HAMPTON DELLINGER wins DURHAM COMMITTEE endorsement

Hampton Dellinger has just been endorsed by the most powerful African American group in the state: the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People.

Please find the press release for this key endorsement below

The backing of the Durham Committee gives Dellinger a clean sweep of the African American endorsing groups so far, which include the Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the RWCA in Raleigh and the Black Leadership Roundtable of High Point.

I'd say that is very impressive and shows how people feel about Hampton's dedication to fighting discrimination and evening the playing field. Hampton has refused to ignore the racial inequalities that exist in our state. It may not be politically popular to talk about them sometimes, but he has consistently been out front on the issues, on everything from compensating the victims of forced sterilization to defending affirmative action.

Dellinger's other key endorsements include:

NARAL Pro-choice North Carolina

NC AFL-CIO

NC Communication Workers of America

NC United Transportation Workers of America

NC Chapter of the Teachers Federation of America

Dellinger is a progressive Democrat, and he's not afraid to speak out on the issues that matter most (Education, the treatment of senior citizens, racial inequality, the environment, workers in North Carolina, and healthcare.)

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DURHAM COMMITTEE ON THE AFFAIRS OF BLACK PEOPLE ENDORSES DELLINGER

(DURHAM, 4/12/08) Hampton Dellinger continued to rack up endorsements from major African-American groups, today adding the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People to his growing list of supporters. Dellinger previously has been endorsed by the Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the Raleigh Wake Citizens Association (RWCA), and the Black Leadership Roundtable of High Point, giving him a clean sweep of the major African-American political groups that have weighed in on the race thus far.

Independent Weekly has said that the Durham Committee is “arguably the most powerful black political organization in the region,” (Independent Weekly, 7/28/04). Last fall, UNC Charlotte Professor Ted Arrington said that the Durham Committee, the RWCA, and the Black Political Caucus of Charlotte were part of a group of organizations that could make a difference in May’s primaries because they have a good reputation in the black community and they work hard to inform voters (News & Observer Under the Dome Blog, 11/28/07).

“I am honored to have the backing of the Durham Committee, and I look forward to working with this organziation and others as Lieutenant Governor to achieve greater economic and social justice across North Carolina,” Dellinger said.

Dellinger, who was a Deputy Attorney General and the Governor’s Chief Legal Counsel, has also been endorsed by the North Carolina State AFL-CIO, the state chapters of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the United Transportation Union (UTU), NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina, the Durham People’s Alliance, and the Police Benevolent Association (PBA). He recently released a statewide radio ad featuring jazz star Branford Marsalis, a statewide mailing featuring historian and civil rights legend Dr. John Hope Franklin, and his first t.v. ad.