Parties · November 3, 2026

Ballot-qualified parties

The 211 parties that the 50 states recognize for the November 3, 2026 election, named exactly as each state names them and listed alphabetically. Each page says how the party qualified, how it keeps its status and how it picks nominees.

Research draft
State parties
211
States with an official list
30
States whose list we assembled
20

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 54 facts from the party research against the cited sources and found 4 errors, since corrected; 1 couldn’t be checked because the source wouldn’t display its text. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1By name

Why this matters: A party in one state and a party with the same name in another are separate organizations, each with its own officers and rules.

Each name links to every state party that goes by it. We group them by the name each state uses, setting aside the state's own name and the word Party. That says nothing about whether, or how, they are tied to a national party: our sources don't cover it.

§2By state

Alabama1,2,3,4

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

Alaska5,6

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Arizona7,8

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Arkansas9,10,11

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

California12,13

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Colorado14

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Connecticut15,16,17

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Delaware18

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Florida19

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Georgia20

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

Hawaii21

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Idaho22

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Illinois23,24,25,26

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

Indiana27

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Iowa28,29,30

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

Kansas31,32

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Kentucky33,34

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

Louisiana35,36

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Maine37

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

Maryland38,39

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Massachusetts40,41

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

Minnesota44,45,46

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

Mississippi47,48

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

Missouri49,50

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Montana51,52,53

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

Nebraska54,55,56

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Nevada57,58,59

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

New Hampshire60,61,62

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

New Jersey63,64

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

New Mexico65

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

New York66,67

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

North Carolina68

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

North Dakota69

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Ohio70

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

Oklahoma71,72

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Oregon73,74,75

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Pennsylvania76,77

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

Rhode Island78,79

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

South Carolina80

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

South Dakota81

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Tennessee82,83

We couldn’t read any official list of parties; these come from other official documents.

Texas84,85

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

Utah86

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Vermont87

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Virginia88,89

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Washington90,91

No single official list we could read, so we assembled this one from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results. A party with status but no 2026 candidates could be missing.

West Virginia92,93

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Wisconsin94,95,96

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.

Wyoming97

From the state’s own list of qualified parties.