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{{Infobox political party
| name = Working Class Party
| abbreviation = WCP
| logo = Working Class Party logo.png
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| chairmancolorcode = Larry{{party color|Working Class ChristensonParty}}
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| headquarters = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
| predecessor =
| ideology = [[Progressivism in the United States|Progressivism]] <br /> [[Socialism]]
| positionfounders = [[Left-wing]]
| founded = {{start date and age|2014}}
| international = [[International League of People's Struggle]]
| dissolved =
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The '''Working Class Party''' (WCP) is a [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] [[political party]] in the [[United States]], based in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. WCP first gained ballot access in 2016. WCP supports [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]], [[pro-labor]] and [[socialist]] policies and candidates.
 
The party was created by [[Trotskyist]] newspaper ''[[Spark (U.S. organization)|The Spark]]'' and its supporters,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Tristan |title=What Is the Michigan Working Class Party? |url=https://www.leftvoice.org/who-is-the-michigan-working-class-party/ |work=Left Voice |date=9 November 2022}}</ref> which continues to support the party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Working People Need Our Own Party, Our Own Candidates, Organizers, Agitators, and Fighters — The Spark #1116|url=https://the-spark.net/np1116601.html|access-date=2020-11-02|website=The Spark|archive-date=2020-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127024102/https://the-spark.net/np1116601.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The '''Working Class Party (WCP)''' is a [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] [[political party]], based in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], United States.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Tristan |title=What Is the Michigan Working Class Party? |url=https://www.leftvoice.org/who-is-the-michigan-working-class-party/ |work=Left Voice |date=9 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/statement-by-working-class-party-of-maryland/|title=Statement by Working Class Party of Maryland |website=www.workingclassfight.com|access-date=2020-04-21|archive-date=2021-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308182434/https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/statement-by-working-class-party-of-maryland/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Note1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/Political_Party_Status_482649_7.pdf|title=Political_Party_Status_482649_7.pdf|access-date=2018-08-30|archive-date=2021-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309021801/https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/Political_Party_Status_482649_7.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dupuis |first1=Mary |title=What's the WC on the Ballot? Mary Anne Hering Explains the Working Class Party |url=https://oaklandcounty115.com/2022/10/31/whats-the-wc-on-the-ballot-mary-anne-hering-explains-the-working-class-party/ |work=Oakland County Times |date=31 October 2022}}</ref> The Working Class Party competed in the [[2016 Michigan elections|2016 Michigan election]], presenting three candidates. The party filed twelve candidates in the [[2020 Michigan elections|2020 election]], five for the [[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|U.S. Congress]], two for the [[Michigan State Board of Education]], and five for the Michigan [[Michigan House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Working Class Party Chooses Its 2020 Michigan Candidates {{!}} Working Class Fight|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/working-class-party-chooses-its-2020-michigan-candidates/|access-date=2020-08-27|website=www.workingclassfight.com|archive-date=2020-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817121023/https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/working-class-party-chooses-its-2020-michigan-candidates/|url-status=live}}</ref> As of November 2022, the party has ballot access in [[Illinois]], [[Maryland]] and [[Michigan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Working Class Party on the Ballot in Illinois, Maryland & Michigan {{!}} Working Class Fight |url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/working-class-party-on-the-ballot-in-illinois-maryland-and-michigan/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=www.workingclassfight.com}}</ref>
 
