I am a Black worker, wife and mother of two teenagers. I was born and raised in Queens, New York, to a single mother, her only child. I have lived in Michigan for almost 22 years, working at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for most of those years.

Andrea L. Kirby: Candidate Statement | Working Class Fight

Education: I obtained my Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from Baker College in 2015. I have also taken several labor courses through the UAW and Wayne State University.

LOWV 2018.indd (League of Women Voters Oakland Area 2018 Voter Guide)

I am the Candidate of the Working Class Party for the 9th Congressional District. I am a Black worker, wife and mother of two teenagers. I was born and raised in Queens, New York, to a single mother, her only child.

I was born and raised in Queens, New York, to a single mother, her only child. I have lived in Michigan for almost 22 years, working at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for most of those years. At BCBSM, I have been active in the union, in different roles, but always fighting alongside other workers to protect our rights and I have worked to promote political awareness.

Andrea L. Kirby was born and raised in Queens, New York. She obtained a bachelor's degree in business administration from Baker College in 2015 and has taken several labor courses through the United Auto Workers and Wayne State University. She has lived in Michigan for almost 22 years and is a wife and mother of two teenagers.

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Andrea Kirby – Working Class. Experience: Worked with Blue Cross Blue Shield since 2002. Served as a member of the United Auto Workers union.

2018 Voter Guide: Congressional Races - WDET 101.9 FM

Andrea L. Kirby has worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and served as a member of the United Auto Workers union.

Working Class Party congressional candidates for 2018: Kathy Goodwin, Andrea Kirby, Gary Walkowicz, Sam Johnson and Philip Kolody. Andrea Kirby is the candidate in the 9th Congressional District, covering parts of Macomb and Oakland Counties.

Working Class Party Congressional Candidates | Working Class Fight

James had 49% of the vote and Marlinga had 48% with 99% of the votes counted when the Associated Press called the race in James' favor Wednesday afternoon. Working Party nominee Andrea L. Kirby of Eastpointe won 2% of the vote and Libertarian Mike Saliba of Clinton Township had 1%.

John James defeats Carl Marlinga in Michigan's 10th U.S. House District race

Andrea previously ran as a Working Class Party candidate for U.S. Congress in Michigan's 9th Congressional District. She was also the Working Party nominee in a U.S. House District 10 race, receiving 2% of the vote.

James ekes out win over Marlinga for suburban U.S. House seat

2026 Michigan General Election

Nonpartisan

The three top legislative priorities would focus on job creation for all that want to work, healthcare and affordable housing for all. These three issues will have a positive rippling effect on the entire country and even the world.

We need a party that believe that the working class, who creates the wealth in society, the class that sits at the very heart of the economy, should be the ones control of that wealth. We need a party that will fight to unite us as a one class.

Andrea Kirby Speaks at October Rally for WCP-MI | Working Class Fight

Workers are fighting but they are fighting within the different companies, in different industries, organized in different unions, going out separately, they nonetheless shared common grievances. Regardless of what union may be fighting, the fight is the same; better wages, pensions, healthcare benefits, workplace safety, job security.

Prioritizes job creation for people who want to work and affordable housing for all.

Advocates for working-class control of the wealth workers create.

Advocates for better wages, pensions, health benefits, workplace safety, and job security for workers.

- Prioritizes job creation for people who want to work and affordable housing for all.
- Advocates for working-class control of the wealth workers create.
- Advocates for better wages, pensions, health benefits, workplace safety, and job security for workers.

Economy

As of September 4, 2026, Andrea L. Kirby’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Safety

Healthcare

Education

We were essential before Covid-19 came along, yet we were still begging for a living wage and clean drinking water. Begging not to be shot down in the street while walking home from the store with our hoods on.

Andrea L. Kirby Speech, Sept. 20 | Working Class Fight

Energy & the Environment

Since the founding of the U.S, immigrants have come to seek a better life or escape oppression in their home country. They come here to work and provide a safe environment for their children and they should be allowed to do so. Immigrants do not take jobs from U.S. born citizens, which is a myth used to divide the working class.

The threat of deportation keeps immigrants in a submissive role, unable to speak up for themselves. Immigrants earn money that they later spend, creating more jobs and revenue. If these immigrants were given their citizenship they could stand with other workers for the betterment of all.

Every day, Washington decision makers are preparing us for war. No one wants to talk about war because war means death. And it will be the working class, not just in this country but all over the world, that will suffer. The working class will be sucked into war that will only destroy and have no benefit for any of us.

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Supports allowing immigrants to work and providing them a path to citizenship.

Opposes war, saying it would harm working-class people without benefiting them.

- Supports allowing immigrants to work and providing them a path to citizenship.
- Opposes war, saying it would harm working-class people without benefiting them.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Voting & Elections

Andrea L. Kirby

- Advocates for working-class control of the wealth workers create.
- Advocates for better wages, pensions, health benefits, workplace safety, and job security for workers.

- Opposes war, saying it would harm working-class people without benefiting them.

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