Who are the unions backing? A checklist.
Here's a rundown of which unions are backing the candidates for governor.
Tom Bakk
- Northern Central State Regional Carpenters Council, The Minnesota Building and Construction Trades Council, Duluth Building and Construction Trades Council
Mark Dayton - The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 5
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Margaret Anderson Kelliher
- Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49, Greater Minnesota AFSCME Council 65
Tom Rukavina
- Four local steelworkers unions
R.T. Rybak
- Local 120, Teamsters
Paul Thissen
- Minnesota Nurses Association
Major Unions that haven't endorsed yet:
Education Minnesota
SEIU
IBEW