Working Families Party Endorsed Nearly 800 Candidates in 2025 Elections

The Working Families Party this year has endorsed almost 800 candidates nationwide, with the majority of them appearing on New York’s November 4 election ballot. The party has also weighed in on several local ballot questions in Colorado and Oregon.

According to a published candidate list, which Independent Political Report reviewed as of October 31, the Working Families Party and its state affiliates have endorsed 766 candidates nationwide since the start of the election cycle. The list includes nonpartisan races, candidates appearing on the party’s own ballot line, and those strictly running as members of other partisan organizations. However, it does not specify partisan designations for individual candidates.

The Working Families Party only maintains a ballot line in a handful of states and frequently cross-endorses candidates, particularly Democrats, where fusion voting laws allow candidates to appear on multiple ballot lines. On rare occasions, it has run candidates strictly on its own ballot line. In other states, the party mainly operates as an advocacy and organizing vehicle, lending its brand and resources to allied campaigns in nonpartisan races.

New York accounts for the majority of this year’s endorsements, with 463 candidates backed statewide, most of which are concentrated in the Hudson Valley region. However, despite the bulk of those being upstate, one of the party’s most high-profile endorsements of the cycle is in New York City, where Zohran Mamdani is running for mayor on both the Democratic and Working Families Party lines. The party previously stated it had mobilized more than 1,000 volunteers, distributed over 300,000 text messages, and sent mailers to 250,000 households in support of his primary bid.

Outside New York, the party has endorsed 56 candidates in Oregon, 53 in Connecticut, 37 in Pennsylvania, and 31 in Colorado, all of which will be in races on the November 4 ballot. It also made endorsements for elections held earlier this year in Louisiana and Wisconsin, as well as for the special congressional vacancy in Arizona won by Democrat Adelita Grijalva, all of which are still reflected on the list.

In the remaining states, the Working Families Party is backing fewer than 30 candidates, a number of which are clustered in a single municipality. Examples include five of the party’s six endorsements in Massachusetts being for the Worcester City Council and its mayor, and all four of its Minnesota endorsements being for Minneapolis city offices. The party has also endorsed 11 local ballot measures in Connecticut, including those related to local election and government reform efforts, and four in Oregon, which all apply to local bond and levy questions.

Given the size of the list, IPR has summarized the totals by state and region. The full list of endorsed candidates and ballot measures is available on the Working Families Party’s national website. Independent Political Report presents this information solely for reference and does not endorse any candidates.