{"id":9092,"date":"2026-05-15T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=9092"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:08:41","slug":"support-pef-endorsed-candidates-in-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/support-pef-endorsed-candidates-in-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Support PEF-endorsed candidates in primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9093 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/PEF-Endorsed-Web.jpg\" alt=\"PEF endorsed candidates \" width=\"466\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/PEF-Endorsed-Web.jpg 631w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/PEF-Endorsed-Web-300x51.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"><em>June 12, 2026 &#8212;<\/em> <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The primary election is June 23 this year, with early voting across New York State from June 13-21.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PEF\u2019s Regional and Statewide Political Action Committees recommended endorsements that were reviewed by the Executive Board. Committees recommend candidates who support the labor movement and union values.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The union has endorsed two candidates who are in a primary for statewide office \u2013 Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Attorney General Letitia James. A full list of PEF endorsements for all offices is on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/departments\/political-action\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">union\u2019s website.<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Click the + sign to the right of PEF Endorsements.)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can also visit the state <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elections.ny.gov\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Board of Elections website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for more information specific to your county, registration, and other frequently asked questions about elections.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 12, 2026 &#8212; The primary election is June 23 this year, with early voting across New York State from June 13-21.\u00a0 PEF\u2019s Regional and Statewide Political Action Committees recommended&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-9092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-44-no-5"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Support PEF-endorsed candidates in primaries - PEF Communicator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/support-pef-endorsed-candidates-in-primaries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Support PEF-endorsed candidates in primaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"June 12, 2026 &#8212; 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