EXCLUSIVE: Candidates backed by Fran Drescher in local SAG-AFTRA elections are racking up impressive wins as early results from around the country continue to come in. Candidates that her Unite for…
In a local race that shows every vote counts, Henry Ian Cusick has been elected to the SAG-AFTRA national board representing Hawaii, defeating incumbent Scott Rogers by only five votes – 142 to 138. Cusick was endorsed by Modine and his MembershipFirst slate, while Rogers was backed by Drescher’s Unite for Strength ruling party.
The board seats won by MembershipFirst in Hawaii and Nevada are net gains for the opposition group, whose leaders believe this to be an early sign of a realignment of the union’s power structure, in which MembershipFirst is dominant in Los Angeles, where half the members live, while Unite for Strength stronger in New York and all but a handful of the outlying locals.
In Chicago, Courtney Rioux handily won the national board race there with the backing of Drescher, who posted a video endorsing her candidacy. Rioux received 475 votes to D.B. Sweeney’s 234. Sweeney was backed by MembershipFirst.
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