Please read the below memo from WFP National Director Maurice Mitchell:

Nov. 6, 2026
To: Working Families Party National Committee and Allies
From: Maurice Mitchell, Working Families Party National Director
Re: The Party of the Pissed Off Majority

Tomorrow night, Working Families Party candidates will defeat Donald Trump’s Republican Party. 

The WFP has taken big swings this year. We won a wave of primary victories against corporate Democrats, and now we’re up against the full weight of the MAGA movement and its billionaire backers. If tomorrow goes the way that we’re predicting, it will be a historic night for the Working Families Party. 

Voters are angry about the rising cost of living, reckless wars, CEOs getting richer at our expense, and bought-off politicians. They’re turning on Trump, but don’t fully trust either major party. That anger is fueling energy for populist candidates supported by the WFP.

This cycle, we’ve won Congressional primaries for seven WFP candidates in safe blue districts who are virtually assured to be inaugurated—including three WFP candidates who won against incumbents despite millions in outside spending. Downballot, we’re sending dozens of new WFP members to state legislatures, as well electing several new mayors in cities like Providence, RI and Washington, DC. 

But what’s different this year is that the WFP is contesting in the most competitive and expensive battleground races in the country.  

The marquee WFP candidates to watch this cycle in purple seats include: 

• Abdul-El Sayed (MI-Sen)
• Randy Villegas (CA-22)
• Will Lawrence (MI-07)
• Bob Brooks (PA-07)

And WFP candidates running in even redder districts include:

• Angie Nixon (FL-Sen)
• Brian Poindexter (OH-07)
• Justin J. Pearson (TN-09)

In each of these races, these WFP candidates defeated corporate-backed establishment candidates in the Democratic primary. 

The WFP has long contended that focusing on working-class economics and working-class voters is essential to defeating MAGA. This year, we’re proving the case with a slate of candidates who understand the challenges of working people, and who are committed to changing the corporate control of politics that has failed Americans.  

That’s what WFP is made for: the party for the pissed off majority.

More information on WFP’s battleground races:

ABDUL EL SAYED (MI-SENATE)

Abdul El Sayed’s electrifying campaign for U.S. Senate has become one of the most expensive in history, with more than $270 million being spent against him. He is a long-time WFP champion, going back to his race for Governor in 2018, and his campaign has captivated working class voters across Michigan.

The WFP endorsed Abdul in the primary, and helped bring together a winning coalition of national, state and local organizations to secure his victory. Since the general election, Working Families Party and our coalition have had hundreds of thousands of conversations with voters and invested $1.3 million into digital ads developing strategy in close partnership with Fighting For Michigan PAC. Our ads included the top-testing Pay the Price, the attention grabbing Afloat, the GOTV mobilization message Fight for Us, and the closing contrast A Lot to Hide.

Separately, the Working Families Party ran a coordinated canvassing program in partnership with Friends of Bernie Sanders in the final weeks of the campaign, deploying staff and volunteers across the state. 

The polls are tight. With corporate Democrat Haley Stevens’ last-minute endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers, Abdul is up against not just the full weight of the Republican Party and corporate spenders but also the war hawks in the Democratic Party too. We’re working hard for every vote down to the wire. If he wins despite that act of political betrayal, it will be a truly impressive performance and a show of the strength of his message. 

RANDY VILLEGAS (CA-22)

Randy Villegas is an educator and autoshop owner running for Congress who came up through the WFP pipeline. He served as a WFP member leader in the Central Valley, and attended a WFP training that gave him the tools to run for local office, where he served as a WFP-backed member of his local school board before running for Congress.

The WFP was an early endorser and advised Randy and his team on campaign strategy, including field, communications, fundraising, and earned media. The WFP organized political alignment at the national and state level to build a broad coalition that would prioritize CA-22 to elect Randy. 

WFP invested more than $1 million in digital advertising, including Decider and Momentum about incumbent Rep. David Valadao’s record.

WILL LAWRENCE (MI-7)

Will Lawrence is an organizer and community leader running for Congress in Mid-Michigan. He has been deeply connected to the WFP since he was a founding member of the Sunrise Movement. In his primary, with support from WFP, he defeated the Democratic establishment’s hand-picked candidates and built his campaign with a relentless focus on the threat of AI data centers and corporate greed.

The WFP was one of the first organizations to endorse Will, and has advised the campaign on strategy including field, communications, fundraising and earned media. WFP leaders have led significant political organizing at the national, state and local levels to build a broad coalition to elect Will. 

The general election has become  the most expensive Congressional race in the country. Independent of the campaign, the WFP and its coalition have talked to tens of thousands of voters and put more than $800,000 into digital ads, including Barr ett, about the incumbent Republican’s record, and A Way, a hype ad to mobilize youth turnout. 

