pass a safe patient handling law. The NYS SPH law introduced a somewhat vague, yet ambitious framework for facilities staffed with direct care workers like nurses. So, how do we know if the law has been effective thus far?
NYSNA SPH pilot assessment
NYSNA set out to tackle this question this summer by beginning the first ever “Safe Patient Handling Pilot Assessment Project.” The project focused on four facilities, two private and two public, and tracked their injury rates using the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Public Employment Safety and Health Bureau (PESH) injury and illness logs over a fouryear period. The four facilities included NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP), Westchester Medical Center (WMC), The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) and Elmhurst Hospital. In brief, the project showed that when facilities start safe patient handling programs a trend of declining injury rates takes hold. And where SPH programs are not initiated, injuries continue unabated. As a companion to the project, NYSNA conducted a union-wide health and safety survey. Over 87 percent of respondents to the survey said they had absolutely no safe patient handling equipment. And of those without equipment, 39.7 percent said they had suffered an injury related to patient handling.
What we learned was only the tip of the iceberg. Our preliminary findings highlighted three areas of interest: injury recordkeeping, facility injury rates, and safe patient handling policy. Our review of patient-handlingrelated injuries of the four targeted facilities found that the facilities that have implemented, or are well on their way to implementing SPH programs, WMC and NYP, had the lowest incidence rates. While those without an SPH program or in the very beginning stages of implementing a program TBHC and Elmhurst, struggled with significantly higher incidence rates. For example, in 2016, the patienthandling injury rate for RNs at TBHC was 189 per 10,000, far greater than the 46 per 10,000 rate for all other private sector workplaces nationwide as per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (the principal federal agency that calculates labor statistics). Challenges to successful SPH implementation
OSHA and PESH require descriptive, accurate record-keeping of work-related injuries in a facility. However, we found vague language, confusing descriptions and/or blatantly incorrect case-logging. We also discovered crossover between safe patient handling and workplace violence cases. In those instances, a
more descriptive record would have been useful in determining how to classify the injury. This led to the question of whether or not the process of injury logging could be improved. Being that these logs are one of the only sources of information we have regarding work-related injuries, poor recordkeeping can severely hamper health and safety monitoring and contribute to the problem of underreporting. Regardless of the stage of SPH program implementation at each facility, the challenges were the same. Creating and implementing relevant SPH policies presented a significant hurdle. Barriers were grouped into four categories: lm anagement commitment, le mployee involvement , l program maintenance, lh azard identification and control. Studies suggest that multifaceted programs (ones including equipment, assessment criteria and policies) are the best approach, yet findings suggested this is not yet being achieved. Furthermore, despite there being successful and long-standing programs, such as the Veterans Administration’s Safe Patient Handling & Mobility Program, there is little dialogue between hospital systems regarding best practices. This lack of collaboration is worsened by the “self-certifying” nature of the NYS SPH law. Regardless of how necessary the law is, it still leaves facilities to their own devices by not including any enforcement mechanisms. That makes a study such as this is one extremely important. SPH advocacy means safer workplaces
Fortunately, we are seeing an upswing in awareness and enthusiasm for continued SPH advocacy. We are also encouraged by our earlier results and are working to confirm that SPH programs prevent injuries. Overall, this project is just the beginning of our journey into assessing the efficacy of the NYS SPH law. What is clear is that more work is needed. Members and facilities need to be informed and further research will do just that.
Workplace violence legislation introduced in Congress A bill that targets the national crisis of violence in healthcare and social service settings, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, H.R. 7141, was introduced in Congress on November 11, 2018. The bill would require the Occupation Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to develop a standard requiring healthcare and social service employers to write and implement workplace violence prevention plans that protect employees from violent incidents.
All employees are covered The bill would require that the standard cover both facilities covered by OSHA and those that are not. Covered facilities include traditional healthcare settings such as hospitals as well as outpatient facilities, correctional and detention facilities, psychiatric treatment facilities and clinics, group homes, home care, emergency services and transport services. All employees, whether direct hire, contracted or temporary are covered by the bill. The bill would require that, in developing the workplace violence prevent plan, healthcare and social service employers: l Work with affected employees and their unions to identify workplace violence risks in their particular workplace; l Include both work practice controls (e.g., security, staffing, training, etc.) and environmental controls (e.g., personal alarm devices, barriers, weapon detectors, access controls, etc.); l Develop procedures for: r eporting, responding to and investigating incidents; d ocumentation of incident investigations; c orrective measures based on findings of incident investigations; employee training; and annual evaluation of the plan. Twelve congressional representatives, including Representative Adriano Espaillat from New York, have cosponsored the bill. NYSNA will closely monitor the bill’s progress and keep members informed.
