The Independent-Socialist ticket appeared on the ballot in the 1958 New York state election. Led by the candidacy of John T. McManus

John T. McManus

John Thomas McManus was an American journalist active in progressive politics in the 1950s and 1960s best known as co-founder of the National Guardian, a left-leaning newspaper....

, one of the founders of the leftist National Guardian newspaper

Newspaper

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, for Governor of New York

Governor of New York

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, the line hoped to retain the support of the former American Labor Party

American Labor Party

The American Labor Party was a political party in the United States established in 1936 which was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party who had established themselves as the Social Democratic...

 among left-wing

Left-wing politics

In politics, Left, left-wing and leftist generally refer to support for social change to create a more egalitarian society...

voters. However, it received only about 35,000 votes statewide and was thus not allowed a line in future elections.