On Monday, the Philadelphia Working Families Party submitted a record-breaking 21,000 nomination signatures to get three candidates — Kendra Brooks, Nicolas O’Rourke, and Jarrett Smith — on the General Election ballot under the WFP line.
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In one of the nation’s largest cities, voters have a choice this November between the Working Families Party and the GOP.
On Monday, the Philadelphia Working Families Party submitted over 21,000 nomination signatures to get three candidates — Kendra Brooks, Nicolas O’Rourke, and Jarrett Smith — on the General Election ballot under the WFP line.
The eye-popping sum, which is three times larger than the amount required by law, is a clear indicator that WFP is growing and gaining meaningful momentum amongst voters.
It’s also a testament to what's possible when regular, working people come together behind a vision for a future that is uncompromisingly for the many, not just the privileged few.
In Philadelphia, one seat in the Office of the City Commissioners and two at-large seats in the City Council are reserved for a minority party — which has historically been the Republican Party. That is, until we shocked the political establishment in 2019 by electing Kendra Brooks to one of those two seats on the Working Families Party ballot line.
For decades, Philadelphia Republicans have used their seats in City Hall to block progress on the issues that matter most to working families.
In the City Council, they’ve voted on everything from siphoning public money out of public schools to giving big developers tax breaks while workers and families are left at the mercy of the housing crisis.
And in the Office of the City Commissioners, with Republican lawmakers in Harrisburg mounting attacks on voting rights and thwarting efforts to end gerrymandering — they’ve lost any and all legitimacy as election overseers anywhere.
If our Working Families Party candidates win their races against their Republican opponents, they would effectively end GOP governing power in Philadelphia’s City Hall, making the Working Families Party the new dominant minority party in Philadelphia.
And with a Working Families Party minority in the city council and commissioner’s office — we can push Philadelphia in a more progressive direction and deliver on priorities for working families.
But in order to do this and more, we need to pool our resources together to cover the costs of canvassing, texting, phonebanking, and all of the organizing that’s needed to reach voters across Philadelphia between now and November, and win this election.
None of us can fund this movement alone, but together we can raise a lot. When you give today, you’re helping us build our vision for a government that has working people’s backs.
In solidarity,
Working Families Party
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