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Fran Drescher has spent the last few years garnering way less attention for her work as an actor than for all the time she\u2019s spent speaking on behalf of them: As the president of acting union SAG-AFTRA, Drescher was front and center during the strikes that shut down Hollywood for a big chunk of 2023, and has been the very vocal face of performers speaking out about the rise of AI, the financial pressures imposed on performers by the lack of residuals coming out of the world of streaming TV, and other topics facing the working actor in the 2020s. With the union\u2019s next round of elections looming later this year, there was an open question about whether Drescher\u2014who\u2019s served two two-year terms in the job, winning re-election amidst the strikes<\/a>\u2014would seek to continue on in the role. But the revealed SAG-AFTRA candidate lists, put out early on Friday, have made it clear: Drescher won\u2019t be seeking election for a third time.<\/p>\n Per\u00a0THR<\/a>, the presidency is instead being sought by Sean Astin and Chuck Slavin, the latter a SAG-AFTRA New England Local board member. Slavin is running alongside Peter Antico as potential Secretary-Treasurer, while Astin is running alongside\u00a0Star Trek: Picard\u00a0performer Michelle Hurd. (You can see both parties\u2019 candidate statements in the SAG-AFTRA National Election Voter Guide<\/a>, if you\u2019re so inclined.)<\/p>\n As for Drescher\u2014whose tenure in the top job was often marked by her colorful personality, including the time<\/a> she asked Disney CEO Bob Iger if he was an \u201cignoramus\u201d\u2014she\u2019ll continue to keep busy: She\u2019s set to reprise her role from the original This Is Spinal Tap\u00a0for its upcoming sequel<\/a>, and co-stars in Josh Safdie\u2019s new film Marty Supreme, playing the mother of Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s character.<\/p>\n\n