How to get involved with the Connecticut Working Families Party

January 23, 2026

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NORWALK, Conn. — The Connecticut Working Families Party (WFP) is a statewide political party that plays a role in Norwalk elections through endorsements, organizing, and cross-party nominations, even though it does not currently operate a local town committee in the city.

What is the Connecticut Working Families Party?

Unlike the Democratic, Republican, and Independent Parties, the Working Families Party does not maintain town committees in every municipality.

“We do not have a town committee structure in every community in the state, sort of like the Democrats and Republicans do,” said Sarah Ganong, the state Director of Connecticut Working Families Party.

She said the party is not currently focused on establishing a Norwalk town committee and instead organizes regionally through what it calls the Greater Fairfield activist group. Some cities, including New London and Hartford, do have Working Families town committees.

The Connecticut Working Families Party has about 323 registered, active members, according to Cindy Wolfe Boynton, the communications director in the Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State.

How is the party structured?

The Working Families Party operates through a statewide board that handles endorsements for both municipal and statewide offices.

“We have a state board, which is the vehicle that does the endorsements for statewide offices […] and municipal offices,” Ganong said.

Ganong added that the board “takes recommendations from members and organizers who live in the communities where those are relevant.”

How to get involved with the Connecticut Working Families Party

Ganong said that the Connecticut Working Families Party has meetings “generally every couple of weeks to a month.”

“Generally, most of our events are open to the public,” Ganong said. “We have a monthly public online membership meeting.”

Ganong said that the party sometimes hosts training on things like canvassing and volunteering, and said that some people sign up to go to those.

Ganong said that “there is a $10 a month membership due” for formal party members.

How do endorsements work

Unlike the major parties’ town committees, the Working Families Party’s endorsement process is centralized at the state level.

Ganong said the Connecticut Working Party will publish a questionnaire on its website for people interested in running for office as a member of their party.

“We generally try to find candidates that are as aligned as possible with our values that also have a chance of winning,” Ganong said of the Working Families Party’s candidate selection processes.