List of Communist Party USA members who have held office in the United States
The following American politicians are members of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) who have held elected office in the United States.
The CPUSA used to field candidates under its own banner, or under the banner of a third party, such as the Nonpartisan League. The past few decades CPUSA members either run as independents or as Democrats.
Current elected officials[]
Name | State | Office | District | Tenure |
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Denise Winebrenner Edwards[1][2] | Pennsylvania | Borough Council of Wilkinsburg | Ward 3 | 1999-2010 and since 2019 |
Former elected officials[]
Name | State | Office | District | Tenure |
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Karl Emil Nygard | Minnesota | President of the Village Council (Mayor) of Crosby | n.a. | 1933-1934 |
Kenny Jones[3] | Missouri | Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis | Ward 22 | 1983-2002 |
Rodney Salisbury[4] | Montana | Sheriff of Sheridan County | n.a. | 1922-1928 |
Charles E. "Red Flag" Taylor[5][6] | Montana | State Senate | ? | 1925, 1927 and 1929 |
Peter Cacchione | New York | City Council of New York City | At-large | 1941-1947 |
Benjamin J. Davis Jr. | New York | City Council of New York City | At-large | 1943-1949 |
Wahsayah Whitebird[7] | Wisconsin | City Council of Ashland | Ward 6 | 2019-2021 |
References[]
- ^ Pecinovsky, Tony (2020-05-08). "100 years of CPUSA: A critical reply to "Jacobin"". Communist Party USA. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
(..) And in 1997, Denise Winebrenner Edwards was elected to the Wilkinsburg, PA, city council.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ballot Access News -- December 5, 1997". www.ballot-access.org. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
On November 4, Denise Winebrenner Edwards was elected to the Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania borough council. Although she was a Democratic Party nominee, she is also a leader of the Communist Party, a fact which was well known during the campaign.
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In 1983, the African American Communist Kenny Jones became the alderman of the 22nd Ward in St. Louis (...)
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Communists of Sheridan County". Montana Senior News. 2019-12-01. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ "Charles E. Taylor". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ "The Communists of Sheridan County". Montana Senior News. 2019-12-01. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ Johnson, Earchiel (2019-05-07). "Native American communist topples incumbent council president in Wisconsin town". People's World. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
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