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Holding them accountable The returns were big and bold in New York: NYSNA endorsed 21 winners of Congressional contests and 148 victories for state office. For the first time since 2010, we have majority support in the New York State Senate for our agenda that includes safe staffing and guaranteed healthcare in the New York Health Act. No fewer than 15 NYSNA-endorsed candidates were first-time candidates. We did our part across the state to bring about these election victories. By Jill Furillo, RN, NYSNA Executive Director
Total number of NYSNA endorsed winners New York: 169 21 Federal 148 State
State afl-cio endorsed winners New Jersey: 22 13 Federal 9 State Pennsylvania: 119 11 Federal 108 State Connecticut: 73 6 Federal 67 State
NYSNA endorsed There were 15 endorsed first-time candidates who won in New York State. Below is the list. Federal Max Rose – District 11 Alexandria Ocasio Cortez – District 14 Antonio Delgado – District 19 State Senate Kevin Thomas – District 6 Jessica Ramos – District 13 Julia Salazar – District 18 Zellnor Myrie – District 20 Alessandra Biaggi – District 34 Rachel May – District 53 Assembly Marianne Buttenschon (AD 119, D) Catalina Cruz (AD 39, D) Karines Reyes (AD 87, D) Mathylde Frontus (AD 46, D) Simcha Eichenstein (AD 48, D) Jonathan Jacobson (AD 104, D)
Now is the time to hold them accountable. Our priorities protect our professional standards, our patients and their families, and the communities up and down the state. Safe staffing must be atop the agenda of our legislators. We will insist that the understaffing that pervades our facilities be addressed comprehensively. This condition, as we know, threatens harm to our patients every day and drives experienced RNs from our hospitals. We will hold them accountable on safe staffing. The New York Health Act, our state’s Medicare for All legislation, must also be a top priority of our legislators. After all, polls showed that a majority of voters put healthcare at the very top of what determined their votes. We cannot allow an insurance industry that makes money by denying care to keep its grip on patient care. This is both a professional and moral imperative. We will hold them accountable on guaranteed healthcare for all. When we marched shoulder to shoulder for climate justice we did so with the knowledge that air pollution from carbon is a killer in our communities, and around the globe. The extreme weather poses an imminent threat to our very existence. When we decry a degraded environment from corporate spillages in our communities and stand with allies advocating for the environment’s protection we do so as public health advocates and experts. We will hold them accountable on climate change and the environment. Nurses know that decent housing and real living wages are part and parcel of what makes a healthy human being. That’s why we are actively in coalition with organizations and other unions dedicated to these causes. We will hold our elected officials accountable on these critical issues, as well. NYSNA and other unions are the bedrock for the protection of working people, a floor upon which a shared American prosperity was built. We demand that collective bargaining and labor rights be protected. We will hold them accountable. Not just in New York. But in Washington, too, where we helped vote in members of Congress. We must hold them accountable for the laws they have promised us. From this moment on, we will insist, persist and demand that the protections of our patients, families and neighbors, upstate and downstate and across the nation be the subject of democratic debate and comprehensive solutions. We will hold them accountable to take action.
