Last Tuesday was a watershed moment for our movement, John.
WFP won new working-class champions everywhere, and this week, we were looking forward to doing a full recap of some of our biggest wins.
But the establishment wing of the Democratic party had other plans.
It took them less than a week to prove they learned nothing from our electoral successes by capitulating to Trump and Senate Republicans instead.
It’s an utter disgrace. They snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, and got nothing in return. But in doing so, they’ve made our path forward as clear as ever:
We must continue to fight for working families. And fight unwaveringly against authoritarianism — not bend the knee to it.
And we cannot rely on the two major parties to do either of those things. We need an alternative.
The Working Families Party is building that alternative. And the last week of electoral wins and Democratic establishment betrayal proves that the people are hungry for it.
So before we dive into our election night recap — and if you want to help build the fight for a new way of American politics — become a dues-paying member of WFP today as we gear up for the 2026 midterms AND the dozen runoff elections we’ll be a part of over the coming weeks.
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As promised, we don’t want to let the failures of some establishment Democrats take away from last week’s historic turnout, so we hope you’ll take a few minutes to do a deep dive with us.
Starting with the obvious — Zohran Mamdani.
Despite $40 million in super PAC spending against him, he earned more votes than any NYC mayoral candidate since 1965. And more people voted on the WFP line than any mayoral election in the Party’s history.
Even though the prevailing ‘wisdom’ of pundits and think tanks has always been to triangulate and avoid ruffling feathers, Zohran’s relentless focus on affordability never faltered. And he won in a landslide.
But like we said last Tuesday, this victory is bigger than Zohran — and he’d agree.
From coast to coast, candidates of every background proved that whether it’s about groceries, public transportation, rent prices, or simply sticking it to the billionaires, putting working families first is a winning message.
- Billionaire Jeffrey Yass spent more than $3.5 million dollars to take out Pennsylvania’s Democratic Supreme Court justices, but the sitting justices were retained by historic margins.
- In Seattle, lifelong activist Katie Wilson is on the brink of being elected Mayor. And Dionne Foster upset the City Council president by prioritizing the needs of working families in her community.
- Public servant and union member Shenise Turner-Sloss upset incumbent Jeffrey J. Mims, Jr. in the Dayton, OH mayoral race by committing to investing in neighborhoods.
- Mom and educator Ghazala Hashmi — who WFP backed in her hard-fought primary for Lt. Governor of Virginia — will be the first woman Muslim statewide officeholder in America.
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Dr. Alicia Johnson defeated a Republican for statewide office in Georgia and will now serve on the Georgia Public Service Commission.
- Community organizer Denzel McCampbell won his race for Detroit City Council with a powerful army of volunteers behind him.
- WFP delivered a clean sweep in the Denver School Board elections after anti-union dark money flooded the race.
- Candidates running exclusively on the WFP line upset their Democratic and Republican opponents in Hartford and Bridgeport, CT, as well as Newburgh and Onondaga County, NY.
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We’re also gearing up for a dozen fierce runoff elections in Albuquerque, Jersey City, Atlanta, and more. And we’ll be sharing more about those races soon, plus new opportunities to help them win in overtime.
In total, WFP endorsed over 700 candidates across the country, and millions upon millions of voters stepped up to say, loudly and clearly, that they’re tired of a status quo that isn’t working for them.
While corporate Democrats sit idly in the face of Trump’s power-grabs — or even stab us all in the backs like they did on Sunday — our working-class champions are offering us a glimpse of a political system that so many of us have been dreaming of our entire lives.
A system that listens to, stands with, and fights for working people.
No pandering. No focus-groups. No think tanks. No pundits. Just an unapologetic belief that it shouldn’t be this hard to make ends meet — and that politicians have a duty to wield their power for the good of the many, not the few.
If you can, become a dues-paying member of WFP today and help us build an alternative political vision for the 2026 midterms and our upcoming runoff elections.
We can’t wait to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with you all in the days and months ahead.
With love and solidarity,
Maurice Mitchell
National Director, Working Families Party
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