Other candidates who shared many of the same ideas as the Working Class Party appeared as "non-partisan" (independent) candidates on the ballot in [[Chicago]] in 2015; in [[Baltimore]] in 2016 and 2020; and in [[Los Angeles]] in 2018.<ref name="Note3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/elections/chicago-2015/i-stand-for-a-working-class-fight/|title=I Stand for a Working Class Fight &#124; Working Class Fight|website=www.workingclassfight.com|access-date=2018-09-05|archive-date=2018-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905214906/https://www.workingclassfight.com/elections/chicago-2015/i-stand-for-a-working-class-fight/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Note4">{{cite web|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/elections/baltimore-2016/|title=David Harding, Working Class Candidate|access-date=2018-08-30|archive-date=2018-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831035312/https://www.workingclassfight.com/elections/baltimore-2016/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Note5">{{cite web|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/elections/los-angeles-2018/|title=Juan Rey: A Worker for Congress|access-date=2018-06-19|archive-date=2018-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620001453/https://www.workingclassfight.com/elections/los-angeles-2018/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
== History ==
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Despite the harsh [[ballot access]] laws in Michigan, the people active in the 2014 campaign managed to put a party on the ballot in 2016. With several dozen others joining the voluntary effort, they turned in more than the required 31,566 petition signatures. In the end they turned in more than 50,000.<ref name="Note8">{{Cite web|url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/08/18/working-class-party-petition-in-michigan-has-enough-valid-signatures/|title=Working Class Party Petition in Michigan Has Enough Valid Signatures &#124; Ballot Access News|access-date=2017-01-25|archive-date=2017-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202024859/http://ballot-access.org/2016/08/18/working-class-party-petition-in-michigan-has-enough-valid-signatures/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Note9">{{Cite web|url=https://www.michiganradio.org/post/michigan-s-newest-political-party-gets-certified-today|title=Michigan's newest political party gets certified today|first=Stateside|last=Staff|website=www.michiganradio.org|date=22 August 2016 |access-date=2021-06-01|archive-date=2021-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225222744/https://www.michiganradio.org/post/michigan-s-newest-political-party-gets-certified-today|url-status=live}}</ref> The Working Class Party fielded two candidates for [[United States House of Representatives|Congress]] and one for the [[Michigan State Board of Education|State Board of Education]] in [[Michigan]].
 
The WCP candidate for the State Board of Education polled 2.7%, many more than the 22,133 votes needed for the Working Class Party to retain [[Ballot access|ballot status]] in the [[2018 Michigan elections|Michigan 2018]] elections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=STATE OF MICHIGAN POLITICAL PARTY STATUS AUGUST 4, 2020 PRIMARY NOVEMBER 3, 2020 GENERAL ELECTION|url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/Political_Party_Status_482649_7.pdf|website=Michigan State Bureau of Elections|access-date=August 30, 2018|archive-date=March 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309021801/https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/Political_Party_Status_482649_7.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Note1"/><ref name="Note10bis">{{Cite web|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/2016-election-results-working-class-party/|title=Post Election Statement by Working Class Party &#124; Working Class Fight|website=www.workingclassfight.com|access-date=2018-09-05|archive-date=2018-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905214822/https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/2016-election-results-working-class-party/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Similar campaigns in other states included for [[alderman]] in [[Chicago]] in the [[Wards of Chicago|25th ward]]. Candidate Ed Hershey received 614 votes (8.23%).<ref name="Note10ter">{{Cite web|url=https://chicagoelections.gov/en/election-results.asp|title=Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago|website=chicagoelections.gov|access-date=2021-06-01|archive-date=2021-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202131617/https://chicagoelections.gov/en/election-results.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, David Harding was on the ballot for Baltimore's City Council elections, running in the 14th district. He received 1,426 votes, (8.3%).<ref name="Note10qtr">{{Cite web|url=https://boe.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/EL45A_Election%20Summary.pdf|title=Baltimore City Board of Elections, 2016 General Election Results - Election Summary Report|access-date=2018-09-05|archive-date=2018-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014049/https://boe.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/EL45A_Election%20Summary.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Juan Rey ran as a candidate in [[California's 29th congressional district]] for the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]. He received 944 votes (1.45%).<ref name="Note10cqu">{{cite web |url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/82-congress.pdf |title=California Secretary of State, Statewide Direct Primary Election - Statement of the Vote, June 5, 2018 - United States Representative in Congress by District, see page 10 in the 82-congress.pdf file |access-date=September 5, 2018 |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906052556/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/82-congress.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
In the [[United States elections, 2018|2018 midterm elections]], the Working Class Party ran eleven candidates in Michigan; five for the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House]], four for the [[Michigan Senate|Michigan state senate]] and two statewide candidates for the Michigan [[Michigan Department of Education|State Board of Education]]. Most candidates were fielded in districts in and around [[Detroit]], but the party was also contesting districts in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]], [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]] and [[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/candlist/2018GEN_CANDLIST.html|title=2018 Michigan Official General Candidate Listing - 11/06/2018|website=miboecfr.nictusa.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-04|archive-date=2018-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003140912/https://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/candlist/2018GEN_CANDLIST.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The party won between 1.2% and 11.4% of the votes.
 
