Sentences with phrase «families party line»

«And I'll be voting on the Working Families Party line.

Besides Newell and Gigi Li, candidates in September will likely include: Yuh - Line Niou, who ran on the Working Families Party line in the April special election; Jenifer Rajkumar, a district leader and attorney; local businessman Don Lee; Lower East Side resident Christopher Marte.; and John Bal, a contender who dropped out of the special election citing a rigged process to select Silver's successor.

The party had clout this year because polls showed progressive Democrats could vote for someone other than Cuomo on the Working Families Party line.

In 2005, then - challenger Corey Ellis rebounded from just such a defeat to win the 3rd Ward Common Council seat from incumbent Democrat Michael Brown on the Working Families Party line.

James won her first City Council race on the Working Families Party line alone, but has insisted she's focused on the Democratic nomination.

For example, Republican Ballard was given the Independence Party line in November 2013 in the race for Superintendent of Highways in Clarkstown and Sparaco claimed the ultra-left Democratic Working Families Party line for Ballard in the same election by a write - in absentee ballot campaign which reversed the vote recorded at the polling booths that had gone to Ballard's Democratic opponent.

As the clock ticked slowly toward 5 p.m. Thursday at the Board of Elections, Democratic 11th Ward Councilman Anton Konev was confident he could knock his Democratic rival, Judd Krasher, off the Independence Party line and said he would also mount an opportunity to ballot campaign in a bid to swipe the Working Families Party line from Krasher, too.

97th Assembly District — Ellen Jaffee v. Joe Chabot v. Tom Gulla After a heated Democratic primary challenge in the 97th Assembly District from Bloc - backed candidate Thomas Gulla, Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee faced a general election challenge from Republican Joe Chabot, and Gulla, who remained on the ballot on the Working Families Party line.

The newspaper backs Yuh - Line Niou, who is running on the Working Families Party line.

The former councilman's most prominent opponent is Kimberly Council, an East New York activist who ran against Espinal for the City Council seat, losing both in the Democratic primary and the general election on the Working Families Party line.

Cortland resident My» shell Titus has filed a petition to run on the working families party line.

James, the city public advocate, said this week that she is focused on securing the Democratic nomination for state attorney general and would not seek the Working Families Party line at Saturday's nominating convention — a huge blow for the minor progressive party that has long considered her a close ally.

Mayor Bill de Blasio endorsed Gov. Andrew Cuomo for re-election months before the Democratic primary in 2014 — and even helped deliver the left - leaning Working Families Party line to the...

As the Working Families Party line came into increasing play, their opposition steeled: polls show a left - flank challenge to Cuomo would cut into his margin, and only help the Republicans» uphill effort to unseat him.

She told NY1's Errol Louis that she expects a lot of her supporters to back Cuomo on the Working Families Party line.

«I've talked to a bunch of my supporters and I think a lot of them are going to vote for Andrew Cuomo on the Working Families Party line and I think a lot of them are gonna support Howie Hawkins.

Balter is also trying to run on the Working Families Party Line.

Yuh - Line Niou had the Working Families party line in April but lost by roughly 700 votes to Cancel.

Some murmured of a possible challenger to Cuomo, either in the Democratic primary or on the Working Families Party line.

The winner will run in a three - way race against Republican candidate Craig Johnson and Janai McDonough, who holds the Working Families Party line.

Councilman Antonio Reynoso joined former Assembly candidate Jesus Gonzalez and members of the immigrant advocacy group Make the Road Action Fund to make a last - minute plea to Hispanics to vote along the Working Families Party line — which they argued is the ballot row most reflecting the interests of Latinos.

But Chou may also be up against a familiar face in Jung, who was weighing a run on the Working Families Party line after a strong showing in the Democratic primary.

Halwick also holds the Working Families Party line, creating a possible three - way race in November.

Sliwa was recently arrested outside Gracie Mansion trying, in his role as Reform Party chairman, to serve Mayor de Blasio with papers attempting to get him kicked off the minor Working Families Party line.

She will appear on the Working Families Party line in the general election, on the heels of her loss in the Democratic primary, but she is not actively campaigning.

She had sought to run on the Working Families Party line, but a majority of W.F.P. delegates voted to endorse Cuomo after he committed to join efforts to flip the state Senate into Democratic hands.

When Cuomo was contemplating running on the Working Families Party line for governor the second time around, de Blasio acted as his liaison.

Cynthia Nixon scored a significant win in gaining the Working Families Party line in November, but will it be enough to unseat Gov. Andrew Cuomo?

«Republicans and Democrats have battled over the Working Families Party line in Troy, and both sides have resorted to dirty tricks on more than one occasion.

Richardson — who initially won a four - way, 2015 special election on the Working Families Party line — scored a one - year conditional discharge of the charges against her in July, court records show.

Yuh - Line Niou, who's running on the Working Families Party line, did make an appearance.

He was forced to twist his policies on the minimum wage and his posture toward Senate Democrats to win the Working Families Party line from Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law professor who has criticized Cuomo as too beholden to wealthy donors.

O'Reilly is running against Bryan «Drew» Andrews, who will be on the Working Families Party line on the ballot.

Former 1199 SEIU political coordinator Dell Smitherman, who lost a Democratic primary to indicted Brooklyn State Senator John Sampson last month, told the Observer that he plans to campaign for the seat again if the incumbent is convicted on any of the array of corruption charges he currently faces — even if it means running on the Working Families Party line.

But if Teachout wins the primary, Cuomo COULD remain governor, since he's still on the Working Families Party line, and Teachout and Hawkins could split the progressive vote.

Questions remain over whether Cuomo will accept the labor - backed Working Families Party line while it remains under investigation by the US attorney's office.

In the 2014 general election, Cuomo collected 126,244 votes through the Working Families Party line, even though just 48,678 voters were enrolled in the liberal party at the time, according to state Board of Elections records.

He says he needs to dissuade them from the idea that stage two of their protest is to vote for the governor on the Working Families Party line to send a message.

«We are particularly excited to have Diana, who was born and raised in the district, running solely on the Working Families Party line.

The clearest play for Teachout's dissenters might be to support Cuomo on the Working Families Party line.

Gibson also tallied 20,533 votes on the Conservative ticket, compared to 11,937 on Eldridge's Working Families Party line.

It will be identified as WEP on the candidates» slate, which is just one letter away from WFP, which is how the Working Families Party line will appear on the ballot.

Regardless of who wins the Democratic primary, Councilor Joe Nicoletti, the party's endorsed candidate said he will continue running for mayor on the Working Families Party line.

She said she expects many of her supporters either to back Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins or to vote for Cuomo on the Working Families Party line.

Joe Nicoletti, who is running on the Working Families Party line, has 6 percent (Nicoletti has suspended his campaign after the Democratic primary and urged voters to back Perez Williams).

Stefanik is facing another first - time candidate, Democrat Aaron Woolf, whose name will also appear on the Working Families Party line, and Green Party contender (and a third political newcomer) Matt Funiciello.

But the Republican candidate, who faces Democrat Yuh - Line Niou, running on the Working Families Party line, in an April 19 special election, has been pounding away at the issue of corruption in the Legislature.

«Andrew Cuomo shows his true colors by taking the tainted Working Families Party line: dirty.

«Mr. Cuomo's decision to accept the Working Families Party line demonstrates just how elusive reform is in New York State.

COLONIE — As his campaign ceded the Working Families Party line, Gov. Andrew Cuomo touted his accomplishments to a room full of upstate Democrats on Friday night.