Working Families Party

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Working Families Party
National director Maurice Mitchell
Founders Bertha Lewis
Dan Cantor
Founded1998;28 years ago (1998)
Preceded by New Party
HeadquartersNew York City, New York, U.S.
Membership (December 2025)Increase2.svg 69,622
- New York: 61,277 [1]
- Oregon: 8,345 [2]
Ideology
Political position Center-left to left-wing
Colors   Blue and white (formerly)
   Purple and orange (current)
Seats in the Senate
0 / 100
Seats in the House
0 / 435
Governorships
0 / 50
State upper house seats
0 / 1,972
State lower house seats
0 / 5,411
Philadelphia City Council
2 / 17
Hartford City Council
2 / 9
Election symbol
WFP logo 2025.png
Website
workingfamilies.org OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Working Families Party (WFP) is a progressive minor political party in the United States. WFP was organized in 1998 as a successor to the New Party by a coalition of labor unions, advocacy groups including Citizen Action of New York, and community organizations including Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). [3]

Contents

WFP supports a progressive policy agenda, including raising the minimum wage, expanding public education, universal paid sick leave, Medicare For All, reducing student debt, increasing progressive taxation, and environmental reform. [4]

Founded in New York, WFP has active chapters in nearly two dozen states. [5] [6] [7] WFP has statewide ballot access in Connecticut, New York, and Oregon. [8] WFP's most successful chapters are the New York Working Families Party (NYWFP) and Connecticut Working Families Party (CTWFP).

Some of the party's endorsed candidates include Connecticut governor Dan Malloy, U.S. representative Jesús "Chuy" García, US senators Chris Murphy (CT) and Jeff Merkley (OR), former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, New York attorney general Letitia James, Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson, and New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani. [9]

Ideology

WFP is a Center-left [10] to left-wing party. [11] Most commentators describe WFP as a "progressive" party [12] or a social democratic party. [13] WFP has been frequently described as the "Tea Party of the left". [14] [15] [16] In 2016, Bernie Sanders said: "The WFP is the closest thing there is to a political party that believes in my vision of democratic socialism". [17]

WFP has worked with both centrist Democrats and leftist Democrats. WFP has endorsed candidates to compete with Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members, and has also endorsed DSA members. [18]

Structure

Ballot line

WFP uses New York's electoral fusion laws, which allow one candidate to be endorsed by multiple parties. For example, in the 2025 New York City mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani was endorsed by both the Democratic Party and WFP, and appeared on the ballot under both the Dem label and WFP label. Like other NY minor parties, WFP hopes to leverage this support to push candidates to support progressive reforms. [19]

Leadership

The state directors of the WFP are Ana Maria Archila and Jasmine Gripper (NY), [20] Sarah Ganong (CT), [21] Sue Altman (NJ), [22] Brandon Evans (PA), [23] Karly Edwards (OR), [24] Jay Hutchins (MD), [25] Delvone Michael (DC), [26] Marina Dimitrijevic (WI), [27] Ryan Frankenberry (WV), [28] Georgia Hollister-Isman (RI), and Jane Kim (CA). [7] WFP created up a California chapter in January 2022, naming former San Francisco supervisor and state director of Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign Jane Kim as its executive director. [7]

WFP's national director is Maurice Mitchell. [29]

History

Origins

Dan Cantor was the labor coordinator for Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign. In 1990, Cantor and Joel Rogers published Party Time, a memo which argued that progressives should pursue an "inside/outside" strategy, working both "inside" and "outside" the Democratic Party. [30] To that end, Cantor and Rogers formed the New Party in 1990, which hoped to use electoral fusion to push the Democrats leftward. [31] True to their inside/outside strategy, the New Party endorsed some some liberal Democrats, such as Barack Obama's successful 1996 run for Illinois Senate District 13, [32] [33] and some progressives, such as Danny Davis's successful 1996 run for Illinois's 7th congressional district , [34] [35] and several Green Party candidates. [36]

In 1997, the New Party lost 6-3 in Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party , which found that state bans on electoral fusion did not violate the First Amendment. [37] [38] With their strategy deflated, the New Party became defunct by 1998. Cantor sought to create a more traditional lib-left-labor coalition party which could compete in states with strong electoral fusion laws, like New York. [31] In 1998, Cantor organized the Working Families Party with a coalition of labor unions, advocacy groups including Citizen Action of New York, and community organizations including Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). [3] Bill de Blasio, the future mayor of New York City and friend of Cantor, was present for the party's foundation. [39]