In the [[2020 United States elections|2020 elections]], the Working Class Party ran twelve candidates in [[Michigan]]; five candidates for the [[United States House of Representatives|US House of Representatives]], five candidates for the [[Michigan House of Representatives|State House]] and two candidates for [[Michigan Department of Education|State Board of Education]] and David Harding for [[2020 Baltimore mayoral election|the mayor of Baltimore]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Working Class Party Chooses Its 2020 Michigan Candidates|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/michigan-2020/|access-date=2020-10-29|website=Working Class Party|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031144948/https://www.workingclassfight.com/michigan-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WCP Maryland Chooses Candidate {{!}} Working Class Fight|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/wcp-maryland-chooses-candidate/|access-date=2020-07-21|website=www.workingclassfight.com|archive-date=2020-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721215822/https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/wcp-maryland-chooses-candidate/|url-status=live}}</ref> The party gained between 0.6% and 4.8% of the votes in the seats contested.
 
Michigan has harsh [[ballot access]] laws. In 2016, several dozen WCP volunteers turned in more than 50,000 signatures, above the required 31,566, which enabled WCP candidates to appear as party candidates on Michigan ballots.<ref name="Note8">{{Cite web|url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/08/18/working-class-party-petition-in-michigan-has-enough-valid-signatures/|title=Working Class Party Petition in Michigan Has Enough Valid Signatures &#124; Ballot Access News|access-date=2017-01-25|archive-date=2017-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202024859/http://ballot-access.org/2016/08/18/working-class-party-petition-in-michigan-has-enough-valid-signatures/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Note9">{{Cite web|url=https://www.michiganradio.org/post/michigan-s-newest-political-party-gets-certified-today|title=Michigan's newest political party gets certified today|first=Stateside|last=Staff|website=www.michiganradio.org|date=22 August 2016 |access-date=2021-06-01|archive-date=2021-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225222744/https://www.michiganradio.org/post/michigan-s-newest-political-party-gets-certified-today|url-status=live}}</ref>
As of December 2020, 2,102 voters were affiliated with the WCP in Maryland.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Maryland State Board of Elections Summary of Voter Registration Activity Report December 2020|url=https://elections.maryland.gov/pdf/vrar/2020_12.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127220249/https://elections.maryland.gov/pdf/vrar/2020_12.pdf|archive-date=2021-01-27|access-date=|website=[[Maryland State Board of Elections]]}}</ref> The party announced plans to run candidates for [[Governor of Maryland|governor]] in [[2022 Maryland gubernatorial election|2022]] and for president in [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]] in order to maintain ballot access in Maryland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Results for WCP of Md in Baltimore Election {{!}} Working Class Fight|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/results-for-wcp-of-md-in-baltimore-election/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.workingclassfight.com|archive-date=2020-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129223600/http://workingclassfight.com/blog/results-for-wcp-of-md-in-baltimore-election/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
== Ideology ==
The partyWCP isargues activelythat endorsedno byworking ''[[Sparkclass (U.S.party organization)|Spark]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Working People Need Our Own Partyexists, Ourbecause Ownboth Candidates,the Organizers, Agitators,Democrats and Fighters — The Spark #1116|url=https://the-spark.net/np1116601.html|access-date=2020-11-02|website=The Spark|archive-date=2020-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127024102/https://the-spark.net/np1116601.html|url-status=live}}</ref>Republicans Theare partycontrolled supports broad positions such as putting an end toby [[unemployment]]<ref name="Note14">{{Cite webCapitalists|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/to-put-an-end-to-unemployment/|title=To Put an End to Unemployment... &#124; Working Class Fight|website=www.workingclassfight.com|access-date=2017-01-25|archive-date=2017-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202190131/https://www.workingclassfight.com/to-put-an-end-to-unemployment/|url-status=live}}</ref> and stopping the decline of [[pensionbosses]]s and social security.<ref name="Note15">{{Cite web|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/to-stop-the-decline-in-our-standard-of-living/|title=To Stop the Decline in Our Standard of Living... &#124; Working Class Fight|website=www.workingclassfight.com|access-date=2017-01-25|archive-date=2017-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202190305/https://www.workingclassfight.com/to-stop-the-decline-in-our-standard-of-living/|url-status=live}}</ref> They call for workers to look into the books of businesses.<ref name="Note16">{{Cite web|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/to-protect-ourselves/|title=To Control the Economy... &#124; Working Class Fight|website=www.workingclassfight.com|access-date=2017-01-25|archive-date=2017-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202190423/https://www.workingclassfight.com/to-protect-ourselves/|url-status=live}}</ref> They call for the unity of workers against the divide created by the bosses.<ref name="Note17">{{Cite web|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/gary-walkowicz-main-speech-of-the-working-class-party-convention/|title=Gary Walkowicz: Main Speech of the WCP Convention &#124; Working Class Fight|website=www.workingclassfight.com|access-date=2018-08-30|archive-date=2018-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831035323/https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/gary-walkowicz-main-speech-of-the-working-class-party-convention/|url-status=live}}</ref> TheIn partythe alsoWCP's supportsparty theprogram, formationit ofsupports a [[Vanguardism|vanguardliving wage]] partytied for the working class, as they maintain that both theto [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicaninflation]], as well as theand [[Democraticfull Party (United States)|Democratic partyemployment]], are controlled bythrough [[BigFour-day businessworkweek|bigreductions in capitalworking time]].<ref name=Program>{{Citecite web |title=JuanA Rey:Working WorkersClass NeedProgram toTo BuildCombat Theirthe OwnCrisis Partyof {{!}}Capitalism |publisher=Working Class FightParty |date=2022 |url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/electionsblog/losa-angelesworking-2018/laclass-campaignprogram-speechto-workerscombat-needthe-tocrisis-buildof-their-own-partycapitalism/ |accessurl-datestatus=2020-07-22|website=www.workingclassfight.comlive |archive-date=2020-07-11November 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2020071108491620221113125214/https://www.workingclassfight.com/electionsblog/losa-angelesworking-2018/laclass-campaign-speech-workers-needprogram-to-buildcombat-theirthe-owncrisis-party/|urlof-status=livecapitalism/}}</ref> The WCP holds that the working class "won't change our situation with an election", but can "use this election to say there are [...] tens of thousands of people[ ]who agree with this program for the crisis".<ref name=Program />
 
