Still, the Republican candidates held their own against the Working Families Party in the money battle, and both GOP contenders raised more than any of the five Republicans who ran four years ago.
, head of the Philadelphia Building Trades & Construction Council, said the coalition of labor unions has endorsed Hasher alongside four Democrats: Nina Ahmad and incumbents Isaiah Thomas, Katherine Gilmore Richardson, and Jim Harrity.“Anybody that supports smart development with workers that are skilled and highly trained, they have support from the Philadelphia building trades,” he said.
Eleven other labor unions outside the building trades, including those that represent teachers and service workers, have endorsed the Working Families Party candidates.The Working Families Party may need to spend more money than its Republican rivals in order to reach enough voters to put them over the top.
The Working Families Party independent expenditure group, also known as a super PAC, is not legally allowed to coordinate with the campaigns or candidates. It wasn’t immediately clear who gave to the Working Families Party’s national group, though it has reportedly raised much of its cash from national labor unions.
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