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Monday, February 8, 2010
Onorato gets SEIU boost in gov race

Three locals of the Service Employees International Union, representing 43,000 workers across Pennsylvania, today endorsed Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato in the Democratic primary for governor.

The boost comes just after Onorato fell short in balloting for the official party endorsement at the Democratic State Committee winter meeting in Lancaster Saturday.

The locals - SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, 32BJ and Workers United Pennsylvania Joint Board - represent workers in the health care, building services, laundry, food service and hospitality industries. The unions cited Onorato's support for working families, including prevailing-wage legislation covering county projects and his advocacy of broadening access to affordable health care, among other issues.

"Onorato knows what it takes to bring good jobs to the community and lift people out of poverty," said Gabe Morgan, 32BJ Western Pennsylvania Director.

SEIU is known for its field organizing in political races, and the locals promise a massive outreach program to help Onorato.

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Commonwealth Confidential gives you regularly updated coverage of the state legislature, the governor and the workings of the state bureaucracy. It is also the place to turn for news of this year's races for governor and U.S. Senate. It is written by correspondents in the Inquirer's Harrisburg bureau, based right in the statehouse, and by the newspaper's far-flung campaign reporters.

Angela Couloumbis (left) joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1998, and has covered government and politics in New Jersey, Philadelphia and throughout Pennsylvania, including Gov. Rendell’s 2006 race against former Pittsburgh Steeler Lynn Swann.

Amy Worden (right) joined the Inquirer in 2000 and has covered governors, gubernatorial races, U.S. Senate races and three presidential campaigns. When not covering politics she can be found filing dispatches from disaster scenes or digging into local stories of national import.

Thomas FitzgeraldThomas Fitzgerald joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2000, and has covered Harrisburg as well as city, state and national politics for the newspaper. He was a “boy on the bus” in the 2004 presidential campaign and during primary contests in 2000 and 1996.

Tom Infield Tom Infield, a long-time reporter and editor at The Inquirer, has covered politics from many corners of Pennsylvania. He grew up in Pittsburgh, previously worked in Mercer and Lancaster counties, and has lived in both Philadelphia and its suburbs. He has closely followed campaigns for governor and U.S. Senate, as well as Philadelphia mayoral races.

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