== Election results ==
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No WCP candidate has yet won a contested election. One WCP candidate won an uncontested election.
 
As of November 2022, the party has ballot access in [[Illinois]], [[Maryland]] and [[Michigan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Working Class Party on the Ballot in Illinois, Maryland & Michigan {{!}} Working Class Fight |url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/working-class-party-on-the-ballot-in-illinois-maryland-and-michigan/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=www.workingclassfight.com}}</ref> As of December 2020, 2,102 voters were affiliated with the WCP in Maryland.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Maryland State Board of Elections Summary of Voter Registration Activity Report December 2020|url=https://elections.maryland.gov/pdf/vrar/2020_12.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127220249/https://elections.maryland.gov/pdf/vrar/2020_12.pdf|archive-date=2021-01-27|access-date=|website=[[Maryland State Board of Elections]]}}</ref>
 
=== Congressional elections ===
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|-
| [[20142024 United States House of Representatives elections in MichiganCalifornia#District 37|20142024]]
| SamJuan JohnsonRey
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[California]]
| [[California's 37th congressional district|37th]]
| 8,910
| {{Percentage bar|10.3|hex=FF0000}}
| {{Yes2|Advanced to general election}}
| [[Nonpartisan blanket primary]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan Rey: A Worker on the Ballot! {{!}} Working Class Fight |url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/juan-rey-on-the-ballot/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.workingclassfight.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|2022]]
| Simone R. Coleman
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 13th congressional district|13th]]
| 38,466811
| {{Percentage bar|23.18|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2022 />
| <ref name=Michigan2014>{{Cite web |title=2014 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/04/2014 |url=https://mielections.us/election/results/14GEN/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=mielections.us}}</ref>
|-
| [[20142022 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|20142022]]
| Gary Walkowicz
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 12th congressional district|12th]]
| 58,039046
| {{Percentage bar|2.49|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2014Michigan2022 />
|-
| [[20162022 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|20162022]]
| Andrea L. Kirby
| Gary Walkowicz
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 12th10th congressional district|12th10th]]
| 95,183905
| {{Percentage bar|21.8|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2022 />
| <ref name=Michigan2016>{{Cite web |title=2016 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/08/2016 |url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2016GEN_CENR.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=mielections.us}}</ref>
|-
| [[20162022 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|20162022]]
| Jim Walkowicz
| Sam Johnson
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 13th9th congressional district|13th9th]]
| 86,835570
| {{Percentage bar|31.48|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2016Michigan2022 />
|-
| [[20182022 United States House of Representatives elections in CaliforniaMichigan|20182022]]
| Juan Rey
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[California]]
| [[California's 29th congressional district|29th]]
| 944
| {{Percentage bar|1.4|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
| [[Nonpartisan blanket primary]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote JUNE 5, 2018 STATEWIDE DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| [[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|2018]]
| Kathy Goodwin
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 5th8th congressional district|5th8th]]
| 129,646077
| {{Percentage bar|42.67|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2018Michigan2022 />
|-
| [[20182022 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|20182022]]
| AndreaLouis KirbyPalus
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 9th3rd congressional district|9th3rd]]
| 64,797192
| {{Percentage bar|21.23|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2018Michigan2022 />
|-
| [[20182022 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|20182022]]
| Liz Hakola
| Gary Walkowicz
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 12th1st congressional district|12th1st]]
| 65,712480
| {{Percentage bar|21.34|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2022>{{Cite web |title=2022 Michigan Unofficial General Election Results - 11/08/2022 |url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2022GEN_CENR.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=mielections.us}}</ref>
| <ref name=Michigan2018 />
|-
| [[20182022 United States House of Representatives elections in MichiganIllinois|20182022]]
| SamEd JohnsonHershey
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[MichiganIllinois]]
| [[MichiganIllinois's 13th4th congressional district|13th4th]]
| 224,186503
| {{Percentage bar|11.3.4|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=DDHQ Election Results |url=https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=results.decisiondeskhq.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Note10ter">{{Cite web|url=https://chicagoelections.gov/en/election-results.asp|title=Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago|website=chicagoelections.gov|access-date=2021-06-01|archive-date=2021-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202131617/https://chicagoelections.gov/en/election-results.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>
| <ref name=Michigan2018 />
|-
| [[20182020 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|20182020]]
| Philip Kolody
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 14th congressional district|14th]]
| 42,761534
| {{Percentage bar|10.87|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2018Michigan2020 />
|-
| [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|2020]]
| Sam Johnson
| Kathy Goodwin
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 5th13th congressional district|5th13th]]
| 85,180284
| {{Percentage bar|21.38|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2020 />