WFP leaders endorsed Peter Vallone for Governor of New York, who was the Democratic Party candidate. WFP did so for both ideological and tactical reasons: Vallone roughly aligned with the party's policies, and Vallone was the most likely to gather 50,000 votes on the WFP ballot line, which would fulfill the legal requirement needed for the party to obtain automatic statewide ballot access for 2000–2004. [40] Vallone won 1,570,317 votes, of which 51,325 on the WFP ballot line. [41]

WFP also endorsed Chuck Schumer's original 1998 New York Senate campaign against Republican incumbent Al D'Amato, who Schumer successfully defeated in the 1998 election. [42]

2000–2004

In November 2000, New York WFP endorsee Patricia Eddington won New York State Assembly district 3.[ citation needed ]

In the 2002 New York gubernatorial election, the Liberal Party, running Andrew Cuomo (who had withdrawn from the Democratic primary), and the Green Party, running academic Stanley Aronowitz, failed to reach the threshold for statewide automatic ballot access, which they had previously held. This left the WFP as the only left-progressive minor party with a ballot line.[ citation needed ]

In 2002, the Connecticut Working Families Party (CTWFP) was formed by activist organizations including Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and labor unions including American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Communications Workers of America (CWA), and United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). [43]

In the chaotic situation that followed the 2003 assassination of New York City councilman James E. Davis by political rival Othniel Askew, the slain councilman's brother Geoffrey Davis was chosen to succeed him in the Democratic primary in Brooklyn's 35th City Council district. As it became clear that Geoffrey Davis lacked his late brother's political experience, fellow Democrat Letitia James decided to challenge him in the general election. James prevailed, becoming the first minor party candidate elected solely on the WFP line. [44]

2005–2009

In 2006, WFP began ballot access drives in California, [45] Delaware, Massachusetts, [46] Oregon, and South Carolina. [47]

In 2007, two Connecticut WFP endorsees, Luis Cotto and Larry Deutsch, won seats on the Hartford City Council on the WFP ballot line. [48]

In 2008, South Carolina WFP convention endorsed five candidates for state and local office. [49] One candidate, Eugene Platt, running for SC State House District 115, was also nominated by the South Carolina Green Party. [50] The nomination of Michael Cone for the US Senate race, opposing incumbent Lindsey Graham, marked the first time the South Carolina party nominated anyone for statewide office. [51]

In 2009, two candidates for the Board of Education in Bridgeport, Connecticut were also WFP-supported members of the board. [52]

In August 2009, various media raised questions about the relationship between the WFP, a non-profit political party, and a for-profit private company called Data and Field Services (DFS). [53] [54] [55] An editorial in The New York Times questioned whether DFS may be charging select clients below market rates for political services. [56] In August 2010, the federal investigation into the party ended with no charges being filed, and no charges being referred to other law enforcement agencies. [57]

2010–2014

In 2010, Connecticut WFP endorsed Dannel Malloy for governor, who ran solely on the WFP ballot line. He received 26,308 votes as a Working Families candidate, putting him ahead of his Republican opponent, and securing ballot access for the party in that state. [58]

In 2010, WFP recruited and trained thirteen candidates for seats on the New York City Council, in preparation for the 2013 New York City Council election. Twelve of these candidates won. [39]

In 2011, Connecticut WFP won all three minority seats on the Hartford City Council, eliminating all Republican representatives. As of 2016, the WFP continues to hold all minority seats on the Hartford City Council. [59] In 2011 Connecticut WFP director Jon Green received a $10,000 fine for failing to wear his badge identifying him as a lobbyist while performing lobbying efforts. [60] [61]

In 2012, Connecticut WFP backed Chris Murphy's successful race against billionaire Linda McMahon for the US Senate seat that was vacated by Joe Lieberman, supported SEIU/CCAG [62] leader and organizer Christopher Donovan for Connecticut's 5th Congressional seat, [63] as well as defeated a ballot initiative in Bridgeport, Connecticut, that would have abolished the elected board of education.

In 2014, New York WFP considered Zephyr Teachout, but ultimately re-endorsed Cuomo for New York governor despite dissatisfaction and frustration with his first term. However, Cuomo resisted the party's influence and sabotaged the party electorally. [64] In 2010 more than 150,000 of his votes came on the WFP line. [65] As of November 7, 2014, 120,425 votes came on the WFP line for Cuomo. [66]

2015–2019

In 2015, New York WFP ran 111 candidates and won 71 local offices. [67] In a February 2015 special election, Edwin Gomes won back their Connecticut State Senate seat, which they had previously represented as a Democrat. Gomes was the first candidate to win to state legislative office running solely on the WFP ballot line. [68] Gomes would run as a Democrat in 2016, 2018, and 2020.[ citation needed ] In a May 5, 2015 special election, NYWFP endorsee Diana Richardson won a New York State Assembly seat while running solely on the WFP ticket. [69] Richardson would run as a Democrat and WFP endorsee in 2016, 2018, and 2020. [70] [ citation needed ]

