joe crowley stayed on the ballot, as the nominee of the working families party (wfp) and the women’s equality party (wep). neither crowley nor the wfp party campaigned in the election. both supported ocasio-cortez after her democratic primary victory. ocasio-cortez said that the wep was a centrist group that supported male politicians more than female politicians. nixon ran against governor cuomo in the primary for new york governor. former connecticut senator joe lieberman wanted crowley to campaign on the wfp ballot to beat ocasio-cortez. dan cantor, executive director of the wfp, asked voters not to vote for crowley if his name was on the general election ballot.