The Workers Party of Massachusetts says both candidates from its 2026 state legislative slate will appear on the November ballot, giving the organization a presence in two state representative races this year.
The party announced Tuesday that Devin Kreinbring had qualified in the 10th Suffolk District. In a follow-up message to Independent Political Report, the party also said Andrew Nelson is expected to appear on the ballot in the 2nd Bristol District and plans to complete a candidate questionnaire for Ballotpedia in the coming days.
Kreinbring and Nelson were first announced earlier this year as part of the Workers Party’s effort to organize and field independent socialists for the 2026 cycle. Kreinbring is running in the 10th Suffolk District, which includes part of Boston and one precinct in Brookline. Nelson is running in the 2nd Bristol District, which covers part of Attleboro in Bristol County. Both seats are currently held by Democrats.
According to his campaign website, Kreinbring works as a medical equipment repairman and is running on a message that ties ongoing wars and quality-of-life struggles to the influence of concentrated wealth. He argues that working people need to organize outside the Democratic and Republican parties and is positioning his campaign as one such way to build power against what he calls “monied interests.”
“I have no career ambitions in this, I don’t even care to win this particular election,” Kreinbring states on his campaign website. “What I do want, is to help to organize working people against injustice and this is valid terrain for that struggle.”
IPR was unable to locate a current campaign site for Nelson.
The Workers Party line is currently recognized in Massachusetts as a political designation, meaning any non-party candidate can simply file to appear under it. Under Massachusetts election law, state representative candidates petitioning with the intent to use a designation must submit 150 certified signatures from registered voters in the district, which they had until May 26 to file.
Although Kreinbring and Nelson are running under the Workers Party designation, their races do not count toward political party recognition in Massachusetts because they are for state legislative seats. The process for triggering party recognition depends on either receiving at least 3 percent of the vote for a statewide office at the preceding state election or enrolling at least 1 percent of registered voters under the organization’s designation.
Editorial note: This article has been updated to include the Workers Party of Massachusetts’ confirmation that Andrew Nelson will also appear on the November ballot.
There is no connection between whether a group is a political designation, and whether the group’s label can appear on a general election ballot next to the name of a candidate. Political designations refer to the state tallying how many registered voters are in that group, so as to see whether it can qualify as a party (although the registration requirement, 1% of the state total, is so tough that no group has ever qualified as a party via that route.
In 2008 the Socialist Workers Party ran William T. Leonard for State Senate in the Suffolk County 2nd district. He had the label “Socialist Workers” on the ballot. But the Socialist Workers Party was not then, nor ever, listed as a political designation for purposes of the state keeping track of its registrations.