In December 2015, WFP endorsed Bernie Sanders in his campaign to win the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Sanders was WFP's first national endorsement. [71] The endorsement followed a combined membership-drive and open poll among WFP enrolled members on whom to endorse for president in 2016. [71] WFP spokesperson Dan Cantor said the results were "overwhelmingly" in favor of Sanders, with Sanders winning 87% of votes, Hillary Clinton 12%, and Martin O'Malley 1%. [72] In 2016, after Hillary Clinton became the Democratic nominee, WFP endorsed her for the 2016 United States presidential election. [73]

In an April 2017 special election, Connecticut WFP endorsee Joshua M. Hall won a Connecticut House of Representatives seat. Hall was the second candidate in WFP history to win state legislative office running solely on the WFP ballot line. [74] Hall ran as a Democrat and WFP in 2018, then just as a Democrat from 2020–2024.[ citation needed ]

On October 3, 2017, WFP endorsee Randall Woodfin won the runoff election for Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. [75]

In April 2018 an endorsement of Cynthia Nixon over incumbent Andrew Cuomo in Cuomo's bid for a third term as New York governor caused a schism in the party in which labor unions including New York's biggest union Service Employees International Union and Communications Workers of America indicated they would not support the party in the election. The withdrawal was believed would significantly hurt the party's finances which in 2018 was $1.7 million and statewide staff of about 15 people. The battle received considerable attention since there were concerns that Nixon might have drained enough votes from Cuomo in the general election to allow a Republican to be elected. [76] [77] On October 5, 2018, the WFP cleared Nixon from their ticket on the general election ballot and agreed to endorse Cuomo, who defeated Nixon in the Democratic primary, to preserve their ballot line placement. [78]

While campaigning in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, WFP candidate Liuba Grechen Shirley used campaign funds to pay a caregiver for her two young children. The FEC ruled that federal candidates can use campaign funds to pay for child care costs that result from time spent running for office. Grechen Shirley became the first woman in history to receive approval to spend campaign funds on child care. [79]

In September 2019, WFP polled its membership whether to endorse Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Warren won 60.91% of votes, Sanders 35.82%, and other options 3.27%. Therefore, WFP endorsed Warren on September 16, 2020. [80] The poll was "weighted", with party leadership (56 people) and dues-paying members (about 90,000 people) each receiving 50% of the vote. [81] [82] WFP was widely criticized for not releasing the separate vote tallies for each group, [81] [82] which WFP leader Maurice Mitchell claimed was necessary "to maintain the nature of [the] secret ballot". [83] WFP had released the membership vote in 2015, [83] when 87% of members endorsed Bernie Sanders. [71] Matt Bruenig argued in Jacobin that Sanders had likely won the party's membership vote. If one assumes that WFP refused to release results because Sanders won the membership vote, then Warren won 82%–100% of the leadership vote and only 22%–40% of the member vote. [84] On March 9, 2020, after Elizabeth Warren exited the primary, WFP endorsed Bernie Sanders for president. [85] [86] On August 13, 2020, WFP endorsed Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic nominee. [87]

On November 5, 2019, Pennsylvania WFP endorsee Kendra Brooks won an at-large seat on Philadelphia City Council. The City Council reserves two seats for a minority party. In the last 40 years, this was the first time one of those seats went to a non-Democrat, non-Republican candidate. [88]

2020–2024

In the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary, New York WFP initially gave a ranked endorsement of Scott Stringer 1st, Dianne Morales 2nd, and Maya Wiley 3rd. [89] After Stringer was accused of sexual assault, WFP rescinded his endorsement and issued a dual endorsement of Morales and Wiley. [90] After Morales campaign staff alleged union busting, WFP endorsed only Wiley. [91]

In 2023, Pennsylvania WFP endorsee Kendra Brooks won re-election to their Philadelphia City Council seat. In the same election, PAWFP candidate Nicolas O'Rourke won the other at-large seat. WFP had won both two seats reserved for minority party members on Philadelphia City Council, bringing the total of WFP councilmembers to two. [92]

In October 203, WFP released a statement responding to President Biden's address in which he reaffirmed U.S. support for Israel in the Gaza war and subsequent invasion of Gaza. In the statement, federal affairs director Natalia Salgado expressed support for an immediate ceasefire and criticized Biden for providing Israel with military aid, stating "there is no military solution to this conflict, and there never has been." [93] In the WFP response to Biden's State of the Union in March 2024, delivered by Nicolas O'Rourke, the party reaffirmed their opposition to the Biden administration's policies in handling the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, calling again for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and denouncing the "arrogant and extreme-right Netanyahu Regime." [94] The party would join the larger protest vote movements targeting Biden's re-election campaign in the Democratic primaries, with the New York chapter supporting an effort that urged voters to leave their ballots blank in the April primary; the final vote tally saw 40,000 blank ballots, 11.5% of the total vote share. [95] [96]

