Both candidates running for Oregon attorney general in the May
20 Democratic primary have union support.
Law school professor and former federal prosecutor John Kroger has
been endorsed by the Oregon AFL-CIO; Oregon State Building and Construction
Trades Council; Service Employees International Union locals 503
and 49; Oregon Education Association; International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers Local 48; Carpenters Locals 1065, 711, 1388,
2416, 247, and 2154; Portland Police Association; the Oregon State
Police Officers Association, and Teamsters Joint Council No. 37.
His opponent, State Rep. Greg Macpherson of Lake Oswego, has been
endorsed by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555, the state’s
largest private-sector union. He also was recommended for endorsement
by the Northwest Oregon Labor Council.
