The New Jersey Working Families Party has announced the endorsement of a strong slate of candidates for next month’s election.

The candidates Working Families have endorsed are committed to advancing key progressive priorities in Congress, municipal government and in school boards.

“As we approach critical midterm elections, it is essential that we have progressive champions at all levels of government willing to protect our democracy against radical MAGA Republicans,” said New Jersey Working Families State Director Sue Altman. “The candidates we have endorsed will advance the needs of working families over powerful corporate interests, and we’re going to fight hard to get them elected.”

“We are proud to have managed a rigorous endorsement process that identified qualified candidates at every level of government,” said Fran Ehret, New Jersey State Director of the Communications Workers of America and a Working Families board member. “While much attention has been rightly focused on high-profile congressional races, we’re also particularly proud to be supporting candidates for local government and school board who will advance progressive policies in the communities they live in.”

A list of endorsements follows:

Congressional

• CD-2 – Tim Alexander
• CD-3 – Andy Kim
• CD-6 – Frank Pallone
• CD-7 – Tom Malinowski
• CD-8 – Robert J. Menendez
• CD-9 – Bill Pascrell
• CD-10 – Donald Payne Jr.
• CD-11 – Mikie Sherrill
• CD-12 – Bonnie Watson Coleman

Municipal

• West Orange Township – Cindy Matute-Brown (Mayor)
• Township of Teaneck Council Rise for Teaneck slate: Denise Belcher, Danielle Gee, Hillary Goldberg, Chondra Young

Board of Education

• Nutley – Looking Forward Nutley slate: Andrea Podgarsky, Laura Valente
• Old Bridge – Marjorie Jodrey
• Mt. Ephraim – Johnathan Maxson