SAG-AFTRA President Candidates Fran Drescher, Matthew Modine Set Platforms Ahead of Next Month’s Election Drescher vows to make member benefits and harassment key issues while Modine is challenging guild leadership’s handling of contracts and healthcare Jeremy Fuster | July 5, 2021 @ 4:11 PM Photo: Getty Images The landscape of this year’s SAG-AFTRA elections got much clearer this weekend after current president Gabrielle Carteris announced she would not seek reelection and would instead back “The Nanny” star Fran Drescher, who will run against “Full Metal Jacket” star Matthew Modine next month. The two candidates have laid out their campaign platforms on websites and social media, each backed by running mates for secretary-treasurer and by one of the major intra-guild parties. Drescher, whose campaign was first reported by Deadline, is supported by Unite For Strength, which has controlled the president’s seat for the past decade and was key to bringing about the merger between the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA under then-president Ken Howard. Carteris, also a UFS member, has led the guild since Howard’s death in 2016.