| <ref name=Michigan2020>{{Cite web |title=2020 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/03/2020 |url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2020GEN_CENR.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=mielections.us}}</ref>
|-
| [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|2020]]
| Gary Walkowicz
| Andrea Kirby
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 9th12th congressional district|9th12th]]
| 811,970147
| {{Percentage bar|2.29|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
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|-
| [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|2020]]
| Andrea Kirby
| Gary Walkowicz
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 12th9th congressional district|12th9th]]
| 118,147970
| {{Percentage bar|2.92|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
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|-
| [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|2020]]
| Kathy Goodwin
| Sam Johnson
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 13th5th congressional district|13th5th]]
| 58,284180
| {{Percentage bar|12.83|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2020>{{Cite web |title=2020 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/03/2020 |url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2020GEN_CENR.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=mielections.us}}</ref>
| <ref name=Michigan2020 />
|-
| [[20202018 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|20202018]]
| Philip Kolody
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 14th congressional district|14th]]
| 24,534761
| {{Percentage bar|01.78|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2020Michigan2018 />
|-
| [[20222018 United States House of Representatives elections in IllinoisMichigan|20222018]]
| EdSam HersheyJohnson
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[IllinoisMichigan]]
| [[IllinoisMichigan's 4th13th congressional district|4th13th]]
| 422,503186
| {{Percentage bar|311.43|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2018 />
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=DDHQ Election Results |url=https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=results.decisiondeskhq.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| [[20222018 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|20222018]]
| Gary Walkowicz
| Liz Hakola
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 1st12th congressional district|1st12th]]
| 56,480712
| {{Percentage bar|12.43|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2018 />
| <ref name=Michigan2022>{{Cite web |title=2022 Michigan Unofficial General Election Results - 11/08/2022 |url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2022GEN_CENR.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=mielections.us}}</ref>
|-
| [[20222018 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|20222018]]
| LouisAndrea PalusKirby
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 3rd9th congressional district|3rd9th]]
| 46,192797
| {{Percentage bar|12.32|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2022Michigan2018 />
|-
| [[20222018 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|20222018]]
| Kathy Goodwin
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 8th5th congressional district|8th5th]]
| 912,077646
| {{Percentage bar|24.76|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2022Michigan2018 />
|-
| [[20222018 United States House of Representatives elections in MichiganCalifornia|20222018]]
| Juan Rey
| Jim Walkowicz
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[California]]
| [[California's 29th congressional district|29th]]
| 944
| {{Percentage bar|1.4|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
| [[Nonpartisan blanket primary]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement of Vote JUNE 5, 2018 STATEWIDE DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/2018-complete-sov.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Note10cqu">{{cite web |url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/82-congress.pdf |title=California Secretary of State, Statewide Direct Primary Election - Statement of the Vote, June 5, 2018 - United States Representative in Congress by District, see page 10 in the 82-congress.pdf file |access-date=September 5, 2018 |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906052556/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-primary/sov/82-congress.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|2016]]
| Sam Johnson
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 9th13th congressional district|9th13th]]
| 68,570835
| {{Percentage bar|13.84|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2022Michigan2016 />
|-
| [[20222016 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|20222016]]
| Gary Walkowicz
| Andrea L. Kirby
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 10th12th congressional district|10th12th]]
| 59,905183
| {{Percentage bar|12.8|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2016>{{Cite web |title=2016 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/08/2016 |url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2016GEN_CENR.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=mielections.us}}</ref>
| <ref name=Michigan2022 />
|-
| [[20222014 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|20222014]]
| Gary Walkowicz
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 12th congressional district|12th]]
| 85,046039
| {{Percentage bar|2.94|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2022Michigan2014 />
|-
| [[20222014 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan|20222014]]
| Sam Johnson
| Simone R. Coleman
| [[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 13th congressional district|13th]]
| 83,811466
| {{Percentage bar|32.81|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2014>{{Cite web |title=2014 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/04/2014 |url=https://mielections.us/election/results/14GEN/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=mielections.us}}</ref>
| <ref name=Michigan2022 />
|-
|[[2024 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 37|2024]]
|Juan Rey
|[[United States House of Representatives|House]]
|[[California]]
|[[California's 37th congressional district|37th]]
|8,910
|{{Percentage bar|10.3|hex=FF0000}}
|{{Yes2|Advanced to general election}}
|[[Nonpartisan blanket primary]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan Rey: A Worker on the Ballot! {{!}} Working Class Fight |url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/blog/juan-rey-on-the-ballot/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.workingclassfight.com}}</ref>
|}
 
