List of Communist Party USA election results

This is a list of members of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) who have run for elected office in the United States.

Currently, CPUSA does not regularly field candidates, aiming to avoid spoiling progressive Democratic candidates. Discussions and debates about running candidates have occurred within the party; in 2021, CPUSA chairman Joe Sims said, "We really can’t be a political party if we don’t run candidates". In 2025, CPUSA declared that it had candidates "on the ballot in at least four states".

CPUSA has run candidates on an explicit Communist ticket, on tickets of third parties (such as the Nonpartisan League), and on Democratic tickets.

, no CPUSA member has been elected to federal office, one has been elected to state office, and several have been elected to local government. See also: List of Communist Party USA members who have held office in the United States.

Presidential elections

Congressional elections

Statewide elections

State legislature elections

Local elections

See also

• Other lists:
• List of socialist members of the United States Congress
• List of elected socialist mayors in the United States
• List of Democratic Socialists of America public officeholders
• List of Green politicians who have held office in the United States
• History of the socialist movement in the United States
• History of the Communist Party USA

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