Anthony Driver Jr., a community organizer and head of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, has garnered the support of a powerful union in the 7th Congressional District race, his campaign announced Saturday.

The Illinois branch of the Service Employees International Union endorsed Driver in his run for the 7th Congressional District seat. The district encompasses Chicago’s West Side, and stretches from west suburban Hillside into the Loop and down to the South Side. SEIU Illinois represents more than 150,000 janitors, healthcare, childcare and other public employees.

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Driver is currently the executive director of the SEIU Illinois State Council.

“Anthony is exactly the kind of leader we need to navigate us through the tumul

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