New York
nurse special insert elections | november 2018
the official publication of the new york state nurses association
Election
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NYSNA endorsed candidates win in New York State New York Statewide Races CANDIDATE
OFFICE
DISTRICT
PARTY
Andrew Cuomo
Governor
Statewide
D
Kathy Hochul
Lieutenant Governor
Statewide
D
Letitia James
Attorney General
Statewide
D
Tom DiNapoli
State Comptroller
Statewide
D
Kirsten Gillibrand
US Senate
NY
D
New York Congressional Races CANDIDATE
OFFICE
DISTRICT
PARTY
Tom Suozzi
US House
3
D
Gregory Meeks
US House
5
D
Grace Meng
US House
6
D
Nydia Velazquez
US House
7
D
Hakeem Jeffries
US House
8
D
Yvette Clarke
US House
9
D
Jerrold Nadler
US House
10
D
Max Rose
US House
11
D
Carolyn Maloney
US House
12
D
Adriano Espaillat
US House
13
D
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
US House
14
D
José E. Serrano
US House
15
D
Eliot Engel
US House
16
D
Nita Lowey
US House
17
D
Sean Patrick Maloney
US House
18
D
Antonio Delgado
US House
19
D
Paul Tonko
US House
20
D
Tedra Cobb
US House
21
D
Anthony Brindisi
US House
22
D
Joe Morelle
US House
25
D
Brian Higgins
US House
26
D
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New York State Legislature CAPITAL REGION
LONG ISLAND
CANDIDATE
OFFICE
DISTRICT
PARTY
CANDIDATE
OFFICE
DISTRICT
PARTY
Neil Breslin
Senate
44
D
Taylor Raynor
Assembly
18
D
Patricia Fahy
Assembly
109
D
Edward Ra
Assembly
19
R
Phil Steck
Assembly
110
D
Melissa Miller
Assembly
20
R
Angelo Santabarbara
Assembly
111
D
Michaelle Solages
Assembly
22
D
Carrie Woerner
Assembly
113
D
CANDIDATE
OFFICE
DISTRICT
PARTY
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Senate
35
D
CENTRAL NY
HUDSON VALLEY
CANDIDATE
OFFICE
DISTRICT
PARTY
Shelley Mayer
Senate
37
D
Joseph Griffo
Senate
47
R
David Carlucci
Senate
38
D
Patty Ritchie
Senate
48
R
James Skoufis
Senate
39
D
Rachel May
Senate
53
D
Sue Serino
Senate
41
R
Rich Funke
Senate
55
R
Jen Metzger
Senate
42
D
Billy Jones
Assembly
115
D
Amy Paulin
Assembly
88
D
J. Gary Pretlow
Assembly
89
D
Marianne Buttenschon
Assembly
119
D
Nader Sayegh
Assembly
90
D
Donna Lupardo
Assembly
123
D
Steve Otis
Assembly
91
D
Barbara Lifton
Assembly
125
D
Tom Abinanti
Assembly
92
D
Al Stirpe
Assembly
127
D
David Buchwald
Assembly
93
D
Pamela Hunter
Assembly
128
D
Kevin Byrne
Assembly
94
R
William Magnarelli
Assembly
129
D
Sandy Galef
Assembly
95
D
Kenneth Zebrowski
Assembly
96
D
Ellen Jaffee
Assembly
97
D
LONG ISLAND
Karl Brabenec
Assembly
98
R
CANDIDATE
OFFICE
DISTRICT
PARTY
Aileen Gunther
Assembly
100
D
Phil Boyle
Senate
4
R
Kevin Cahill
Assembly
103
D
Jim Gaughran
Senate
5
D
Jonathan Jacobson
Assembly
104
D
Kevin Thomas
Senate
6
D
Didi Barrett
Assembly
106
D
Anna Kaplan
Senate
7
D
John Brooks
Senate
8
D
Todd Kaminsky
Senate
9
D
CANDIDATE
OFFICE
DISTRICT
PARTY
Fred Thiele, Jr.
Assembly
1
D
Joseph Robach
Senate
56
R
Steve Englebright
Assembly
4
D
Tim Kennedy
Senate
63
D
Doug Smith
Assembly
5
R
Jamie Romeo
Assembly
136
D
Phil Ramos
Assembly
6
D
David Gantt
Assembly
137
D
Steve Stern
Assembly
10
D
Harry Bronson
Assembly
138
D
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Assembly
11
D
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Assembly
141
D
Andrew Raia
Assembly
12
R
Pat Burke
Assembly
142
D
Charles Lavine
Assembly
13
D
Monica Wallace
Assembly
143
D
Anthony D’Urso
Assembly
16
D
Sean Ryan
Assembly
149
D
WESTERN/SOUTHERN TIER
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New York City QUEENS
MANHATTAN
CANDIDATE Stacey Pheffer Amato David Weprin Nily Rozic Ed Braunstein Daniel Rosenthal Andrew Hevesi Alicia Hyndman Brian Barnwell Michele Titus Vivian Cook Clyde Vanel Michael DenDekker Jeffrion Aubry Aravella Simotas Catherine Nolan Michael Miller
