Sentences with phrase «families line candidate»

Jennifer Schwartz - Berky is also the Working Families line candidate, and has credentials that make Mr. Woltman look like a school boy.

Not exact matches

He won't appear on our ballot line, but that just means we'll be working twice as hard to make sure that that every voter knows that Amodeo is the candidate who will stand up for hard working families in Albany, from raising the minimum wage to ending the influence of big money on politics.»

Full disclosure: I live in this District and have been inundated with mailers and cold calls for the Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou, who bucked the system when she dropped out of contention for the Democratic nod claiming unfairness in the selection process (what does she mean?!! It's perfectly fair that Silver choose his own successor!

The Working Families Party can endorse someone from another party (usually a Democrat) and give them their ballot line; all the votes a candidate receives on different party lines are added up together.

The Working Families Party, whose base combines labor unions and individuals and activist groups, has emerged as a force in New York through unusual «fusion» laws that allow candidates to run on more than one party line.

Mayor Bill de Blasio should be denied a place on the Working Families Party ballot line in November, according to a planned legal challenge that questions the party's process for selecting candidates.

The party's state executive candidates were already running on the Democratic Party, Working Families Party, and Independence Party lines.

But fewer than half think the governor is doing a good job in office, and, if the state's Working Families Party follows through on threats to run a progressive leaning candidate on a third party line, Siena's Steve Greenberg says the race becomes much closer, to just a 15 point lead for Cuomo.

De Blasio should be denied a place on the Working Families Party ballot line in November, according to a planned legal challenge by the Reform Party that questions the party's process for selecting candidates.

The Working Families Party sent supporters in the 58th SD a letter asking them NOT to vote for its endorsed candidate, Sen. Bill Stachowkski, and instead pull the lever (metaphorically speaking) for the man who defeated him in the Sept. 14 primary, Tim Kennedy, on the Democratic line instead.

Timothy Sini, the Democratic, Conservative, Working Families, and Independence candidate, and Ray Perini, who will appear on the Republican and Reform Party lines, each hope to be elected to replace Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota.

Sliwa, a radio host and state chairman of the fledgling Reform Party, was trying to serve de Blasio with paperwork related to the party's attempt to boot de Blasio and two other citywide candidates off the Working Families Party ballot line.

Sliwa, state chairman of the fledgling Reform Party, was trying to serve de Blasio with paperwork related to the party's attempt to boot de Blasio and two other citywide candidates off the Working Families Party ballot line.

Labor unions allied with Cuomo, meanwhile, are considering forming their own ballot line this fall that would rival the Working Families Party, which endorsed Nixon and Jumaane Williams, a candidate for lieutenant governor, on Saturday.

As the Working Families Party mulls whether to grant Gov. Andrew Cuomo its ballot line this election year, Green Party candidate for governor Howie Hawkins has an unusual proposal: They should nominate him.

But that lead shrinks to 37 - 24 if a more «liberal or progressive» candidate runs on the Working Families line, with said unnamed candidate receiving some 22 percent of the vote.

But in Mr. Silver's old Assembly district in Lower Manhattan, voters chose Alice Cancel, a Democrat, who eked out a win over Yuh - Line Niou, a Working Families Party candidate who had pegged Ms. Cancel as a creature of Mr. Silver's machine.

Rick Lazio, the Republican and Conservative Party candidate, attacked Cuomo for being opportunistic about third party lines, saying he «manipulated» the Working Families process.

Cancel faces a spirited challenge in the heavily Democratic district from Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou, who has attacked Cancel for her ties to Silver and focused her campaign on the need to reform Albany's tangled political culture.

If Cuomo opts not to take their line in September, Working Families Party leaders said they were confident they would find a progressive candidate to carry the flag.

After the Democrats and Republicans, the Independence Party line appears on row C, and the Working Families on row E. So, in the words of Baruch College public affairs professor Doug Muzzio, «if they back the wrong candidate they're screwed.»

In Ward 1, political newcomer Jeffrey Ventura Morell will run on the Democratic and Working Families line against Republican, Conservative and Independence Party candidate Michael T. Russell for the seat being vacated by Eckert.

