Ford was endorsed by dozens of organizations, including Planned Parenthood and the Culinary Workers Union Local 226.
The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 represents 60,000 hospitality workers who are employed at nearly all of the hotels, resorts, and casinos on the strip including the Mandalay Bay, the Bellagio Hotel & Casino, and Caesars Palace.
“We are in the Trump slump,” Ted Pappageorge, the secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, told The Epoch Times on June 8. “It is real and happening in Las Vegas, and unfortunately, Governor Lombardo is afraid to stand up to President Trump.
Pappageorge blamed Trump’s strict immigration policies at the southern border and other parts of the United States for causing some of Las Vegas’s “biggest customers” to retreat from making the trip to the Entertainment Capital of the World.
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Las Vegas has seen a 6.8 percent drop in visitors in April 2026 compared to April 2024, according to numbers provided to The Epoch Times by the Culinary Workers Union Local 226.