The National Education Association, the nation’s largest labor union, endorses Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination over his last remaining primary rival, Bernie Sanders.
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.
The NEA’s board of directors chose Biden following a recommendation from the organization’s political action committee board, following months of surveying the organization’s 3 million members and multiple presidential candidate forums held around the country. In the four states that vote Tuesday, almost 760,000 voters live in households with at least one NEA member, according to the union. NEA officials said the union’s PAC would immediate push digital advertising into the four states on Biden’s behalf, while also communicating with NEA households.
Eskelsen Garcia singled out proposals to support “low-income communities where the need is the highest.”
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