According to the state Board of Elections, Cancel has 39.21 percent of the vote, compared to Yuh - Line Niou, the Working Party Families candidate's 33.64 percent, with all 98 districts reporting as of 11 p.m. Tuesday.

Timothy Sini is on the Democratic, Conservative, Working Families, and Independence lines; Ray Perini is the Republican and Reform Party candidate.

Nixon has not said whether she would stay on the Working Families Party line though the general election, potentially taking votes from Cuomo and helping the Republican candidate.

This year's special election for state Assembly features two formidable candidates in John McManmon, endorsed by the Democratic, Independence and Working Families parties, and Anthony Palumbo, running on the Republican and Conservative lines.

Republican Laura Lavine, Joe Nicoletti — who is still on the Working Families line despite suspending his campaign — and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins are far behind the front - runners with single digits.

Diane Richardson, a former candidate for Democratic district leader, is a front - runner to receive the Working Families Party nod and is also looking to create her own ballot line.

But in both of these races, a candidate who lost the Democratic primary to Warren appeared on the general election ballot on the Working Families and Independence lines, and the share for that second Democrat decreased from 39 percent to 14 percent.

Progressive Democrats who are not happy with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's first term are considering running a candidate for governor on the Working Families Party line.

Dell Smitherman, a candidate for the seat last year, told the Observer he was undecided about running again yesterday but had previously said he was interested in seeking the seat on the Working Families Party line.

A placeholder candidate has the Working Families Party line and will likely be replaced by the Democratic primary winner for the general election.

«Yes, and when I have learned about candidates who have the Conservative Party endorsement and then allow themselves to be corrupted by accepting the Working Families endorsement, I try to strip them of our ballot line,» New York Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long told me, «Running with the WFP and our line is totally unacceptable.»

Also, you should be aware of the fact that the Working Families Parties has a questionnaire that specifically ask if a candidate is seeking the Independence or Conservative Party Line and discourages them from accepting either lLine and discourages them from accepting either lineline.

A pair of labor unions on Friday announced they are withdrawing from the Working Families Party a day before Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon is potentially endorsed by the ballot line.

He has been floated as a potential candidate himself on several occasions — including by some people inside the Working Families Party, who worry AG Andrew Cuomo will ultimately reject their ballot line, leaving them in need of a candidate who can attract 50,000 votes.

In lower Manhattan, voters are also in line to replace former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver with a three - way race for the district that includes a Republican, Democratic and Working Families Party candidate.

On one side is the labor backed Working Families Party, an organization that hasn't rule out giving its line to another, more liberal candidate for governor if he doesn't achieve public financing.

Yuh - Line Niou, the Working Families Party candidate for ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's Lower Manhattan seat, claimed to have voted for President Barack Obama in Harlem during a NY1 debate last night — but Board of Elections documents indicate she didn't cast a ballot in the election.

The New York Times endorsed Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky in the April 19 special election to fill former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat, and also backed Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou in the race for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's seat.

Chang faces two Democrats for the special election: Alice Cancel, a press - shy candidate who has been linked to Silver allies in the district, and Yuh - Line Niou, a Democrat running on the Working Families Party.

The Democratic establishment candidate with ties to Silver, Alice Cancel, won his old seat and defeating Yuh - Line Niou, who ran on the Working Families Party ballot.

The Working Families Party line has been a battleground ballot line for many candidates, especially in Rensselaer County, because the added votes it can bring in a general election often decide the outcome.

We have supported her in the past, and she won on her second try on the Working Families Party line against the official Democratic Party candidate in a special election.

In another special election Tuesday, Democrat Alice Cancel held off a strong challenge from Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou to win the seat vacated by disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

The ballots were filed in 2009 for Democratic candidates on the Working Families Party line, according a source briefed on the investigation.

Voters will choose between Ms. Cancel, Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou and Republican Lester Chang.

When activists in the Working Families Party attempted to run Teachout as their candidate on the WFP ballot line this coming November, Cuomo cut a deal to push the party's agenda and get the line himself.

Cancel will once again be up against Yuh - Line Niou, who ran against her during the special election as a Working Party Families candidate.

The Family Court Judge race has two candidates: incumbent Theresa Whelan, 55, of Wading River, who is running on seven lines, and Steven Weissbard, 53, of Stony Brook, running only on the Republican line.