Abercrombie Gets First Support
U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie’s campaign for governor has picked up its first union endorsements as the Plumbers and Pipefitters and the Boilermakers unions gave the Manoa Democrat their stamp of approval.
Plumbers and Pipefitters have about 4,000 local members and the Boilermakers have several hundreds members, mostly at Pearl Harbor shipyard, according to Abercrombie.”This coming so early in the race it is no doubt a boost to our campaign,” Abercrombie said in a release.
Noting that these two trade unions were the first to endorse Barack Obama for president, Abercrombie said he feels honored to be endorsed for governor more than a year and half years before the November 2010 election.
Abercrombie is a longtime friend of the unions, having been the keynote speaker for the plumbers and pipe-fitters last two national conventions, according to the union press release.
According to the campaign tracking database, OpenSecrets.org, Abercrombie received $10,000 in his last congressional election cycle from the Boilermakers union political action committee.
