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ctnewsjunkie.com - AFT-CT Endorses DeStefano and Glassman
A teachers union with more than 26,000 teachers, public employees, and health care professionals endorsed New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, the Democratic nominee for governor, and his running mate Mary Messina Glassman Tuesday.

AFT-CT President Sharon Palmer said the union membership based its decision on the issues. The first and foremost being health care and coming in a close second was property tax reform.

She said DeStefano was the first candidate for governor to come up with a universal health care plan for “all Connecticut’s citizens, not just the ones who can afford it.” She said for the past 12 years under former Gov. John G. Rowland and the current Gov. M. Jodi Rell the number of uninsured and underinsured has grown.

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