BY PAUL DUNN
HOUSTON - Supporters of Lea Sherman, Socialist Workers candidate for U.S. representative in the 29th Congressional District, were notified May 20 that Sherman's name will appear on the ballot in the November election. Sherman is an aerospace worker and member of the International Association of Machinists.

More than 1,100 signatures were turned over to the secretary of state May 14 to place her name on the ballot, far exceeding the 500 required. The signatures were collected in this predominantly working-class and Latino district where large numbers of oil refinery workers live.

Sherman has actively campaigned on the picket line of the locked-out Crown refinery workers, as well as at the Anheuser-Busch plant gate where unionists turned down a concession contract and had a practice picket session for strike preparation. Supporters of the campaign distributed campaign literature at the plant gate, selling 25 copies of the Militant newspaper on two occasions.

Sherman has also aggressively used her campaign to speak out against the death penalty in Texas where more executions have been carried out than in any other state.  
 
 
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