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UPDATED with details and reactions: As expected, Ken Howard has been re-elected President of SAG-AFTRA, defeating challenger Patricia Richardson. But in a big surprise, his Unite for Strength running mate Jenny O'Hara was beaten in the race for Secretary-Treasurer by Richardson’s Membership First running mate Jane…

The deadline for balloting in the SAG-AFTRA national election is Thursday, and all indications point to a big win for President Ken Howard and his Unite for Strength running mates. Incumbents and candidates endorsed by Howard have been sweeping local races by large margins across the country, where voter turnout has…

SAG-AFTRA secretary-treasurer Amy Aquino is turning out to be a major wildcard in the union's upcoming elections. A co-founder of Ken Howard's Unite for Strength slate, she had been his top running mate in the union's last election, and before the merger, had been his top running mate in the last two SAG elections…

SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard today called his opposition's sweeping agenda for change "empty promises" and "hollow rhetoric." In an email sent to the union's members, he said that the record of Membership First — the slate opposing his Unite for Strength candidates in next month’s election — "is one of conflict…

Unite for Strength today announced its slate of candidates for the upcoming SAG-AFTRA elections. Incumbent National President Ken Howard and his running mate Jenny O'Hara, who is running for Secretary-Treasurer, are being joined by Clyde Kusatsu, who is seeking re-election as National Vice President and as president…

The candidates list is final. SAG-AFTRA tonight sent out the official roster of members running for national and local office in the union’s upcoming elections. As previously reported, Ken Howard will run for re-election as SAG-AFTRA President against Patricia Richardson. The National Secretary-Treasurer race will pit…

Home Improvement star Patricia Richardson has thrown her hat into the ring in the race for president of SAG-AFTRA. Richardson, a member of the guild’s national board, and a full slate of running mates seek to oust president Ken Howard and the guild establishment "in the cause of the betterment of all members of…

Ken Howard will seek re-election to SAG-AFTRA’s top post. Howard was first elected president of SAG in 2009, won re-election in 2011, and after SAG and AFTRA merged, was elected president of the merged union. "I love my work – both as an actor and as SAG-AFTRA president," he said in a statement. "But while…

(A version of this story first appeared Sunday.) Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It was a defining moment of the 20th century. That is even the case for someone like me, who was born after November 22, 1963, in the shadow of the president’s murder. Most of my generation can tell…

UPDATE, 12:35PM: Gabrielle Carteris has been elected SAG-AFTRA's new Executive Vice President at the union’s convention today. The Beverly Hills, 90210 actress and former LA Local co-President beat NY Local president Mike Hodge and last-minute candidate Jane Austin for the powerful union position voted on by…

With just under a week to go before the election for the influential EVP position at SAG-AFTRA‘s first national convention since merging, National President Ken Howard today threw his weight behind NY local President Mike Hodge for the slot. Recently re-elected to his East Coast position, Hodge becomes the second…

Stef Dawson has joined the cast of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2. She will play Annie Cresta, the love interest of Finnick (Sam Claflin). The Australia native is known for her Aussie TV work and indie films including the recent thriller Wrath. Dawson is repped in the U.S. by Armada Partners for management…