The gigantic municipal labor union DC37 came out with its endorsements today, and the list contains a few surprises.

As already noted here, the 121,000-member union endorsed Olanike Alabi in her race against Walter Mosley, who is backed by the man they are vying to replace, Hakeem Jeffries. And the gr0up is also backing Guillermo Linares, who is trying to oust incumbent Adriano Espaillat. And in Queens, the union went with Jerry Iannece, who is running to replace Rory Lancman, and Ron Kim, who is running to replace Grace Meng. Otherwise, the union sticks with incumbents, even some with  spotty records like Naomi Rivera and William Boyland.

It is hard to know what impact these endorsements will have. DC37 has a huge membership base but is fairly disorganized politically–many locals do not even know that they are a part of the union. In a Congressional primary in June, Charles Barron got its endorsement and went on to lose by 50 points.

Full list below:

77^th A.D.          Vanessa Gibson

78^th A.D.          Jose Rivera

80^th A.D.          Naomi Rivera

86^th A.D.          Nelson Castro

87^th A.D.          Luis Sepulveda

Brooklyn

42^nd A.D.  Rhoda Jacobs

55^th A.D.   William Boyland, Jr.

57^th A.D.  Olanike Alabi

58^th A.D.  N. Nick Perry

60^th A.D.  Inez Barron

Queens

25^th A.D.  Jerry Iannece

38^th A.D.  Michael Miller

40^th A.D.  Ron Kim

SENATE DISTRICTS

Manhattan

31^st S.D.   Guillermo Linares

Queens

10^th S.D.  Shirley Huntley

16^th S.D.  Toby Ann Stavisky

Brooklyn

18^th S.D.  Martin Malave Dilan

Bronx

33^rd S.D.   Gustavo Rivera

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