AZ-06: American Federation of Teachers-Arizona Endorse Hiral Tipirneni for Congress

[RandySF]

The campaign team for Arizona 6th Congressional District candidate Dr. Hiral Tipirneni Aug. 12 announced that the American Federation of Teachers-Arizona has endorsed the candidate.

The federation praised Tipirneni’s commitment to ensuring that all Arizona children get a quality education, according to the news release.

"We are proud to support Hiral's campaign. It's time for a leader who will stand with educators and help fight for our students,” AFT Arizona president Ralph Quintana said in a statement. “While David Schweikert has repeatedly voted to slash education funding at all levels, we know that Hiral will fight to make sure our schools have the resources they need to give our children a good education.”

AFT Arizona represents over 1,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and school-related personnel, local, state and federal employees, higher education faculty and staff, and nurses and other healthcare professionals, the release said.

"The members of AFT Arizona do the critically important work of educating our kids and I am so honored to have their support," said Tipirneni. "There is no question that the best way to set our community up for success is making sure that every child gets a quality education. For too long, our system has been harmed by continuous funding cuts – it’s time to rethink our priorities. As a member of Congress I will always fight for our students."

AFT’s endorsement marks the fourth major Arizona labor group to back Hiral for Congress. The Indian American candidate has also received the support of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 99, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union Local 104, and Communication Workers of America Arizona State Council.


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[vsrazdem]

1. Well, I don't appreciate the fact that she lost in her district last time, so now she has moved

in Anita Malik's district to run against her. Does she think she has better odds there. Not nice.

[RandySF]

2. The money seems to think so.

[vsrazdem]

3. Still a carpetbagger in my book.

[Hortensis]

4. Democrat Hiral Tipirneni is a physician and expected to make healthcare

a major theme of her campaign. Last year, Tipirneni advocated for expanding Medicare to serve as a public insurance option for more than seniors and said she wants to increase Social Security revenue. She said she would do that by raising the withholding tax or increasing the amount of income subject to that tax.

Good luck to her. She's one of three Democrats so far vying be the one to flip this seat.

[vsrazdem]

5. Sorry, Anita is well versed to take on the healthcare system, after what she went through during her

last run for election. Her personal family struggles with the healthcare industy and insurance companies during her last campaign make her more than qualifed to understand what the average family goes through, and is exactly why big money is not backing her, as she is for Medicare for All. I suggest you educate yourself on her personal stuggle before suggesting that she is not qualified to make healthcare a major theme of her campaign.

https://medium.com/@anitamalik/the-cost-of-a-saved-life-905e4c01ec24