Harrison is one of five Democratic candidates hoping to win her party’s primary in July to take on the incumbent Van Drew, who switched his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican in December of 2019. Longtime politician Frank LoBiondo held New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district seat from 1995 until his retirement at the end of 2018.<\/p>\n
Unite Here Local 54, the labor union that represents more than 10,000 workers in Atlantic City’s nine casinos, was quick to endorse Harrison’s proposal.<\/p>\n
\nThis plan is a culmination of a great deal of work and collaboration from Brigid,” said Unite Here Local 54 President Bob McDevitt. “Since the day our doors closed, Brigid has been meeting and listening to industry executives, organized labor union leaders, and casino trade group policy experts.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
McDevitt continued, “Unlike the policies presented by other candidates, this was not drafted by staff or cut and pasted from think tanks. Brigid has worked hard to find substantive solutions aimed at fighting for South Jersey\u2019s future.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A congressional candidate running to represent South Jersey says the federal government should assist casinos during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus led to every commercial casino in the United States suspending their operations, and resulted in hundreds of thousands of people out of work. Brigid Callahan Harrison, a Democratic candidate seeking to replace […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":136400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
South Jersey Congressional Candidate Wants Federal Support for Casinos<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n