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Wisconsin Dem touts endorsement from union pushing back against CDL crackdowns on illegal alien truckers

A Democratic candidate waging a high-stakes bid for one of the most competitive congressional districts in the country touted connections to a group pushing to keep laxer restrictions around commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) for undocumented immigrants.Rebecca Cooke, running in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District to unseat incumbent Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisc., highlighted an endorsement from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)."I’m honored to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the hard-working men and women of AFSCME.," Cooke wrote.Cooke’s alignment...