Nashville, TN – On Tuesday, July 11 The SEIU Local 205 COPE Committee announced our slate of council endorsements for the August 3rd Metro General Election. We proudly endorse the following candidates:
Council At-Large:
- Chris Cheng
- Quin Evans- Segall
- Arnold Hayes
- Olivia Hill
- Delishia Porterfield
- Zulfat Suara
Council Districts:
- District 2 Kyonzté Toombs
- District 4 Mike Cortese
- District 5 Sean Parker
- District 6 Daniel McDonell
- District 7 Emily Benedict
- District 8 Deonte Harrell
- District 9 Stephanie Montenegro
- District 11 Eric Patton
- District 12 Erin Evans
- District 13 Russ Bradford
- District 14 Jordan Huffman
- District 16 Ginny Welsch
- District 17 Terry Vo
- District 18 Tom Cash
- District 19 Jacob Kupin .
- District 20 Rollin Horton
- District 21 Brandon Taylor
- District 24 Brenda Gadd
- District 25 Jeff Preptit
- District 29 Tasha Ellis
- District 30 Sandra Sepulveda
- District 33 Antoinette Lee
Members of the Committee on Political Education (COPE) participated in a vetting process to identify pro-worker candidates who know our priorities and will deliver on policy decisions to improve our lives and communities. SEIU members have won some of the largest pay increases in Metro’s history, among other victories, in recent years because of progressive candidates being elected in past cycles.
“Our endorsed candidates will fight for working class people in Nashville because they know the city relies on us,” said Lisa Bubert, Children’s Librarian at the Madison Library and Union Steward. “We’ve seen some of these incumbent council members stand up and fight for us already for things like living wages or to protect us from bad deals that make the rich richer and leave us with the negative impacts that will last a generation. Other candidates we know from their community work and now they are ready to fight for us in the council chamber. We’re going to work to get these folks elected because they will keep our needs front and center.”
Additionally, members of the SEIU Tennessee State Council made the following endorsements for the August 3rd Special General Elections:
- Justin Jones, TN House District 52
- Justin Pearson, TN House District 86
The SEIU Local 205 represents more than 3,300 members. In Nashville our public sector workers are in Metro General Government departments, the Metro Hospital Authority, the Metro Action Commission, Nashville Electric Service, the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency, and support staff in the Metro Nashville Public School system. Our private-sector shops include Meharry Medical College and Lincoln College of Technology.