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! Ref
|-
| 2016 2022
| Mary Anne Hering
| [[Michigan State BoardDepartment of Education|State Board of Education]]
| [[Michigan]]
| 135,442
| At-Large
| At-Large
| 224,392
| {{Percentage bar|21.666|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2016Michigan2022 />
|-
| [[2022 Michigan Senate election|2022]]
| 2018
| Kimberly Givens
| Logan Smith
| [[Michigan State Board of EducationSenate|State Board of EducationSenate]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 6th Senate district|6th district]]
| At-Large
| 91 3,077396
| {{Percentage bar|1.3.1|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2022 />
| <ref name=Michigan2018>{{Cite web |title=2018 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/06/2018 |url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2018GEN_CENR.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=mielections.us}}</ref>
|-
| [[2022 Michigan Senate election|2022]]
| 2018
| Linda Rayburn
| Mary Anne Hering
| [[Michigan State Board of EducationSenate|State Board of EducationSenate]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 3rd Senate district|3rd district]]
| At-Large
| 125 10,693214
| {{Percentage bar|114.73|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2018Michigan2022 />
|-
| [[20182022 Michigan Senate election|20182022]]
| Larry Darnell Betts
| Hali McEachern
| [[Michigan Senate|State Senate]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 3rd2nd Senate district|3rd2nd district]]
| 2 1,095636
| {{Percentage bar|2.96|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2018Michigan2022 />
|-
| [[20182022 MichiganMaryland Senategubernatorial election|20182022]]
| David Harding
| Larry Betts
| [[MichiganGovernor Senate|Stateof SenateMaryland]]
| [[MichiganMaryland]]
| At-Large
| [[Michigan's 5th Senate district|5th district]]
| 3 17,944154
| {{Percentage bar|40.486|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref>{{Cite web
| <ref name=Michigan2018 />
| title=Official 2022 Election Results
| url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/general_results/gen_results_2022_1.html
| access-date=March 8, 2023
| website=elections.maryland.gov}}</ref>
|-
| [[20182020 Michigan SenateHouse of Representatives election|20182020]]
| Louis Palus
| Thomas Repasky
| [[Michigan SenateHouse of Representatives|State SenateHouse of Representatives]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 18th75th House of SenateRepresentatives district|18th75th district]]
| 2 1,954234
| {{Percentage bar|2.3.0|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2018Michigan2020 />
|-
| [[20182020 Michigan SenateHouse of Representatives election|20182020]]
| Larry Darnell Betts
| Louis Palus
| [[Michigan SenateHouse of Representatives|State SenateHouse of Representatives]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 29th15th House of SenateRepresentatives district|29th15th district]]
| 1,445 970
| {{Percentage bar|1.2.4|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2018Michigan2020 />
|-
| [[2020 Michigan House of Representatives election|2020]]
| Simone R. Coleman
| Hali McEachern
| [[Michigan State BoardHouse of EducationRepresentatives|State BoardHouse of EducationRepresentatives]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 14th House of Representatives district|14th district]]
| At-Large
| 82 1,700937
| {{Percentage bar|04.87|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2020 />
|-
| [[2020 Michigan House of Representatives election|2020]]
| Kimberly Givens
| Mary Anne Hering
| [[Michigan State BoardHouse of EducationRepresentatives|State BoardHouse of EducationRepresentatives]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 7th House of Representatives district|7th district]]
| 147,345
| 1,224
| At-Large
| {{Percentage bar|13.45|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2020 />
|-
| [[2020 Michigan House of Representatives election|2020]]
| Linda Rayburn
| [[Michigan House of Representatives|State House of Representatives]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 4th House of Representatives district|4th district]]
| 1,023
| {{Percentage bar|3.3|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2020 />
|-
| [[2020 Michigan House of Representatives election|2020]]
| Mary Anne Hering
| Kimberly Givens
| [[Michigan HouseState Board of RepresentativesEducation|State HouseBoard of RepresentativesEducation]]
| [[Michigan]]
| 147,345
