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===Tonya Payne gets union endorsement for District 6 City Council seat===
: Mackenzie Carpenter | March 5, 2009
City Councilwoman Tonya Payne was endorsed in March 2009 by five service-sector unions who promised to deliver money and manpower to her campaign for a second term representing the city's District 6. The unions include Service Employees International Union 32BJ, Teamsters Local 936, United Food and Commercial Workers, UNITE HERE and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 95. 
In a news release, the unions announced they're launching a full-scale voter outreach campaign, including mailings, door-to-door canvassing outreach and member mobilization in support of Payne's re-election -- while also jointly contributing a minimum of $10,000 directly to Payne's campaign.
So far, Ms. Payne, 44, of the Hill District faces two challengers in the May 19, 2009, Democratic primary: Daniel Lavelle, 31, also of the Hill District, and chief of staff to state Rep. Jake Wheatley and Pittsburgh school board member Mark Brentley Sr., 52, of the Central North Side.