Delegates to the Texas AFL-CIO COPE Convention today approved this list of endorsements for statewide candidates:

Governor - Bill White

Lieutenant Governor - Linda Chavez-Thompson

Attorney General - Barbara Ann Radnofsky

Comptroller - No Endorsement

Land Commissioner - Hector Uribe

Agriculture Commissioner - Hank Gilbert

Railroad Commissioner - Jeff Weems

Texas Supreme Court, Place 3 - Jim Sharp

Texas Supreme Court, Place 5 - Bill Moody

Texas Supreme Court, Place 9 - Blake Bailey

Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2 - No Endorsement

Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5 - No Endorsement

Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6 - Keith Hampton

Chair, Texas Democratic Party - Boyd Richie

  "These endorsements set the stage for a campaign for change on Texas priorities," Texas AFL-CIO President Becky Moeller said, "The labor movement in Texas will do everything possible to alter the narrative for working families in Texas."