This spring, more than 2800 people signed to put Jordan Villas on the ballot as the Working Class Party candidate in the 12th Illinois State Senate District.
Since 1856, 170 years ago, only two parties have run the country. No matter which party was in power – Democrat or Republican – they worked to enrich the capitalist class at the expense of working people. For 170 years, both parties took the country to war, after campaigning on the promise to keep the country out of war. Exploitation of the workers, enormous profit for the bosses, wars on other people – this is the long record of both parties.
This spring, volunteers gathered over 2,800 signatures to put Jordan Villas on the ballot for Working Class Party in the 12th Illinois State Senate District – about double the number of signatures required by law.
Ed Hershey will be the Working Class Party candidate for Illinois' 4th Congressional district in 2026. Because WCP received just over 5% of this district's vote in 2024, the party was not required to gather signatures to appear on its ballot this year.
The campaign for a Working Class Party in Illinois is now collecting signatures to add a worker to its ballot for 2026. Supporters are circulating a petition to include Jordan Villas in the November 3 general election for State Senate in the 12th district.