OFFICE Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly
DISTRICT 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
PARTY D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Catalina Cruz Ron Kim James Sanders, Jr. John Liu Michael Gianaris Jessica Ramos Leroy Comrie Joe Addabbo Toby Ann Stavisky
Assembly Assembly Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate
39 40 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
D D D D D D D D D
OFFICE Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly
DISTRICT 29 32 33 34 36 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87
PARTY D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
BRONX CANDIDATE José M. Serrano Luis Sepúlveda Gustavo Rivera Alessandra Biaggi Jamaal Bailey Latoya Joyner Jose Rivera Michael Blake Nathalia Fernandez Jeffrey Dinowitz Michael Benedetto Carl Heastie Carmen Arroyo Marcos Crespo Victor Pichardo Karines Reyes
STATEN ISLAND CANDIDATE
OFFICE
DISTRICT
PARTY
Diane Savino
Senate
23
D
Andrew Lanza
Senate
24
R
Michael Cusick
Assembly
63
D
CANDIDATE Brian Kavanagh Brad Hoylman Liz Krueger Brian Benjamin Robert Jackson Yuh-Line Niou Deborah Glick Linda Rosenthal Daniel O’Donnell Inez Dickens Al Taylor Carmen De la Rosa Dan Quart Harvey Epstein Richard Gottfried Rebecca Seawright
OFFICE Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly
DISTRICT 26 27 28 30 31 65 66 67 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76
PARTY D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
OFFICE Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly
DISTRICT 18 19 20 21 22 25 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
PARTY D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
BROOKLYN CANDIDATE Julia Salazar Roxanne Persaud Zellnor Myrie Kevin Parker Andrew Gounardes Velmanette Montgomery Helene Weinstein Rodneyse Bichotte Diana Richardson Robert Carroll Steven Cymbrowitz Mathylde Frontus William Colton Simcha Eichenstein Peter Abbate, Jr. Joseph Lentol Félix Ortiz Jo Anne Simon Maritza Davila Erik Dilan Latrice Walker Tremaine Wright Walter Mosley N. Nick Perry Jaime Williams Charles Barron
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Winners in New Jersey endorsed by the New Jersey State AFL-CIO New Jersey United States Senate Candidate
Office
District
Party
Robert Menendez
US State Senate
Statewide
D
New Jersey State Senate Candidate
Office
District
Party
Joe Lagana
NJ State Senate
38
D
New Jersey Congressional Races CANDIDATE
OFFICE
DISTRICT
PARTY
Donald Norcross
US House
1
D
Jeff Van Drew
US House
2
D
Andy Kim
US House
3
D
Chris Smith
US House
4
R
New Jersey State Assembly Races
Joshua Gottheimer
US House
5
D
Frank Pallone
US House
6
D
CANDIDATE
OFFICE
DISTRICT
PARTY
Tom Malinowski
US House
7
D
Verlina Reynolds Jackson
US House
15
D
Albio Sires
US House
8
D
Anthony Verrilli
US House
15
D
Bill Pascrell
US House
9
D
Linda Carter
US House
22
D
Donald Payne, Jr.
US House
10
D
Pedro Mejia
US House
32
D
Rebecca “Mikie” Sherrill
US House
11
D
Britnee Timberlake
US House
34
D
Bonnie Watson Coleman
US House
12
D
Clinton Calabrese
US House
36
D
Lisa Swain
US House
38
D
Chris Tully
US House
38
D
New Jersey AFL-CIO Labor Candidates Candidate
Union
Office Sought
Candidate
Union
Office Sought
Alice Weisman
AFSCME 63
East Windsor Board of Education
Eric Aiken
UBC 255
Hamilton Township Board of Education
Vince Sera
AFSCME 71
Brigantine Council
Aaron Buchanan
UBC 255
Estell Manor Council
Richard DiLucia
AFSCME 1199C
Mayor of Monroe
Steven Reyngoudt
UFCW 2-D
Hasbrouck Heights Council
Michael Heller
AFT 1904
Bloomfield Board of Education
Robert Damminger
USW 943