BOB BROOKS

Bob Brooks is a firefighter and union leader running for Congress in the Lehigh Valley, who has been a long-time ally of the WFP and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with WFP leaders in many fights. He’s running to end the influence of big money in our politics and put power back in the hands of working-class people. Brooks, a first-time candidate, won his primary against a self-funding prosecutor and a popular local elected official with the help of the Working Families Party.

Since the primary, WFP and our allies have knocked on roughly 400,000 doors, and had in-person conversations with more than 30,000 unique voters—more field mobilization than in any of the PA swing districts and one of the highest investments of field organizing in any swing district in the country. 

More information on candidates in red states and districts: 

ANGIE NIXON (FL-SENATE)

Angie Nixon is a union organizer, dues-paying WFP member, and WFP-backed state legislator running for U.S. Senate. She shocked the country when she won her primary with WFP support, despite being outspent 10-1. Angie has built an electrifying campaign in Florida, speaking to voters who have long been disenchanted with the Democratic party, and building strong momentum in the final days of the race. 

WFP also ran a coordinated canvass program in the last weeks of the campaign to get out the vote in key constituencies in Orlando. Separately, the Working Families Party’s independent expenditure team invested $200,000 in Don’t Play, a 15-second hype digital ad to boost turnout of young people and Black voters—and by the early voting data, it seems to be working! 

BRIAN POINDEXTER (OH-7)

Brian Poindexter is a union electrician running in a red district outside Cleveland that Trump won by 11 points. He won in a crowded primary against a popular former elected official with the support of the WFP.  

He’s now running against disgraced Republican Max Miller, who is accused of abuse against his ex-wife and endangering his own child. WFP is running Shafted, a digital ad meant to appeal to the many voters in the district that don’t trust either party. 

JUSTIN J. PEARSON (TN-9)

Justin J. Pearson is an organizer, and state legislator, who came to national attention as one of the “Tennessee Three,” a group of representatives who were unjustly expelled from the State House after demonstrating for gun safety measures.He won his primary against an establishment-backed opponent with the WFP’s endorsement.

The district was cracked by Republican gerrymandering post-Calais. They aimed at making it impossible for a Democrat to win, but with Justin’s relentless campaigning and vocal opposition to AI data centers, he’s making the race competitive. In the general election WFP has spent nearly $200,000 on They’re Coming, a broadcast ad about Republican Brent Taylor’s support for data centers and Divide Us, a digital ad to energize Pearson’s Memphis base.

More information on Top 2 races in California: 

MAI VANG (CA-07)

Mai Vang is a Sacramento City Councilmember and long-time WFP champion taking on multi-millionaire Rep. Doris Matsui, whose family has held the Congressional seat for nearly half a century. After Vang shocked the establishment by finishing first in the primary, Rep. Matsui loaned her campaign $6.9 million to stay competitive in the general election.

ANGELA GONZALES-TORRES (CA-34) 

Angela Gonzales-Torres is a lifelong Angeleno community leader who the WFP endorsed early in her primary election. She is looking to unseat incumbent Rep. Jimmy Gomez, and if she wins, she will have done in the face of major outside spending against her people-powered campaign.

CONNIE CHAN (CA-11) 

Connie Chan is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and long-time champion for workers in the Bay Area. She is looking to fill one of the most storied seats in the country and has been a strong advocate for working people’s policies.

AISHA WAHAB (CA-14)

Dr. Aisha Wahab has worked alongside the WFP for years as a State Senator and Assistant Majority Leader in the California Senate. She is looking to earn her first full-term in Congress after winning the special election to fill the seat previously held by disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell.

And of course there are dozens more WFP candidates contesting state races in purple districts, including candidates who will help flip legislative chambers against Trump.

This remarkable federal slate was the product of years of tilling the soil in WFP states, one state legislative race and city council race at a time. When the Delaware General Assembly reconvenes in January, the Democratic caucus will have a near majority of WFP-aligned elected members. There are dozens of WFP candidates contesting state races in purple districts, including candidates who could help flip legislative chambers against Trump in states like Arizona, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Former California WFP State Director Jane Kim is running a strong statewide race for Insurance Commissioner. In Georgia, WFP is poised to re-elect a member and elect a new member to the state’s Public Service Commission, creating a 3-2 majority on the utility rate-setting agency’s governing board. 

We don’t measure our impact by a single race or election cycle, but by how we build our wins, year after year. Because that’s how we will create a third force in American politics capable of fulfilling the promise of a government by and for working people. That’s our north star, and I have a feeling that tomorrow will bring us much closer to realizing that goal.

– Maurice