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To be eligible to vote, a person must be a member of NALC in good standing as of June 1, 2026.Any member who does not receive a ballot by Oct. 5 should contact the NALC Membership Department to request a replacement ballot. The Membership Department can be reached by telephone at 202-393-4695. The deadline to contact the Membership Department is 4 p.m. Eastern time on Oct 9.To be counted, ballots must be received by noon on Oct. 19. The counting of ballots will begin that day or the next.

To be eligible to vote, a person must be a member of NALC in good standing as of June 1, 2026.Any member who does not receive a ballot by Oct. 5 should contact the NALC Membership Department to request a replacement ballot. The Membership Department can be reached by telephone at 202-393-4695. The deadline to contact the Membership Department is 4 p.m. Eastern time on Oct 9.To be counted, ballots must be received by noon on Oct. 19. The counting of ballots will begin that day or the next.

To be eligible to vote, a person must be a member of NALC in good standing as of June 1, 2026.Any member who does not receive a ballot by Oct. 5 should contact the NALC Membership Department to request a replacement ballot. The Membership Department can be reached by telephone at 202-393-4695. The deadline to contact the Membership Department is 4 p.m. Eastern time on Oct 9.To be counted, ballots must be received by noon on Oct. 19. The counting of ballots will begin that day or the next.

Kenny Janulewicz is a candidate for NALC Region 14 Business Agent. Region 14: Serving letter carriers in central and eastern Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Current NBA Region 14 Business Agent Rick DiCecca is retiring.

Roy Jancio is a candidate for the NALC Region 15 Business Agent position. Region 15: Serving letter carriers in western Connecticut, northern New Jersey, New York, and the territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Current Business Agent: Bruce Didriksen is retiring.

Stephanie Stewart is current Director of Health Benefits and is running to remain in that position.

Shawn Boyd is a candidate for NALC Director of Safety and Health. Shawn Boyd is current(2026) Business Agent out of Region 10(Texas/New Mexico). Current Director of Safety and Health Manny Peralta is running for NALC EVP position.

Recorded: Sept. 16th

Recorded Sept. 1st 2026. Kenny Janulewicz is running for NBA of Region 14(New England). Disclaimer: The other Region 14 NBA candidates were invited to come on but they were instructed not to by their own campaign staff.

Larrissa Parde(Lincoln, NE Branch 8) Region 5 RAA.

Stephanie Stewart was elected director of health benefits by mail balloting of NALC members in 2022. Stewart was hired as a letter carrier in 1995 for the Morgan Street Station in Des Moines, IA, and quickly joined Central Iowa Merged Branch 352. In 2015, NALC President Fredric Rolando appointed Stewart regional administrative assistant for Region 5, serving Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Rolando appointed her director of health benefits in 2018 to fill a vacancy, and she was elected to the post later that year by national balloting. Additional information on the NALC Health Benefit Plan, which is available to federal and postal workers as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), can be found by connecting to the NALC Health Benefit Plan website.

Next Generation Carriers and guests are individual union members speaking in a personal capacity and they do not represent the views of the NALC, the United States Postal Service,  or any other entity that is spoken on this program. NALC Region 7 covers: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Elliot Simmons is running to unseat current NALC Business Agent Patrick Johnson.

NALC Region 10 covers: New Mexico and Texas. Current NBA Shawn Boyd is not running for re-election, he is seeking a higher level position inside the NALC. Two candidates for Business Agent of Region 10: William MoodyKarrie Blough

Current NALC Business Agent to Region 2 is Nick Vafiades. Debbie Dixon is running to unseat Nick Vafiades. Region 2 covers: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington State.

Nicole Rhine and Lew Drass answer unfiltered questions following their 3 hour 2026 NALC Presidential Candidate Roundtable