Gloucester County Freeholder
Domenick Stampone
AFT 2375
Haledon Mayor
Jason Allen
CWA 1033
Pemberton Committee
Patti Harris
CWA 1014
Barrington Council
Frank Rollo
HFIAW 14
Clayton Council
Victoria Fisher
CWA 1037
Teaneck Board of Education
Brendan O’Donnell
IAFF 3786
North Hanover Committee
Shawn Ludwig
CWA 1038
Barrington Council
Matt Oswald
IBEW 102
Riverdale County
Ronald Rios
IAMAW TCU
Middlesex County Freeholder
Vincenzo Petti
IBEW 102
Bound Brook Council
Peter Castellano
IAMAW/NFFE 1340 Egg Harbor Township Board of Education
John Biale
IBEW 164
Oakland Council
Bert Steinmann
IBEW 269
Ewing Mayor
Collette Kennedy
CWA 1031
Keyport Mayor
William Sneathen
IBEW 351
Buena Vista Board of Education
Teresa Kelly
CWA 1040
Buena Vista Committee
Kevin Egan
IBEW 456
New Brunswick City Council
Harold Pye
CWA 1085
Woodbury Heights Council
Charles Spicuzzo
IBEW 456
Spotswood Council
Giuseppe Chila
IBEW 351
Gloucester County Surrogate
Mike Riordan
IBEW 827
Brigantine Council
Ken Haeser
IBEW
Weymouth Township Council
Sam Fennell
IBEW 1820
South Toms River Council
Daniel O’Connell
SMART/UTU
Delran Council
Josh Hertzberg
ILA 1804-1
Sussex County Freeholder
Greg Handshy
UA 9
South Toms River Mayor
Mark Armbruster
IUOE 542
Clementon Council
Art Schenker*
UA 322
Hamilton Committee
Frank Formica
SAG/AFTRA
Atlantic County Freeholder
Greg Schenker
UA 322
Folsom Council
Richard Kanka
UA 9
Hamilton Board of Education
Thomas Kurtz
UBC 255
Port Republic Council
Roshan White
UA 24
Scotch Plains Counci
Matthew Marrone
UBC 255
Chesilhurst Council
Anthony Verrelli
UBC 254
LD 15 Assembly
(*contested)
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Winners in Connecticut endorsed by the Connecticut AFL-CIO Connecticut US Senate Candidate
Office
District
Party
Chris Murphy
US State Senate
38
D
Connecticut Statewide Races
Connecticut Congressional Races
Candidate
Office
District
Party
Ned Lamont
Governor
Statewide
D
Susan Bysiewicz
Lieutenant Governor
Statewide
D
Candidate
Office
District
Party
William Tong
Attorney General
Statewide
D
John Larson
US House
1
D
Denise Merrill
Secretary of State
Statewide
D
Joe Courtney
US House
2
D
Shawn Wooden
Treasurer
Statewide
D
Rosa DeLauro
US House
3
D
Kevin Lembo
Comptroller
Statewide
D
Jim Himes
US House
4
D
Jahana Hayes
US House
5
D
Connecticut State Senate CANDIDATE
OFFICE
DISTRICT PARTY
Candidate
Office
District Party
Candidate
Office
District Party
John Fonfara
Senate
1
D
Gary Winfield
Senate
10
D
Julie Kushner
Senate
24
D
Steve Cassano
Senate
4
D
Christine Cohen
Senate
12
D
Bob Duff
Senate
25
D
Beth Bye
Senate
5
D
James Maroney
Senate
14
D
Carlo Leone
Senate
27
D
Terry Gerratana
Senate
6
D
Cathy Osten
Senate
19
D
Mae Flexer
Senate
29
D
Matt Lesser
Senate
9
D
Marilyn Moore
Senate
22
D
Norm Needleman
Senate
33
D
Connecticut State Assembly Races Candidate
Office District Party
Candidate
Office District Party
Candidate
Office District Party
Matt Ritter
House
1
D
Christine Conley
House
40
D
James Albis
House
99
D
Raghib Allie-Brennan House
2
D
Joseph de la Cruz
House
42
D
Robin Comey
House
102
D
Brandon McGee, Jr.
House
5
D
Emmett Riley
House
46
D
Liz Linehan
House
103
D
Edwin Vargas
House
6
D
Linda Orange
House
48
D
Kara Rochelle
House
104
D
Joshua Hall
House
7
D
Susan Johnson
House
49
D
Bob Godfrey
House
110
D
Geoff Luxenberg
House
12
D
House
53
D
Dorinda Borer
House
115
D
Jason Doucette
House
13
D
Patricia Wilson Pheanious
D
D
D
116
18
56
House
House
House
Mike DiMassa
Jillian Gilchrist
Michael Winkler
D
D
D
118
20
65
House
House
House
Kim Rose
Joe Verrengia
Michelle Cook
D
D
D
120
21
72
House
House
House
Phil Young
Mike Demicco
Larry Butler
D
D
D
127
24
73
House
House
House
Jack Hennessy
Rick Lopes
Ron Napoli, Jr.
D
D
Cristin McCarthy Vahey
D
26
83
133
House
House
House
Peter Tercyak
Cathy Abercrombie
Gary Turco
House
27
D
Hilda Santiago
House
84
D
Chris Perone
House
137
D
Russ Morin
House
28
D
Mary Mushinsky
House
85
D
Kenneth Gucker
House
138
D
Kerry Wood
House
29
D
Joshua Elliott
House
88
D
Kevin Ryan
House
139
D
Joe Aresimowicz
House
30
D
Michael D’Agostino
House
91
D
Lucy Dathan
House
142
D
Jill Barry
House
31
D
Robyn Porter
House
94
D
David Michel
House
146
D
Christine Palm
House
36
D
Sean Scanlon
House
98
D
Matt Blumenthal
House
147
D
NEW YORK NURSE november 2018
Winners in Pennsylvania endorsed by the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO STATE HOUSE, cont.
STATEWIDE OFFICE
PARTY
GOVERNOR D US SENATE D
CANDIDATE
Tom Wolf Bob Casey Jr.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS DISTRICT PARTY 1 R
CANDIDATE Brian K Fitzpatrick
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 17 18
Brendan F Boyle Dwight Evans Madeleine Cunnane Mary Gay Scanlon Christina Houlahan Susan Ellis Wild Matthew Alton Cartwright Conor James Lamb Michael F Doyle Jr
D D D D D D D D D
STATE SENATE DISTRICT 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 18 22 38 42
PARTY D D R D D D D D D D D
CANDIDATE Christine Tartaglione Arthur Haywood III Robert Tomlinson Anthony Williams Steven Santarsiero Maria Collett John Yudichak Lisa Boscola John Blake Lindsey Williams Wayne Fontana
STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 1 2 3 7 9 16 18 19 20 21 22 23
PARTY D D D D D D R D D D D D
CANDIDATE Patrick Harkins Robert Merski Ryan Bizzarro Mark Alfred Longietti Christopher Sainato Robert Matzie Gene DiGirolamo Jake Wheatley Adam Ravenstahl Sara Innamorato Peter Schweyer Dan Frankel
DISTRICT 24 25 27 31 32 33 35 36 38 42 45 49 50 53 55 61 70 72 74 77 79 95 96 103 106 112 113 114 115 118 119 120 121 123 126 132 133 135 136 140 141 142 143 146
PARTY D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R D D D R D D D D D D R D D D D D D D D D R D D
CANDIDATE Edward Gainey Brandon Markosek Daniel Deasy Perry Warren Jr Anthony Deluca Francis Dermody Austin Davis Harry Readshaw III William Kortz II Daniel Miller Anita Kulik Steve Topriani* Pamela Snyder Steven Malagari Joseph Petrarca Laura Hanbidge Matthew Bradford Frank Burns Dan Williams H Scott Conklin Louis Schmitt Jr Carol Hill-Evans Peter Sturla Patty Kim Thomas Mehaffie III Kyle Mullins Martin Flynn Michael Kavulich Maureen Madden Michael Carroll Gerald Mullery Aaron Kaufer Edwin Pashinski Neal Goodman Mark Lucio Rozzi Michael Schlossberg Jeanne McNeill Stephen Samuelson Robert Freeman John Galloway Tina Davis Frank Farry III Wendy Ullman Joseph Ciresi
STATE HOUSE, cont. DISTRICT 148 149 150 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 172 173 174 177 179 180 181 182 184 185 186 188 190 191 192 194 195 197 198 200 201 202 203
PARTY D D D R D D D D D D D R D D R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
(*contested)
CANDIDATE Mary Josephine Daley Timothy Patrick Briggs Joseph Webster Phd Thomas Paul Murt Ben Sanchez Stephen McCarter Danielle Friel Otten Carolyn Comitta Melissa Shusterman Christina Sappey Brian Kirkland Stephen Barrar Leanne Krueger-Braneky David Delloso James Santora Margo Davidson Jennifer Omara Gregory Vitali Kristine Howard Kevin Boyle Michael Driscoll Ed Neilson Joseph Hohenstein Jason Dawkins Angel Cruz Malcolm Kenyatta Brian Sims Elizabeth Fiedler Maria Donatucci Jordan Harris James Roebuck Vanessa Brown Joanna McClinton Morgan Cephas Pamela Ann Delissio Donna Bullock Danilo Burgos Rosita Youngblood Christopher Rabb Stephen Kinsey Jared Solomon Isabella Fitzgerald
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