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Firefighters Union Declines to Endorse Candidate in 2024, Blow to Kamala Harris

Oct 3, 2024, 07:04 PM

The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), representing 316,000 members, has announced that it will not endorse any candidate in the 2024 presidential election. This decision marks a significant departure from the 2020 election, where the IAFF was the first union to endorse Joe Biden. The IAFF's executive board voted by a margin of 1.2% to withhold an endorsement. This move follows a similar decision by the Teamsters Union and is seen as a setback for Vice President Kamala Harris, who has failed to secure endorsements from major unions that previously supported Biden.