PAUL SLOTH paul.sloth@journaltimes.com
JournalTimes.com Posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 7:51 am
UNION GROVE - In between work and play practice for one of her children, Kris Barrett found time to drive down to Union Grove Monday afternoon to fire up union workers at a campaign rally at the American Legion Post 171.
With the election a week away and polls showing the governor's race within the margin of error, Barrett wants to do what she can to get her husband, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, elected.
Kris Barrett doesn't get to see her husband very much these days as the two of them crisscross the state in the waning days of the campaign.
"We're like two ships passing in the night. We're on a mission to get this thing done," Kris Barrett said. "It's not just about Tom Barrett. I'm doing this for me. I'm doing this for my kids. It's personal."
It's a job that comes easily to Kris Barrett. This is the first election in which she's been able to take a really active role. Now that their children are older, Kris Barrett is on the stump doing what she can to help her husband win the highest office in the state. Tom Barrett is running against Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, the Republican candidate.
It's the final stretch and the candidates or their proxies are swinging through Racine County this week in an effort to persuade voters to go to the polls. On Wednesday, U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson will be in Racine.
On Monday, Kris Barrett spoke briefly about her husband's commitment to union workers and their jobs during a campaign rally for local Democratic candidates at the post, 1027 New St. The event was sponsored by the local chapter of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, which will spend the next week working the phones and pounding the pavement to try to get their candidates elected. About 50 people attended Monday's rally.
Union organizers believe members can do a better job of convincing their fellow members to vote, said Sara Rogers, political director for the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO. Events like this one are happening around the state as local unions try to mobilize the more than 350,000 union members in the state to influence the election.
"Union members trust the information they get from their unions," Rogers said. "We believe the union vote can make a difference."
Source: The Journal Times Online
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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