The three local UFCW unions represent a combined 28,500 Marylanders
LANDOVER, Md. (June 1, 2022) – Today, three United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) local unions announced endorsements for the 2022 elections in Maryland.
The three unions – UFCW Local 400, UFCW Local 27, and UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO – represent a powerhouse of working people, with a combined 28,500 members in Maryland working in a wide variety of industries, including grocery, retail, health care, food processing, meatpacking, cannabis, gaming, and more, as well as the public sector.
“With the combined power of our three unions, UFCW members are a force to be reckoned with in Maryland,” said UFCW Local 400 President Mark Federici. “We know our strength comes from our unity, and in this upcoming election, we are committed to ensuring the interests of hard-working Marylanders are prioritized in Annapolis.”
“After years spent on the frontlines of a deadly pandemic, UFCW members – and all essential workers – need leaders who will fight for them in Annapolis,” said Jason Chorpenning, President of UFCW Local 27 based in Baltimore. “We have come together to endorse these candidates because we know each and every one of them will stand up for our hard-working members and their families.”
“In today’s economy, it is imperative that our elected leaders fight for what’s best for working families,” said Gino Renne, president of Local 1994 MCGEO. “We need advocates in the halls of government who not only understand the struggles we’re all facing but will also do the right thing on our behalf. Our endorsed candidates have shown a commitment to safeguarding working families.”
Maryland Candidates Endorsed by UFCW
| Governor | Tom Perez |
| Lieutenant Governor | Shannon Sneed |
| Attorney General | Anthony Brown |
| Comptroller | Brooke Lierman |
| U.S. Senate | Chris Van Hollen |
| U.S. Congress | |
| Congressional District 1 | Heather Mizuer |
| Congressional District 2 | Dutch Ruppersberger |
| Congressional District 3 | John Sarbanes |
| Congressional District 5 | Steny Hoyer |
| Congressional District 6 | David Trone |
| Congressional District 7 | Kweisi Mfume |
| Congressional District 8 | Jamie Raskin |
| Maryland State Senate | |
| District 14 | Craig Zucker |
| District 15 | Brian Feldman |
| District 16 | Susan Lee |
| District 18 | Jeff Waldstreicher |
| District 19 | Ben Kramer |
| District 20 | Will Smith |
| District 21 | Jim Rosapepe |
| District 22 | Paul G. Pinsky |
| District 23 | Raaheela Ahmed |
| District 24 | Joanne Benson |
| District 25 | Melony Griffith |
| District 26 | C. Anthony Muse |
| District 28 | Arthur Carr Ellis |
| District 39 | Nancy King |
| District 47 | Augustine Malcolm |
| Maryland State House of Delegates | |
| District 14 | Anne Kaiser Eric Luedtke Pamela Queen |
| District 15 | Linda Foley David Fraser-Hidalgo Lily Qi |
| District 16 | Ariana Kelly Marc Korman Sara Love |
| District 17 | Kumar Barve Julie Palakovich Carr |
| District 18 | Emily Shetty Jared Soloman |
| District 19 | Charlotte Crutchfield Bonnie Cullison Vaughn Stewart |
| District 20 | Lorig Charkoudian David Moon Jheanelle Wilkins |
| District 21 | Ben Barnes Mary Lehman Joseline Pena–Melnyk |
| District 22 | Anne Healy Alonzo Washington Nicole A. Williams |
| District 23 | Marvin Holmes Januari McKay Kym Taylor |
| District 24 | Andrea Harrison Fletcher Jazz Lewis Christopher Stevenson |
| District 25 | Darryl Barnes Nick Charles Karen Toles |
| District 26 | Veronica Turner Kriselda Valderrama Jamila J. Woods |
| District 27 | 27A: Susie Proctor 27B: Jeffrie E. Long, Jr. |
| District 28 | Debra Davis Edith Patterson C.T. Wilson |
| District 39 | Lesley Lopez Kirill Reznik Clint Sobratti |
| District 47A | Diana Fennell Robert Julian Ivey |
| District 47B | Marlin Jenkins |
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United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400 is led by President Mark Federici and represents 35,000 members working in the grocery, retail, health care, food processing, service and other industries in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. www.ufcw400.org
United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 27 represents more than 20,000 hard-working men and women in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia in grocery and retail, pharmacy, food processing, chemical processing, meatpacking, manufacturing, cannabis, gaming, and public sectors. www.ufcw27.org
UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO is a union representing approximately 9,000 workers in Maryland, primarily in public service. www.mcgeo.org