Working People Champion, AFSCME Member Greg Casar Wins Texas Primary for Congress

Last week, working family champion and AFSCME member Greg Casar won the Democratic primary for Texas’ 35th congressional district. From the beginning of the campaign, Casar ran on issues important to working families and voters rewarded him for being on our side.

When he won, Casar spoke about the fact that his victory wasn’t for him, it was a win for a $15-an-hour minimum wage, for Medicare for All, for the PRO Act, for reproductive rights, for immigrant rights, for Black lives, for LGBTQIA+ rights, for working families. Watch his victory speech:

Video with captions 👇🏽 #TX35 #Election2022 pic.twitter.com/9WXZIENEp4

— Greg Casar (@GregCasar) March 2, 2022

Casar currently serves as a member of the Austin City Council and a organizer who has worked across the state of Texas. As a member of the Council, Casar sponsored a law that gave workers in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio paid sick days and worked to raise the minimum wage for Austin’s lowest-paid employees to $15 an hour while also providing them health care benefits.

Learn more about Greg Casar and his run for Congress.