FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 16, 2026
June 16, 2026
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Tim Kauffman
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses 5 Colorado Lawmakers for Reelection to Congress
Categories:
Senate, Congress, Election 2026, House
AFGE says Sen. Hickenlooper and Reps. DeGette, Neguse, Crow, and Petterson support federal workers and their rights
AURORA, Colo. –– The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of five members of Congress for reelection to their seats representing Colorado in the 2026 elections. The statewide primary is June 30, and the general election is Nov. 3.
The endorsed candidates are U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper and U.S Reps. Diana DeGette (CD-1), Joe Neguse (CD-2), Jason Crow (CD-6), and Brittany Pettersen (CD-7).
All five lawmakers have earned lifetime voting ratings at or above 90 percent from AFGE, have been supportive of key AFGE priorities, and often are the co-sponsors of key bills supporting federal employees. Most recently, they have all cosponsored the Protect America’s Workforce Act, which would overturn President Trump’s executive order stripping collective bargaining rights from more than 1 million federal employees.
“These five members of Congress from Colorado are exceptionally pro-labor, pro-AFGE, and pro-federal employee,” AFGE District 11 National Vice President Tim Snyder said. “They and their staff are always exceptionally accessible to our local union leaders and supportive of us as we face unprecedented attacks from the Trump administration.”
More than 60,500 federal employees live in Colorado – safeguarding the food we eat and the air we breathe, caring for veterans, supporting the military, and ensuring Social Security recipients receive their benefits accurately and on time.
AFGE is the largest federal employee union in the country, representing more than 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers in all functions of government. AFGE represents more than 68,500 federal employees in District 11, which includes Alaska, Colorado, Guam, Idaho, Montana, Okinawa, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
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