The Working Families Party is proud to endorse the following candidates for federal, state, and local office in 2018. The Working Families Party endorsement is like a progressive seal of approval: it means these candidates can be counted on to fight for us on the issues that matter most, from fair funding of public schools and living wage jobs to ending mass incarceration and getting big money out of politics.

Here’s our list of 2018 endorsed candidates across the nation:

Alabama

Cara McClure Alabama Public Service Commission

Arizona

David Garcia Governor Vania Guevara Phoenix City Council, District 5 Lauren Kuby Tempe City Council Elaissia Sears Justice of the Peace, Maricopa County, West Mesa Precinct Maria Castro School Governing Board Member, Maricopa County, Ward 5 Elora Diaz Governing Board Maricopa County Arizona Phoenix Elementary #1

California

Ammar Campa-Najjar U.S House, District 50 Jovanka Beckles State House, District 15 Cat Brooks Mayor, Oakland Tami Ritter Butte County Commissioner Nikki Fortunato Bas Oakland City Council Logan Smith Santa Clarita City Council Uduak-Joe Ntuk Long Beach Community College Board of Trustees

Colorado

Guinn Unger State Senate, District 6 Rebecca Cranston State Senate, District 11 Faith Winter State Senate, District 24 Julia Varnell-Sarjeant State Senate, District 30 Robert Rodriguez State Senate, District 32 Julie Gonzales State Senate, District 34 Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez State House, District 4 Emily Sirota State House, District 9 Jonathan Singer State House, District 11 Andrew Smith State House, District 16 Marc Snyder State House, District 18 Monica Duran State House, District 24 Brianna Titone State House, District 27 Yadira Caraveo State House, District 31 Mike Weissman State House, District 34 Kyle Mullica State House, District 36 Chris Kolker State House, District 38 Daneya Esgar State House, District 46 Rochelle Galindo State House, District 50 Lisa Culpepper Treasurer, Adams County Emma Pinter Adams County Commissioner, District 3 Sydney Ludwick Coroner, Douglas County Shontel Lewis RTD Director, District B Julia Stewart RTD Director, District C Paul Solano RTD Director, District K

Connecticut

Delaware

John Kowalko State House, District 25 Donald Allan State House, District 36

Florida

Andrew Gillum Governor Sean Shaw Attorney General Lee Mangold State House, District 28 Tammy Garcia State House, District 37 Anna Eskamani State House, District 47 Debra Bellanti State House, District 60 Emma Collum State House, District 93

Georgia

Stacey Abrams Governor Charles Ravenscraft State House, District 22 Erick Allen State House, District 40 Karin Sandoford State House, District 46 Dawn Johnson State House, District 47 Mary Robichaux State House, District 48 Kim Schofield State House, District 60 Renitta Shannon State House, District 84 Shelly Hutchinson State House, District 107 Regina Lewis-Ward State House, District 109 El-Mahdi Holly State House, District 111 Deborah Gonzalez State House, District 117

Illinois

Chuy Garcia U.S. House, District 4 Aaron Ortiz State House, District 1 Delia Ramirez State House, District 4 Brandon Johnson Cook County Commissioner, District 1 Alma Anaya Cook County Commissioner, District 7

Indiana

Liz Watson U.S. House, District 9 Christine Fivecoate State Senate, District 31 Harlan Vondersaar State House, District 28 Amie Neiling State House, District 32

Iowa

J.D. Scholten U.S. House, District 4

Kentucky

Rachel Roberts State Senate, District 24 Dustin Burley State House, District 53 Jason Kilmer State House, District 68

Louisiana

Ryan Trundle U.S. House, District 4 Steven Jackson Mayor, Shreveport Simeon Dickerson Jefferson Parish School Board, District 5 Kandee Kelly Flint Shreveport School Board, District 4 Durwood Hendricks Shreveport School Board, District 10 LeVette Fuller City Council, City of Shreveport, District B James Green City Council, City of Shreveport, District F

Maine

Chloe Maxmin State House, District 88

Maryland

Ben Jealous Governor Marc Elrich County Executive, Montgomery County Clarence K. Lam State Senate, District 12 Antonio L. Hayes State Senate, District 40 Jill P. Carter State Senate, District 41 Cory McCray State Senate, District 45