| [[Michigan's 7th House of Representatives district|7th district]]
| At-Large
| 1,224
| {{Percentage bar|31.54|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2020 />
|-
| [[2020 Michigan House of Representatives election|2020]]
| Hali McEachern
| Simone R. Coleman
| [[Michigan HouseState Board of RepresentativesEducation|State HouseBoard of RepresentativesEducation]]
| [[Michigan]]
| At-Large
| [[Michigan's 14th House of Representatives district|14th district]]
| 1 82,937700
| {{Percentage bar|40.78|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2020 />
|-
| [[20202018 Michigan House of RepresentativesSenate election|20202018]]
| Louis Palus
| Larry Darnell Betts
| [[Michigan House of RepresentativesSenate|State House of RepresentativesSenate]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 15th House of29th RepresentativesSenate district|15th29th district]]
| 970 1,445
| {{Percentage bar|21.42|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2020Michigan2018 />
|-
| [[20202018 Michigan House of RepresentativesSenate election|20202018]]
| Thomas Repasky
| Louis Palus
| [[Michigan House of RepresentativesSenate|State House of RepresentativesSenate]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 75th House of18th RepresentativesSenate district|75th18th district]]
| 1 2,234954
| {{Percentage bar|32.03|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2020Michigan2018 />
|-
| [[20222018 MarylandMichigan gubernatorialSenate election|20222018]]
| Larry Betts
| David Harding
| [[GovernorMichigan ofSenate|State MarylandSenate]]
| [[MarylandMichigan]]
| [[Michigan's 5th Senate district|5th district]]
| At-Large
| 17 3,154944
| {{Percentage bar|04.864|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2018 />
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Official 2022 Election Results |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/general_results/gen_results_2022_1.html |access-date=March 8, 2023 |website=elections.maryland.gov}}</ref>
|-
| [[20222018 Michigan Senate election|20222018]]
| Hali McEachern
| Larry Darnell Betts
| [[Michigan Senate|State Senate]]
| [[Michigan]]
| [[Michigan's 2nd3rd Senate district|2nd3rd district]]
| 1 2,636095
| {{Percentage bar|2.69|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2022Michigan2018 />
|-
| 2018
| [[2022 Michigan Senate election|2022]]
| Mary Anne Hering
| Linda Rayburn
| [[Michigan SenateState Board of Education|State SenateBoard of Education]]
| [[Michigan]]
| At-Large
| [[Michigan's 3rd Senate district|3rd district]]
| 10 125,214693
| {{Percentage bar|141.37|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2022Michigan2018 />
|-
| 2018
| [[2022 Michigan Senate election|2022]]
| Logan Smith
| Kimberly Givens
| [[Michigan SenateState Board of Education|State SenateBoard of Education]]
| [[Michigan]]
| At-Large
| [[Michigan's 6th Senate district|6th district]]
| 3 91,396077
| {{Percentage bar|3.1.3|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref name=Michigan2022 /Michigan2018>{{Cite web
| title=2018 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/06/2018
| url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2018GEN_CENR.html
| access-date=2022-11-18
| website=mielections.us}}</ref>
|-
| 2022 2016
| Mary Anne Hering
| [[Michigan DepartmentState Board of Education|State Board of Education]]
| [[Michigan]]
| At-Large
| 135,442
| 224,392
| At-Large
| {{Percentage bar|12.666|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
| enough votes for WCP to keep [[ballot access]] in [[2018 Michigan elections|2018 elections]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=STATE OF MICHIGAN POLITICAL PARTY STATUS AUGUST 4, 2020 PRIMARY NOVEMBER 3, 2020 GENERAL ELECTION|url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/Political_Party_Status_482649_7.pdf|website=Michigan State Bureau of Elections|access-date=August 30, 2018|archive-date=March 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309021801/https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/Political_Party_Status_482649_7.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Note1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/Political_Party_Status_482649_7.pdf|title=Political_Party_Status_482649_7.pdf|access-date=2018-08-30|archive-date=2021-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309021801/https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/Political_Party_Status_482649_7.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
 
