Erin Marshall 'humbled and deeply honored' by state AFL-CIO endorsement

EDITOR'S NOTE: Erin Marshall is a Frankfort Democrat who is challenging First District Rep. James Comer, a Republican. (The office of the U.S. House clerk lists his hometown as Tompkinsville but he also has a house in Frankfort.) Comer has one of the worst labor voting records in Congress. The latest AFL-CIO Legislative Scorecard, which shows where "lawmakers stand on issues important to working families, including strengthening Social Security and Medicare, freedom to join a union, improving workplace safety and more," shows that Comer voted the union position on legislation 10 percent of the time last year and 12 percent of the time he's been in Congress. When he ran for governor in 2015, Comer said if he won he'd make passing a "right to work" law "his first priority." (He lost in the GOP primary to pro-RTW Matt Bevin.) Comer is a co-sponsor of HR 1200, a national RTW law. Also, Comer voted against the PRO Act.   

Here is Marshall's statement in response to her endorsement:

I am humbled and deeply honored to receive the endorsement of the AFL-CIO, an organization dedicated to advocating for the rights and dignity of working families. 

My journey as a single mother has instilled in me a deep understanding of the challenges faced by hard working Americans striving to provide for their families. When it comes to the serious issues facing working mothers, fathers, and caregivers like fighting for policies that ensure access to affordable childcare, paid family leave, fair wages, and equal pay for equal work, I will never waver. Kentucky needs a fighter in Congress for Kentucky's working families, not a water carrier for the billionaire class.