Major Unions Endorse Kenyon for State Senate

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MAJOR UNIONS ENDORSE DAPHNE KENYON FOR STATE SENATE

Derry, N.H., Sept. 23 —

The New Hampshire AFL-CIO and the New Hampshire Teamsters Union have endorsed Daphne Kenyon, the Democratic candidate for State Senate District 19.

"The experience she brings in her knowledge of the economy will be a tremendous resource in the State Senate. With her comes a valuable perspective to solving New Hampshire's problems," said Mark MacKenzie, president of the New Hampshire AFL-CIO.

A friend of labor, Kenyon is an expert on livable wage jobs, and was strongly in favor of the raise in the minimum wage. She also supports the evergreen bill, which is legislation that allows workers to receive scheduled pay raises during long negotiations. Her opponent, Republican incumbent Bob Letourneau, voted against both the minimum wage increase and the evergreen bill, two very important pieces of pro-labor legislation.

Of the endorsement, Kenyon said, "I am delighted to receive these two critical endorsements.  I look forward to representing the interests of New Hampshire's hard working families in Concord."

Kenyon, a Ph.D. economist, is an expert on property tax relief, livable wage jobs and education funding. A fiscally conservative Democrat, Kenyon is a professional economist with over 25 years of analyzing government policy. She taught economics at Dartmouth and Simmons College, and currently works as a fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.  She and her husband Peter Kachavos have lived in Windham for 20 years. Her husband's family is from Derry.