SEIU drafts independent candidate against Kissell

The Service Employees International Union said Thursday that it has turned in the thousands of signatures necessary to qualify an independent candidate to run against Rep. Larry Kissell (D-N.C.).

SEIU submitted more than 34,000 signatures in North Carolina to qualify Wendell Fant as a candidate against Kissell. Only 17,000 were needed to qualify Fant to run this coming November.

The House Democrat earned the ire of the union after he voted against the healthcare reform bill in March this year. Kissell is a freshman lawmaker who was elected with labor support. Fant is a former aide to Kissell. The lawmaker has filed an ethics complaints against Fant for using a government computer for personal use.

"These families are looking for leaders who are going to stand side-by-side with them and fight for their interests," Lori Lodes, a SEIU spokeswoman, said in a statement. "And that's what this effort is about — giving North Carolinians a choice to vote for someone who understands where they are coming from and can take their voice to Congress."

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/102525-seiu-drafts-independent-candidate-against-kissell

I'm not in Kissell's district, but I can love this nevertheless. :applause:

They are tired of elected representatives that vote in favour of corporations and against the interests of the working class.

It is a new world, and the defenders of the Ancien Régime are nervous. How dare organized labour refuse the Kool Aid?

Many people are upset with Kissell in this area. Now Kissell is trying to force Wendell Fant off the ballot by filing weak ethics charges.

i.e. the next member of Congress from that district?

Talk about a Republican in Democrats clothing...Glenn Nye is a DINO!!!!! Needs a real Democrat to run against him.

but way to go!!! :applause: