In the ongoing battle of the union endorsements, former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy has picked up another important endorsement.
CEUI/SEIU Local 511, which has more than 7,000 active and retired members, has thrown its support to Malloy in the August 10 Democratic primary for governor.
"The unfortunate truth is that Connecticut workers, including the members of CEUI, haven't been given the respect they deserve," Malloy said in a statement. "Rather than looking to them as a partner in getting our economy back on track, recent governors have chosen to ignore their input and their interests. I didn't use that kind of top-down leadership when I was mayor, and I won't do it as governor. I thank CEUI for its endorsement, and I promise to be a partner to them as governor."
In his second race for governor, Malloy is now receiving far more union support than in 2006. New Haven Mayor John DeStefano that year received the lion's share of the union backing, which can be crucial in a Democratic primary.
Malloy lost to DeStefano by 1.5 percentage points, capturing 131,270 votes to DeStefano's 135,404.