November 2007 Election Recap

November 6 Election Results

A huge victory for workers in San Francisco and a more worker-friendly city council in Novato are just two of the results of 1021 member activism and COPE contributions in the municipal elections.

Here are the results we have so far:

San Francisco: 1021 Beats Big Money

They had billionaire Don Fisher and big developers. But we had the people.

With 95% of the precincts and all of the absentee votes reported, SEIU 1021 members have scored a triple win in San Francisco's election.

Prop. A wins: 55.5% - 45.5%
Prop. D wins: 74% - 26%
Prop. H loses: 33% - 67%

The Prop A campaign was headquartered out of our San Francisco office, with hundreds of members, staff and community allies phone banking, precinct walking, and running the get-out-the-vote operation.

"When we fight, we win!" SEIU 1021 President Damita Davis-Howard exorted the troops into the night's final two-hour push. Davis-Howard spent the day working as one of several "district mommas," overseeing precinct operations in key supervisory districts.

SF Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin told a packed crowd at Tuesday night's victory party, "This is a testament to the Service Employees International Union Local 1021!"

Novato: Building a Worker-Friendly City

Our four-day get-out-the-vote push helped push Madeline Kellner into the open seat on the Novato city council. With years of experience on the Planning Commission and running a Kaiser hospital (with a staff and budget bigger than Novato’s own), Kellner brings both management and health care experience to the council.

"Public services are what keeps a community going, what people depend on, and city workers are the people who make it happen," she told the NewsWire at her victory party. "I really appreciate not just SEIU's support, but the enthusiastic spirit in which you gave it."