The Working Families Party

The Working Families Party
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 2006

WFP Endorses 138 Candidates for State Legislature

The Working Families Party (WFP) has endorsed 138 candidates for state legislature. "The WFP endorsement is like a seal of approval that says, 'these candidates have pledged to fight for the issues that matter most to low-income, working and middle-class New Yorkers – good jobs, good schools and good government,'" said Bob Master, state co-chair of the WFP.
The WFP's endorsement process is issues-based. "The WFP endorses candidates based on members' evaluations of their record of accomplishment and positions on the issues that matter most to working families," said Master.
The endorsement process involves hundreds of members in the candidate screening process. "Over the last two months, 206 candidates completed our issue questionnaire, and more than 350 members conducted 182 in-person interviews to make 138 endorsements," said Master.
The WFP did not endorse candidates in every district. "In elections where members were unable to recommend a single candidate as preferable as an advocate for the WFP's issue agenda, no endorsement was made," said Master.
A list of endorsed candidates for state legislature (most of which have been previously announced) follows below:
State Assembly, 2, M. Treewolf West
State Assembly, 4, Steven Englebright
State Assembly, 5, Ginny Fields
State Assembly, 10, Barbara LaMoriello
State Assembly, 11, Robert Sweeney
State Assembly, 12, Joseph Saladino
State Assembly, 13, Charles Lavine
State Assembly, 15, Richard Walker
State Assembly, 16, Thomas P. DiNapoli
State Assembly, 17, Dolores Sedacca
State Assembly, 20, Harvey Weisenberg
State Assembly, 21, Thomas W. Alfano
State Assembly, 22, Grace Meng
State Assembly, 23, Audrey I. Pheffer
State Assembly, 24, Mark S. Weprin
State Assembly, 25, Rory Lancman
State Assembly, 26, Ann Margaret Carrozza
State Assembly, 28, Andrew D Hevesi
State Assembly, 29, William Scarborough
State Assembly, 31, Michele R. Titus
State Assembly, 33, Barbara M. Clark
State Assembly, 34, Ivan C. Lafayette
State Assembly, 36, Michael N. Gianaris
State Assembly, 39, Jose Peralta
State Assembly, 41, Helene E. Weinstein
State Assembly, 43, Karim Camara
State Assembly, 44, James F. Brennan
State Assembly, 46, Alec Brook-Krasny
State Assembly, 47, William Colton
State Assembly, 49, Peter J. Abbate Jr.
State Assembly, 51, Felix W. Ortiz
State Assembly, 52, Joan L. Millman
State Assembly, 53, Vito J Lopez
State Assembly, 54, Darryl C Towns
State Assembly, 55, William F. Boyland Jr.
State Assembly, 57, Hakeem Jeffries
State Assembly, 58, N. Nick Perry
State Assembly, 60, D. Janele Hyer-Spencer
State Assembly, 61, John W. Lavelle
State Assembly, 63, Michael J. Cusick
State Assembly, 64, Sheldon Silver
State Assembly, 65, Alexander B. Pete Grannis
State Assembly, 66, Deborah J. Glick
State Assembly, 67, Linda B. Rosenthal
State Assembly, 68, Adam Clayton Powell
State Assembly, 70, Keith L.T. Wright
State Assembly, 72, Adriano Espaillat
State Assembly, 73, Jonathan L Bing
State Assembly, 74, Sylvia M. Friedman
State Assembly, 75, Richard N. Gottfried
State Assembly, 76, Peter M. Rivera
State Assembly, 77, Aurelia Greene
State Assembly, 79, Michael Anthony Benjamin
State Assembly, 81, Jeffrey Dinowitz
State Assembly, 82, Michael R. Benedetto
State Assembly, 83, Carl E. Heastie
State Assembly, 85, Ruben Diaz Jr.
State Assembly, 89, Adam T Bradley
State Assembly, 90, Sandra R. Galef
State Assembly, 91, George S. Latimer
State Assembly, 92, Richard Brodsky
State Assembly, 93, Shelley B. Mayer
State Assembly, 94, Kenneth P. Zebrowski
State Assembly, 97, Michael Paduch
State Assembly, 98, Aileen M. Gunther
State Assembly, 101, Kevin A. Cahill
State Assembly, 103, Virginia S. Martin
State Assembly, 104, John J. McEneny
State Assembly, 105, Paul D Tonko
State Assembly, 106, Ronald J. Canestrari
State Assembly, 107, Kelly Keck
State Assembly, 108, Keith Hammond
State Assembly, 109, Robert Reilly
State Assembly, 110, Michael Eidens
State Assembly, 112, David J Carter
State Assembly, 114, Andrew Brockaway
State Assembly, 115, Dave Townsend
State Assembly, 116, RoAnn Destito
State Assembly, 118, Darrel J. Aubertine
State Assembly, 119, Joan K. Christensen
State Assembly, 120, William B. Magnarelli
State Assembly, 121, Albert A Stirpe Jr.
State Assembly, 122, Dierdre K. Scozzafava
State Assembly, 123, Barbara Abbott King
State Assembly, 124, J. Edward Putnam
State Assembly, 125, Barbara S. Lifton
State Assembly, 126, Donna Lupardo
State Assembly, 127, W. Scott Trees
State Assembly, 130, Daniel C West
State Assembly, 131, Susan V. John
State Assembly, 135, David R Koon
State Assembly, 138, Francine DelMonte
State Assembly, 139, Gary F Kent
State Assembly, 142, Laura D. Monte
State Assembly, 143, Paul A. Tokasz
State Assembly, 144, William Ballard Hoyt III
State Assembly, 145, Mark J. Schroeder
State Assembly, 146, Max Tresmond
State Assembly, 147, Judith A. Hunter
State Assembly, 148, Susan Grelick
State Assembly, 149, Linda Lou Witte
State Senate, 2, Brooke Ellison
State Senate, 3, David Ochoa
State Senate, 9, Odelia Goldberg
State Senate, 11, Nora Marino
State Senate, 14, Malcolm A. Smith
State Senate, 16, Toby Ann Stavisky
State Senate, 17, Martin Malave Dilan
State Senate, 18, Velmanette Montgomery
State Senate, 19, John L. Sampson
State Senate, 20, Eric Adams
State Senate, 21, Kevin S. Parker
State Senate, 23, Diane J Savino
State Senate, 24, Matthew Titone
State Senate, 25, Kenneth Diamondstone
State Senate, 26, Liz Krueger
State Senate, 28, Jose Serrano
State Senate, 29, Thomas K. Duane
State Senate, 30, Bill Perkins
State Senate, 31, Eric T. Schneiderman
State Senate, 34, Jeffrey D Klein
State Senate, 36, Ruth Hassell-Thompson
State Senate, 37, Suzi Oppenheimer
State Senate, 40, Michael Kaplowitz
State Senate, 41, Brian Keeler
State Senate, 42, Sue Zimet
State Senate, 44, Jeffrey Philip Stark
State Senate, 45, Tim Merrick
State Senate, 46, Neil D. Breslin
State Senate, 47, Leon Koziol
State Senate, 49, David J. Valesky
State Senate, 50, John DeFrancisco
State Senate, 52, Mark Trabucco
State Senate, 56, Joseph E. Robach
State Senate, 58, William T. Stachowski
State Senate, 59, Dale M. Volker
State Senate, 60, Antoine M. Thompson
State Senate, 62, George D. Maziarz
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