OH, WI, MN, IA: SEIU working on general election plans
12:21 PM
The Service Employees International Union announced today that Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa will be among the handful of states it plans to target in November.
"More than 100,000 SEIU members will be volunteering their time to elect a pro-worker majority in Congress and elect Barack Obama as our next president," said Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger. "They will reach out to voters in their communities with a clear message about which candidate will end the war in Iraq, ensure guaranteed affordable health care for everyone and build a new American Dream for workers."
SEIU plans to spend $85 million assisting U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's efforts as well as gubernatorial and U.S. Senate and House races. The group will have operations in swing states such as Iowa, Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. SEIU's plan includes advertising, direct mail and get-out-the-vote efforts.
See the SEIU press release