In July 2024, Biden suspended his re-election campaign following concerns about his health and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor. The WFP officially endorsed Harris after she became the presumptive nominee, declaring "overwhelming support" to prevent Donald Trump from returning to the presidency. [97]

2025–2029

For the ranked-choice Democratic primary preceding the election for mayor of New York City, party leaders planned a two-part endorsement process in which they would initially announce a slate of candidates before later consolidating support behind a single candidate closer to the primary in order to have the strongest chance against former governor Andrew Cuomo. [98] The New York chapter announced its "Working Families slate" of four candidates in March 2025: city councillor Adrienne Adams, city comptroller Brad Lander, state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, and state senator Zellnor Myrie. [9] [99] A separate announcement for a ranking of candidates was made in May, with Mamdani first, Lander second, Adams third, Myrie fourth, and state senator Jessica Ramos added as the fifth ranked choice. [100] Ramos' endorsement was revoked after she endorsed Cuomo on June 6. [101] Party officials indicated that they would not support Cuomo in the race, even if he won the nomination. [102] Mamdani won the primary by 12 points over Cuomo. [103] Mamdani later won the 2025 New York City mayoral election on the Working Families ballot line. [104]

State of the Union responses

Since 2019, WFP has recruited a major progressive elected official to deliver a response to the State of the Union address by the president of the United States, as is customary for the opposition party of the President:

Elected officials

The elected officials below won elections while running solely on the Working Families ballot line, without electoral fusion with the Democratic ballot line:

Current

NameOfficeDistrictTerm startTerm endNotesRef.
Tamika Stewart Newburgh City Council 32026-01-012029-12-31Stewart ran solely on WFP ballot line. [112]
Nicole Watts Onondaga County Legislature 92026-01-012027-12-31Watts ran solely on WFP ballot line. [112]
Nicolas O'Rourke Philadelphia City Council At-Large2024-01-012027-12-31O'Rourke ran solely on WFP ballot line. The PCC reserves 2 seats for minor parties. After O'Rourke won, the WFP had 2 and the GOP had 0. [113]
Alex Thomas Hartford City Council At-Large2024-01-012027-12-31Thomas ran solely on WFP ballot line. [114]
Kendra Brooks Philadelphia City Council At-Large2020-01-062027-12-31Brooks ran solely on the WFP ballot line. The PCC reserves 2 seats for minor parties. After Brooks won, the WFP had 1 and the GOP had 1. [115]
Joshua Michtom Hartford City Council At-Large2020-01-012027-12-31Michtom ran solely on the WFP ballot line. [116]

Former

NameOfficeDistrictTerm startTerm endNotesRef.
Tiana Hercules Hartford City Council At-Large2022-01-012023-12-31Hercules ran solely on the WFP line. After Bermúdez resigned, Hercules won their seat. [117] [114]
Wildaliz Bermúdez Hartford City Council At-Large2016-01-012021-12-31Bermúdez ran solely on the WFP line. resigned and helped Hercules to win their seat. [117]

[118]

Joshua M. Hall Connecticut House of Representatives 72017-04-282019-09-01Hall won a special election on the WFP ballot line. Hall ran as a Democrat-WFP in 2018, then as a Democrat in 2020, 2022, and 2024. [119]
Ed Gomes Connecticut State Senate 232015-02-272016-01-04Gomes won a special election on the WFP ballot line, for a Democratic seat they had held until 2012, when they lost the Democratic primary. Gomes ran as a Democrat in 2016, 2018, and 2020. [68] [120]
Luis Cotto Hartford City Council At-Large2008-01-012012-07-31Cotto ran solely on the WFP line. Cotto resigned in mid-2012. Cotto pointed to Joel Cruz, a WFP member who had finished 10th in the 9-seat election, to serve out Cotto's term, from 2012-08-01 to 2015-12-31. [48] [121] [122]
Larry Deutsch Hartford City Council At-Large2008-01-012020-12-31Deutsch ran solely on the WFP line. When Deutsch left, Michtom took the seat. The HCC has 9 seats, but prohibits any party from running more than 6. When Deutsch and Cotto won, the Dems had 6, WFP 2, Reps 1. [48]
Letitia James New York City Council 35 January 1, 2004December 31, 2009James had previously run as a Democrat for New York City's 35th City Council district. James won a 2003 special election running solely on the WFP ballot line. James ran on the Democratic and WFP lines in 2005. James ran solely on the Democratic line in 2009 and later elections. [44] [123] [124]

See also

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