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The subject of rules changes to let Levy onto the ballot with less than that amount was reportedly broached, but state GOP spokesman Alex Carey has since insisted that's not going to happen... We'll see.

Steele and Cox have been at odds for some time, starting with a fallout over the state chairman's push to get party - flipping Suffolk Executive Steve Levy onto the ballot as a gubernatorial candidate.

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It would give Levy a modicum of bragging rights if he could one - up Lazio by getting an upstater who is also a woman to be his No. 2 — assuming both of them get onto the ballot.

Everyone on that list is also a registered Republican, which means they would have an easier time of getting onto the ballot than Levy himself, since they won't need Wilson Pakulas.

Meanwhile, Cox has repeatedly said he has no intention of stepping down — even when anger with his leadership peaked following his failed effort to get Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy onto the gubernatorial ballot at last summer's state GOP convention.

Recall that Levy still hasn't ruled out an independent run for governor, which he said at the convention he was mulling, and also hasn't endorsed the man who blocked him from getting onto the GOP ballot: Former Rep. Rick Lazio.

Lazio got the Republican nod at the convention, where Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who was backed by state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, failed to get onto the ballot.

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox insisted following the failure of his preferred candidate, Steve Levy, to make it onto the ballot at the convention today that the party - switching Suffolk County executive's gubernatorial campaign is finished and he will not be trying to launch a petition drive for an independent bid.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy held a conference call with reporters to push back against a growing feeling he won't get onto the GOP ballot.

The Democrat - turned - Republican Levy failed to get onto the ballot at the state convention, and Lazio ended up losing the GOP primary to Carl Paladino, who, in turn, lost to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the general election.

Krogh was credited for whipping votes for former Rep. Rick Lazio during the last state GOP convention in 2010 and succeeded in keeping then - Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy's tally below the 50 percent mark necessary to get onto the ballot.

Cox insisted he hadn't encouraged Mermel to (the theory goes that he's trying to broaden the field in hopes of siphoning off support from Lazio to help Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, or perhaps make an argument that there are so many candidates everyone should simply be automatically allowed onto the ballot).

(As you'll recall, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox wooed Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy into the race, but he didn't get onto the ballot at the convention.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has hired yet another veteran of John Faso's 2006 campaign as he continues his uphill battle to land sufficient support to get onto the ballot at the GOP state convention.

If Levy fails to get onto the ballot, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox's hold on his leadership post will likely be further imperiled.

A rules change could enable Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to get onto the GOP ballot without getting 50 - plus - one percent at the state convention.

If the WP vote is held first, it will be what one strategist decribed as a «test vote» for Levy — and his biggest champion, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox — both of whom have confidently predicted the party - switching county executive will receive sufficient support at the convention to get onto the ballot.

Mermel also made it clear he doesn't support Carl Paladino's plan to force a primary by petitioning his way onto the ballot (Levy hasn't ruled that out, either, at this point).

During the upheaval of the 2010 GOP gubernatorial primary, in which Cox unsuccessfully pushed for DEmocrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to get the nod (he was blocked from getting onto the ballot by former Rep. Rick Lazio, who lost in the primary to Carl Paladino), some called for Basile to be fired.

As you'll recall, after failing to get onto the ballot at the GOP convention in early June, Levy insisted (contrary to statements made by his chief champion, state Republican Chairman Ed Cox), that he was still contemplating a run on an independent line.

It is widely belived that Cox's ability to retain the chairmanship will turn on whether Levy manages to get onto the ballot.

The event has indeed been rescheduled for June 17, which will be after the state GOP convention at which Levy may or may not get onto the ballot.

Levy's rejection by the GOP also makes it more likely that maverick multi-millionaire Buffalo developer Carl Paladino will commit the resources necessary to petition his way onto the Republican primary ballot for a one - on - one contest with Lazio, another major boost for Cuomo.

After failing to get onto the ballot at the state GOP convention, Levy said he would have to think about whether to seek a third and final term this fall.

But, as you'll recall, Levy dropped his gubernatorial bid early this summer after he was was out - maneuvered by former Rep. Rick Lazio and failed to get onto the ballot at the state GOP convention.

If Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy manages to get onto the GOP ballot at the convention and force a primary, then perhaps he will select someone as his running mate.

Levy failed to get onto the ballot at the convention, and Lazio was subsequently defeated in a primary by Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.

He failed to get onto the ballot, and threw his support behind former GOP nominee Rick Lazio, despite the fact that he had voted in favor of a primary between the ex-congressman and Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy.

Levy had previously refused to rule out the possibility that he would petition his way onto the ballot, creating a wholly new party.

That's a claim with which I'm sure Lazio's supporters would quibble — particularly if the party indeed is moving forward with a vote that appears structured to benefit Levy, who needs just over twice the 25 percent weighted convention vote Lazio requires to get onto the ballot.

Cox insisted at the convention that Levy was out of the running once he didn't make it onto the ballot, but Levy seemed to have other ideas about that.

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Things have since gone a bit sour for Levy, who failed to get onto the Republican primary ballot, then got embroiled in a $ 4 million campaign scandal.

«Right now, I'd say Levy doesn't make it onto the primary ballot, and that would be a body blow to Cox,» said one of the state's best - known Republicans.

Even though he failed to make it onto the GOP ballot, Levy has said he plans to remain a Republican, possibly complicating his 2011 re-election bid (although he did run on the GOP line last year, along with the Conservative, Indy, Democratic and WFP lines, and received 96.09 percent of the vote).