Massachusetts

Ayanna Pressley US House, District 7 Katie McBrine State Senate, Plymouth and Norfolk Lindsay Sabadosa State House, 1st Hampshire District Jim Hawkins State House, 2nd Bristol/Attleboro District Maria Robinson State House, 6th Middlesex District Matthew Crescenzo State House, 9th Essex & Middlesex Tram Nguyen State House, 18th Essex District John E. Bradley District Attorney, Plymouth County

Michigan

Rashida Tlaib U.S. House, District 13 Terri McKinnon State House, District 65 Abel Delgado School Board, City of Flint

Missouri

Wesley Bell St. Louis County District Attorney Patrice Billings State Senate, District 2 Karla May State Senate, District 4 Hillary Shields State Senate, District 8 Matt Sain State Senate, District 14 Jamie Blair State House, District 43 Maren Bell Jones State House, District 44 Lisa Buhr State Hpuse, District 49 Michela Skelton State House, District 50 Curtis Wylde State House, District 107 Christine Hedges St. Charles County Council, District 3 Lisa Clancy St. Louis County Council, District 5 Megan Green President of the Board of Alderman, St. Louis

Nebraska

Kara Eastman U.S. House, District 2 Mina Davis State House, District 8

Nevada

Tick Segerblom Clark County Commissioner, District E Howard Watts III State House, District 15 Autumn Zemke State House District 40

New Mexico

Maggie Toulouse Oliver Secretary of State Stephanie Garcia Richard State Land Commissioner Deb Haaland U.S. House, District 1 Leroy Baca State House, District 7 Mary Jo Jaramillo State House, District 8 Patricia Roybal Caballero State House, District 13 Day Hochman-Vigil State House, District 15 Abbas Akhil State House, District 20 Liz Thomson State House, District 24 Melanie Stansbury State House, District 28 Joy Garratt State House, District 29 Natalie Figueroa State House, District 30 Susan Herrera State House, District 41 Christine Chandler State House, District 43 Billie Helean State House, District 57 Alexis Jimenez State House, District 60 Karen Bash State House, District 68 Charlene Pyskoty Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners, District 5 Steve Fischmann Public Regulation Commission, District 5

New Jersey

Robert Menendez U.S. Senate Donald Norcross U.S. House, District 1 Andy Kim U.S. House, District 3 Josh Welle U.S. House, District 4 Frank Pallone U.S. House, District 6 Tom Malinowski U.S. House, District 7 Albio Sires U.S. House, District 8 Bill Pascrell U.S. House, District 9 Donald Payne Jr U.S. House, District 10 Mikie Sherrill U.S. House, District 11 Bonnie Watson Coleman U.S. House, District 12 Joseph A. Lagana State Senate, District 38 Verlina Reynolds-Jackson State Assembly, District 15 Linda Carter State Assembly, District 22 Britnee N. Timberlake State Assembly, District 34 P. Christopher Tully State Assembly, District 38 Lisa Swain State Assembly, District 38 Caline Patel Passaic City Council Cindy Matute Brown West Orange Town Council

New York

North Carolina

Spencer Merriweather District Attorney, Mecklenburg County

Ohio

Nickie Antonio State Senate, District 23 John Dyce State House, District 5 Michael Skindell State House, District 13 Taylor Sappington State House, District 94

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Tom Wolf Governor Scott Wallace U.S. House, District 1 Jess King U.S. House, District 11 Linda Fields State Senate, District 24 Lindsey Williams State Senate, District 38 Katie Muth State Senate, District 44 Sara Innamorato State House, District 21 Summer Lee State House, District 34 Danielle Otten State House, District 155 Jennifer O’Mara State House, District 165 Kristin Seale State House, District 168 Michael Doyle State House, District 170 Joe Hohenstein State House, District 177 Malcolm Kenyatta State House, District 181 Elizabeth Fiedler State House, District 184 Chris Rabb State House, District 200

Rhode Island

Adam Satchell State Senate, District 9 Dawn Euer State Senate, District 13 Val Lawson State Senate, District 14 Dennis LaValle State Senate, District 17 Michael Fine State Senate, District 21 Melissa Murray State Senate, District 24 Bridget Valverde State Senate, District 35 Moira Walsh State House, District 3 Rebecca Kislak State House, District 4 Marcia Ranglin-Vassell State House, District 5 Mario Mendez State House, District 13 David Bennett State House, District 20 James Jackson State House, District 26 Ernest Nardolillo State House, District 29 Justine Caldwell State House, District 30 Jennifer Douglas State House, District 32 Teresa Tanzi State House, District 34 Kathy Fogarty State House, District 35 Lauren Neidel State House, District 40 Michael Steiner State House, District 41 Jean Phillipe Barros State House, District 59 Katherine Kazarian State House, District 63 Karen Alzate State House, District 60 Liana Cassar State House, District 66 Jason Knight State House, District 67 Laufton Ascencao State House, District 68 Susan Donovan State House, District 69 Jacob Brier Barrington Town Council Tim Sweeney Bristol Town Council Aaron Ley Bristol Town Council Carly Reich Bristol School Committee Rob Hancock Bristol School Committee Gail Harvey Cranston City Council, At large John Donegan Cranston City Council, Ward 3 Meghan Kallman Pawtucket City Council Rachel Miller Providence City Council, Ward 3 Kerri Kronin Warren Town Council June Speakman Warren Town Council Brandt Heckert Warren Town Council Keith Phillis Warren Town Council

South Carolina

Constance Anastopoulo Attorney General Rosalyn Glenn State Treasurer JA Moore State House, District 15 Carrie Counton State House, District 19 Corin Buskey State House, District 45 John King State House, District 49 Beth Ann Rocheleau State House, District 69 Elise Fox State House, District 81 Sam Edwards State House, District 85 Jen Gibson State House, District 99 Robin Gause State House, District 106 David Mack State House, District 109 Josef Preston State House, District 112 Carol Tempel State House, District 115 Robert Brown State House, District 116 Donna Brown Newton Charleston County Council William Roddey York County Council

Tennessee

Lee Harris Mayor, Shelby County

Texas

Mike Siegel U.S. House, District 10 Adrienne Bell U.S. House, District 14 Ana-Maria Ramos State House, District 102 Brandy Chambers State House, District 112 Rhetta Andrews Bowers State House, District 113 Julie Johnson State House, District 115 Fred Taylor Mayor, Missouri City Lina Hidalgo County Judge, Harris County Lewis Conway Jr Austin City Council, District 1 Kay Brown-Patrick DeSoto City Council, Place 2 Candice Quarles DeSoto City Council, Place 6 Eric Stoltz El Paso City Council, District 6 Shaunte Allen Glenn Heights City Council

Vermont

Christine Hallquist Governor

Washington

Pramila Jayapal U.S. House, District 7 Kim Schrier U.S. House, District 8 Sarah Smith U.S. House, District 9 Adam Smith U.S. House, District 9 Joe Nguyen State Senate, District 34 Rebecca Saldana State Senate, District 37 Mona Das State Senate, District 47 Mia Su Ling Gregerson State House, District 33 Daron Morris King County Prosecutor

West Virginia

Kendra Fershee U.S. House, District 1 Richard Ojeda U.S. House, District 3 William Ihlenfeld State Senate, District 1 Rich Lindsay State Senate, District 8 Bob Beach State Senate, District 13 Stephanie Zucker State Senate, District 14 Diane Magnone State House, District 1 Shawn Fluharty State House, District 3 Joe Canestraro State House, District 4 Lissa Lucas State House, District 7 David Bland State House, District 8 J. Morgan Leach State House, District 10 Brianne Solomon State House, District 14 Dakota Nelson State House, District 16 Sean Hornbuckle State House, District 16 Chad Lovejoy State House, District 17 Jeanette Rowsey State House, District 17 Karen Nance State House, District 18 Rodney Miller State House, District 23 Andrew Evans State House, District 28 Sandy Shaw State House, District 28 Mick Bates State House, District 30 Margaret Staggers State House, District 32 Renate Pore State House, District 35 James Robinette State House, District 35 Amanda Estep-Burton State House, District 36 Larry Rowe State House, District 36 Mike Pushkin State House, District 37 Tom Tull State House, District 38 Cindy Lavander-Bowe State House, District 42 Matthew Kerner State House, District 45 Tim Miley State House, District 48 Mike Caputo State House, District 50 Linda Longstreth State House, District 50 Michael Angelucci State House, District 50 Barbara Evans Fleischauer State House, District 51 Rodney Pyles State House, District 51 Danielle Walker State House, District 51 John Williams State House, District 51 Evan Hansen State House, District 51 Isaac Sponaugle State House, District 55 Bibi Hahn State House, District 58 John Isner State House, District 59 Barby Frankenberry State House, District 64 Sammi Brown State House, District 65 David Dinges State House, District 66 Sara Anderson Monongalia County Board of Education Amy Shuler Goodwin Mayor, Charleston Caitlin Cook City Council, Charleston Jennifer Pharr City Council, Charleston

Wisconsin