| <ref name=Michigan2022 />
| <ref name=Michigan2016 />
|}
 
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! Notes
! Ref
|-
| [[2020 Baltimore mayoral election|2020]]
| David Harding
| [[Mayor of Baltimore|Mayor]]
| [[Baltimore, MD]]
| At-Large
| 3,973
| {{Percentage bar|1.7|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Election Results |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2020/results/general/gen_results_2020_4_by_county_030.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=elections.maryland.gov}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| David Harding
| [[Baltimore City Council]]
| [[Baltimore, MD|Baltimore]]
| 14th district
| 1,426
| {{Percentage bar|8.3|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 Election Results |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2016/results/general/gen_results_2016_4_by_county_030.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=elections.maryland.gov}}</ref><ref name="Note10qtr">{{Cite web|url=https://boe.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/EL45A_Election%20Summary.pdf|title=Baltimore City Board of Elections, 2016 General Election Results - Election Summary Report|access-date=2018-09-05|archive-date=2018-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014049/https://boe.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/EL45A_Election%20Summary.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2015 Chicago aldermanic election#25th Ward|2015]]
| Ed Hershey
| [[Chicago City Council|City Council]]
| [[Chicago, IL|Chicago]]
| 25th ward
| 614
| {{Percentage bar|8.2|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago |url=https://chicagoelections.gov/en/election-results.asp?election=10&race=37 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=chicagoelections.gov}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
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| ran unopposed
| <ref name=Wayne2014 />
|-
| [[2015 Chicago aldermanic election#25th Ward|2015]]
| Ed Hershey
| [[Chicago City Council|City Council]]
| [[Chicago, IL|Chicago]]
| 25th ward
| 614
| {{Percentage bar|8.2|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago |url=https://chicagoelections.gov/en/election-results.asp?election=10&race=37 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=chicagoelections.gov}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| David Harding
| [[Baltimore City Council]]
| [[Baltimore, MD|Baltimore]]
| 14th district
| 1,426
| {{Percentage bar|8.3|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 Election Results |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2016/results/general/gen_results_2016_4_by_county_030.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=elections.maryland.gov}}</ref>
|-
| [[2020 Baltimore mayoral election|2020]]
| David Harding
| [[Mayor of Baltimore|Mayor]]
| [[Baltimore, MD]]
| At-Large
| 3,973
| {{Percentage bar|1.7|hex=FF0000}}
| {{no2}} Lost
|
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Election Results |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2020/results/general/gen_results_2020_4_by_county_030.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=elections.maryland.gov}}</ref>
|}
 
Other candidates who shared many of the same ideas as the Working Class Party appeared as "non-partisan" (independent) candidates on the ballot in [[Chicago]] in 2015; in [[Baltimore]] in 2016 and 2020; and in [[Los Angeles]] in 2018.<ref name="Note3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/elections/chicago-2015/i-stand-for-a-working-class-fight/|title=I Stand for a Working Class Fight &#124; Working Class Fight|website=www.workingclassfight.com|access-date=2018-09-05|archive-date=2018-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905214906/https://www.workingclassfight.com/elections/chicago-2015/i-stand-for-a-working-class-fight/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Note4">{{cite web|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/elections/baltimore-2016/|title=David Harding, Working Class Candidate|access-date=2018-08-30|archive-date=2018-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831035312/https://www.workingclassfight.com/elections/baltimore-2016/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Note5">{{cite web|url=https://www.workingclassfight.com/elections/los-angeles-2018/|title=Juan Rey: A Worker for Congress|access-date=2018-06-19|archive-date=2018-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620001453/https://www.workingclassfight.com/elections/los-angeles-2018/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
* [[Spark (U.S. organization)|The Spark]] (US Trotskyist group with ties to [[Internationalist Communist Union|Lutte Ouvrière]])
 
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
 
== External links ==
* [https://the-spark.net/ Spark's homepage]
 
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