Joe Biden Makes First Campaign Stop In Houston
Style Magazine Newswire | 5/31/2019, 8:02 a.m.
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visited Houston Tuesday for campaign events, including a town hall meeting with the American Federation of Teachers and then a fundraiser. The AFT town hall took place at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union in northwest Houston in the afternoon. The combined membership of the AFT and the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is approximately 2.5 million members. Although Texas isn’t a union-friendly state, unions are still a force to be reckoned with in the national democratic primaries. So far, Biden leads the polls for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, according to Real Clear Politics, which combines several national and primary polls. The crowded field has a record 24 people vying for the nomination. At 76 years of age, Biden is one of the oldest Democratic hopefuls, along with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, 77, who also held a campaign event in Houston in April.
