CWA Candidate Beat Incumbent Mayor

In a big victory for working families, CWA-supported candidate Dwayne Warren unseated incumbent Mayor Eldridge Hawkins, Jr., in Orange, N.J.

Despite Hawkins raising nearly six times more money than his three opponents combined, voters last week chose Warren by more than 1,500 ballots.

"Working people won a big victory in a small town tonight," said Hetty Rosenstein, CWA New Jersey State Director. "Mayor Hawkins made it clear that he didn't respect the dignity of our members' work and our right to bargain collectively. We invested in a major campaign effort to ensure that Hawkins learned the hard way that when Democrats work with Chris Christie against the middle class, we won't go down without a fight."

This week CWA endorsed of Ron Rice for Congress (N.J.-10), citing his record of fighting for working families and his commitment to progressive, Democratic values. Rice is one of four major candidates vying for the nomination in June's Democratic primary to run for the Congressional seat that had been held by the late Rep. Donald Payne.