News

• Jul 3, 2008 - Mary Fant Donnan wins N.C. Labor Commissioner runoff
  
  

   

   

• Jun 5, 2008 - Labor commissioner candidate endorses Donnan

  Ty Richardson of Johnston County said Thursday he was endorsing Mary Fant Donnan of Winston-Salem in the June 24 runoff. Another candidate, Robin Anderson of Cary, also is backing Donnan.

• Jun 4, 2008 - Anderson Backs Donnan

• Jun 3, 2008 - Charlotte Observer Endorses Donnan

  "Mary Fant Donnan, 51, a program officer for the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, is a smart, capable choice. She served as director of research and policy for the Department of Labor under former Commissioner Harry Payne, the most active labor commissioner the state has had...We enthusiastically recommend Mary Fant Donnan for labor commissioner."

• May 12, 2008 - Donnan's interest in labor has rural roots

  "In seven years as a program officer at the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the core of Donnan's work has centered on understanding the plight of workers in communities, she said, many of which are rural and have suffered job losses in the past few years."

• May 8, 2008 - Donnan leads in labor primary

  Mary Fant Donnan, a former research director at the Labor Department, placed first with 28 percent of the vote.

• May 5, 2008 - Wilmngton Star News Endorses Donnan

  Mary Fant Donnan was research and policy director under former Labor Commissioner Harry Payne, who restored the agency's credibility

• Apr 23, 2008 - Independent Weekly Endorses Donnan

  "We recommend a vote for Mary Fant Donnan, who also has the endorsement—importantly in this case—of the state AFL-CIO."

• Apr 20, 2008 - Former Commissioner Harry Payne Endorses Donnan

  (Mary) stands to be the clearest voice, the deepest mind, and the biggest heart for working people in the challenging years ahead.

• Mar 8, 2008 - Donnan wins AFL-CIO backing

  "Mary Fant Donnan for labor commissioner, in one of the most important races for the union."

• Feb 28, 2008 - Mary Donnan Leaps Into Labor Commissioner Race

  "A longtime Labor Department employee has leapt into the Labor Commissioner race."

• Feb 26, 2008 - Donnan files for labor commissioner

  "Mary Fant Donnan of Winston-Salem filed today as a Democratic candidate for state Commissioner of Labor."