Democrat John Edwards has received the endorsement of the Iowa State Council of the Service Employees International Union, and announcements of support from other state councils were promised to follow Monday, a campaign official said. "This endorsement reflects Senator Edwards' lifelong commitment to standing up for working Americans like the people he grew up with,' said the senior campaign official, who requested anonymity because he was speaking about the endorsement before its official release. He told The Associated Press that a "number of other state councils' of the SEIU will announce their support for the former North Carolina senator at an event in Iowa City on Monday evening, but he wouldn't confirm how many.
See "Edwards Gets Iowa SEIU Endorsement", Amy Lorentzen, Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 14, 2007