Working Families

The meteoric rise of our sister party in Connecticut doesn’t stop, and the press is starting to take notice.  They didn’t get everything right (for example - the WFP has proven that it does bring in new voters, even when it cross-endorses),…

Results are still coming in, but it’s already clear that our amazing growth only continued in 2008

The WFP sent highly targeted mail pieces to independents and union members in key congressional races, asking them to “vote your values” by voting  on the Working Families ballot line  - “Row E”

Here’s two example mail pieces we used to…

This year, the Connecticut Working Families Party had our best showing at the polls yet — by a lot. Our statewide vote total has more than tripled since 2006 — we pulled in a remarkable 75,000 votes.

The WFP knocked on over a half-million doors to help defeat the decades-old Republican State Senate majority.

The WFP knocked on over 120,000 doors to help Joe Addabbo unseat incumbent Republican Serphin Maltese.

For Immediate Release: November 4, 2008
Contact: Dan Levitan

Suffolk – Today the Working Families Party celebrated Brian Foley’s victory (D-WF) over incumbent State Senator Republican Caesar Trunzo. The grassroots third party knocked on over 100,000 doors in the race to help…

A memo from WFP Director Dan Cantor and Deputy Director Bill Lipton on our biggest electoral priority this year - taking back the State Senate.

This just in from our friends at MoveOn.org.  It’s a great message and our favorite, no surprise, is #5!

Dear MoveOn member,

You don’t live in Ohio. You don’t live in Florida. The chance is pretty small that New York will decide…

From autoworkers to online activists, WFP supporters are a diverse bunch.  Here’s an open letter from New York bloggers calling for the ‘netroots’ to “vote change like they mean it” by voting for Barack Obama on the Working Families Party ballot…