The Endorsements are Coming In

I suppose the first endorsements of this campaign season were the Democratic Party designation, followed by the cross-endorsement of the Working Families Party. I did not seek the Independence Party (I’m not so sure of their independence) or the Conservative Party endorsement. That’s not who I am. I am an un-abashed liberal. I am a fiscal conservative, to be sure, but if we expect children to become productive members of society at the other end of the education pipe-line, we must make the investment. Otherwise, we will be feeding the classroom-to-prison pipeline.

Let me say, up front, that I am proud of these endorsements. They represent a recognition that I am what I say I am: a genuine progressive, who supports real reform (the CJE agenda) and respects the role of those who deliver the education product (RTA and BENTE).

First, the Coalition for Justice in Education has endorsed me. ( click here )

More recently, the Rochester Teachers Association has also endorsed me. ( click here )

To my knowledge, the BENTE endorsement has not been reported on, but I also received their endorsement.

He never said it was an endorsement, but Bishop Christopher M. Tillman had this to say of me following a candidate forum hosted by Threshold: