Working Families Party
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GOP Leadership Backs Hoffman...Hoffman. "At this moment, the Democratic Party, the Working Families Party, ACORN, Big Labor and pro-abortion groups are flooding the district with troops and they are flooding the airwaves with a million dollars worth of negative ads. They are... In this article: Dede Scozzafava, GOP, Democratic Party, Nancy Pelosi, and Eric Cantor |
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Congressional Quarterly: Politics | October 08, 2009
Labor-Related Party Backs Owens in N.Y. 23 Special
...Backs Owens in N.Y. 23 Special Democrat Bill Owens scored an endorsement from the labor-backed Working Families Party in the race to succeed former Republican Rep. John M. McHugh in upstate New York. The nod means Owens will be running...
In this article: Bill Owens, Dede Scozzafava, Independence Party, United Auto Workers, New York Assembly, Democratic Party, and John M. McHugh
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Redstate -- Conservative News and Community | September 23, 2009
Inside The ACORN Rolodex: ACORN Has Its Own Political Party Other Than the Democrats
...votes, Obama would clearly not be the nominee. But, if Obama also received 600 votes from the [Working Families Party], Obama's [Working Families Party] votes and Democratic votes would be fused. He would be the Democratic nominee with 1100...
In this article: Acorn, Barack Obama, Service Employees International Union, Bertha Lewis, In These Times, and Democratic Party
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Wikipedia | October 28, 2009
David Valesky
...the son of a long-time Assemblyman in the Syracuse suburbs, Valesky prevailed with 53,555 votes (50,075 Democratic Party and 3,480 Working Families Party) over Brown's 36,875 votes (30,502 Republican Party, 3,717 Conservative Party, and 2,656...
In this article: David J. Valesky, Malcolm Smith, Republican Party, Nancy Larraine Hoffmann, Jeffrey Brown, Conservative Party, Independence Party, Democratic Party, and Syracuse
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New York Post | October 07, 2009
Billyburg! Mayoral Candidate Thompson Opens New Campaign Office
...and Bushwick). Thompson has not made an endorsement in that race, which includes Working Families Party candidate Maritza Davila and incumbent Councilmember and Democratic Party nominee, Diana Reyna. According to sources close...
In this article: William Thompson, Nydia Velazquez, Michael Bloomberg, Diana Reyna, and Democratic Party
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Jon Powers
...Powers decided to run for Congress in New York's 26th congressional district. Powers received the endorsement of the Democratic Party and the Working Families Party. In a three-way primary for the Democratic nomination, Powers and rival Jack...
In this article: Jon Powers, Alice Kryzan, Ministry of Education, Clarence, Baghdad, Gunner Palace, and 1st Armored Division
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Make the Road for Sick Leave
...to vote on it next year, "There are a million people who can get sick, who might get sick and have a right to get better," said Democratic Party and Working Families Party nominee Jumaane Williams (D-45th District). "We're not asking, we're...
In this article: Brooklyn Bridge and Small business
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Letitia James
Regardless, James picked up the Working Families nomination and won the Democratic party nomination by a large margin against her next main opponent Samuel Eric Blackwell, an urban planner at Long Island University and pro-stadium advocate.
In this article: Letitia James, James E. Davis, New York City, Brooklyn, Michael Bloomberg, and Bertha Lewis
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RealClearPolitics: White House | September 10, 2009
Why the Right Hates Obama: He's a Liberal!
...traitor, hypocrites. Speaking here as someone departing the Democratic Party for the Working Families Party I can say that I knew it would be "business as usual" after President Obama's first month in office. If any part of a...
In this article: Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Liberalism, Sarah Palin, Socialism, Big government, Socialist Party of America, and Bill Clinton
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Huffington Post | November 01, 2008
David Sirota: How to Make Your Voice Heard as a New York Voter
...vote for something huge. Because New York is one of a handful of fusion-voting states, New York voters can vote for Barack Obama on the Working Families Party line - sending a specific and powerful progressive message to every single...
In this article: New York, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, and New York Times
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The Working Families Party (WFP) is a minor political party in the United States founded in New York in 1998. The party also has chapters in Connecticut and South Carolina, and is working towards establishing itself in Massachusetts, Oregon and California.
New York's Working Families Party was first organized in 1998 by a coalition of labor unions, ACORN and other community organizations, members of the now-inactive national New Party, and a variety of public interest groups. The party blends a culture of political organizing with unionism, 1960s idealism, and tactical pragmatism. The party's main issue concerns are jobs, health care, education and energy/environment, and it has won notable policy gains at the city, county and state level by piggybacking on Democratic or Republican candidates.
As of 2006, the executive director of the WFP is Dan Cantor. The party's Co-Chairs are Sam Williams, UAW Region 9 CAP director; Bertha Lewis, ACORN's executive director; and Bob Master of the Communications Workers of America. The WFP also has a powerful alliance with Dennis Rivera and Local 1199/SEIU (Service Employees International Union). The intensely activist union is known to contribute more than $100,000 a year of the party's $1.4 million annual budget.
- Name:
- Working Families Party
- Headquarters:
- 2 Nevins Street
- Ideology:
- Progressivism
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