Party · New York

Working Families

One of 4 parties we found with ballot status in New York for the November 3, 2026 election, named as the state’s records name it.1,2

Research draft
Picks nominees by
Primary election
State’s party list
Assembled from official records
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: 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.

§1Ballot status

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

It is on the list of New York's parties that we assembled from state law and official candidate lists, ballots or results1,2, because we couldn't read a single official list. A list built that way can miss a party that has status but no 2026 candidates.

§2How it picks nominees

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Primary election. 1,3,4

New York's rules for nominating

Parties choose their nominees for partisan offices in primary elections, and only voters enrolled in the party may vote in its primary.1,3 Most candidates seeking a party's nomination get on the primary ballot by filing a petition signed by enough enrolled party members who live in the district; some candidates are nominated by party committees or conventions instead.3 Candidates who are not party nominees can run as independents by filing a petition that any registered voter in the district may sign, as long as the voter has not already signed for another candidate.3 Groups that nominate this way appear on the ballot as independent bodies, separate from parties; New York County's 2026 general election contest list, for example, shows a Vote Affordable line for governor.4 One candidate can be the nominee of more than one party or body: on that contest list, the same governor and lieutenant governor ticket appears on both the Democratic and Working Families lines, and another ticket on the Republican, Conservative and Vote Affordable lines.4

§3On the 2026 ballot

14 Candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. House or governor whose label on New York's November 3 ballot names this party, from the state's official candidate list. Labels are shown exactly as the ballot prints them. Other offices aren't covered yet.

Candidates whose ballot label names the Working Families, by race.
RaceCandidateLabel on the ballot
Governor · New YorkKathy C. HochulWorking Families5,6
U.S. House · New York's 2nd DistrictPatrick HalpinWorking Families5
U.S. House · New York's 7th DistrictClaire ValdezWorking Families5
U.S. House · New York's 10th DistrictBrad LanderWorking Families5
U.S. House · New York's 13th DistrictDarializa Avila ChevalierWorking Families5
U.S. House · New York's 14th DistrictAlexandria Ocasio-CortezWorking Families5
U.S. House · New York's 17th DistrictCait ConleyWorking Families5
U.S. House · New York's 18th DistrictPat RyanWorking Families5
U.S. House · New York's 19th DistrictJosh RileyWorking Families5
U.S. House · New York's 20th DistrictPaul D. TonkoWorking Families5
U.S. House · New York's 22nd DistrictJohn W. MannionWorking Families5
U.S. House · New York's 23rd DistrictAaron GiesWorking Families5
U.S. House · New York's 24th DistrictAlissa J. EllmanWorking Families5
U.S. House · New York's 25th DistrictJoseph D. MorelleWorking Families5

§4Notes on New York’s party research

What the research couldn’t find or confirm about New York’s parties, in its own plain words. Nothing is left out silently.

  • We could not read the State Board of Elections' own pages or the Election Law: elections.ny.gov and nysenate.gov answered with human-verification checks, and the Legislative Bill Drafting Commission's laws database is reached only through a form. The party list comes from the New York City and Monroe County boards of elections, which both name the same four parties.
  • Because the Election Law could not be read, the rules for how a group becomes a party and how a party keeps or loses its status (the vote it must win for governor or president) are not recorded.
  • The boards' pages call these the parties recognized or constituted in New York State but do not give a legal class name, so the party’s legal class is left out.
  • The New York City contest list we read is marked tentative and subject to change, and it covers New York County only.