AFT Votes

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Congratulations Mr. President and Madam Vice-President

AFT members are energized and speaking up about what’s on the line in the upcoming presidential election. We care, fight and show up for our students, our patients and our communities. And we need a candidate for president who will do the same. #aftvotes #IamAFT

AFT’s 2020 presidential endorsement process gives AFT members an opportunity to engage directly with candidates about their priorities. Hear from members who have had that opportunity! #AFTvotes

AFT is committed to achieving the highest level of member engagement in our 2020 presidential endorsement process. Together, we can ensure that our collective voice shapes the debate and that we elect a candidate who shares our values and vision for our country. Visit aftvotes.org for more information. #aftvotes

Kamala Harris

AFT Votes Town Hall with Sen. Harris, Detroit 5/6/19

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Kamala Harris has a long history of supporting public education. She’s been committed to fully funding public education; she supports the right to organize; and she has a history of fighting for voting rights, LGBTQ equality and women’s rights. When our members went on strike in Los Angeles in 2019, she was one of the first national figures to publicly support our members. And in this long-overdue moment of racial reckoning, her leadership on the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 is what we need.

Dr. Jill Biden

Jill Biden is an accomplished public school teacher, professor and author and is the founder of a number of organizations and initiatives that serve communities such as military families and people with cancer. She earned her doctorate in education from the University of Delaware, where her studies focused on maximizing student retention in community college. She has been married to former Vice President Joe Biden since 1977. Biden has been an educator for nearly 40 years. She taught English and reading for 13 years in public schools and taught at a psychiatric hospital for children with emotional disabilities. She has been a professor at community colleges since 1993. Biden continued to teach as a full-time professor at Northern Virginia Community College while serving as second lady.