In previous leadership elections, a union's delegates would normally vote as a block making union endorsements an important factor in the outcome.

Like the other Democrats, even Professor Amster did not get the union endorsement, although she has been active in the union.

Mr. Albanese also won police union endorsements by supporting the death penalty and opposing the creation of a civilian complaint review board.

Based on local union endorsements, organizers estimated that they were representing about 3.5 million workers.

Throughout August, French received a wave of over a dozen union endorsements.

He is boasting of union endorsements and interest groups he once took for granted.

And several months later, the union endorsement now stands as an elusive prize hanging in the balance as the mayoral race reaches a critical phase.

His 10 union endorsements include those of the transit workers, carpenters and mail carriers.

The rest said a union endorsement made no difference or did not know.

He retained his union endorsements and drew liberal and Jewish voters away from Holtzman.