Sen. Mark Grisanti of Buffalo, a Republican running on the Independence
Party ballot line next week, was a target of the mail piece, and on Wednesday appeared with former Sen. Marc Coppola who rebuked it.
Grisanti, who voted for the SAFE Act in 2013, lost his Republican primary last month to Kevin Stocker, but retains the Independence
Party ballot line next month.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is pushing for votes on his Women's Equality
Party ballot line next week, is not mentioned.
Not exact matches
The
party needs to receive at lest 50,000 votes on its
line in the race for governor in order to maintain
ballot status for the
next four years.
Sliwa's celebrity power in New York City could attract the 50,000 votes needed to give the Reform
Party an automatic
line on
ballots for the
next four years, ending the expensive and difficult effort to securing thousands of signatures for petitions to be placed on
ballots statewide.
Without an affiliation with Cuomo — who remains miles ahead in the polls — the
party is unlikely to collect the 50,000 votes for governor in November that it needs to score an automatic
line on the
ballot for the
next four years.
But with Cuomo's focus on getting 50,000 votes for the new
ballot line — thus giving the
party automatic
ballot status for the
next election cycle through 2016 — concerns are being stoked the WFP could lose influence and its own
ballot position, currently Row D.
The
party got just over the 50,000 votes needed to stay as a
ballot line for the
next four years, Crain's reported in January.
If the Conservative candidate can attract more votes than the Republican nominee, then the Conservative
Party takes
ballot line B for the
next four years.
LaVenia's fellow co-chair, Howie Hawkins, whose gubernatorial candidacy last fall brought the Greens official
party status and a
ballot line for the
next four years, concurred, saying:
They say Skelos has rewarded Westchester Independence
Party leader Giulio Cavallo with patronage jobs and other support — in hopes of getting Independence backing for Senate candidates next year — at the same time that Cavallo was blocking Astorino from getting his party's ballot
Party leader Giulio Cavallo with patronage jobs and other support — in hopes of getting Independence backing for Senate candidates
next year — at the same time that Cavallo was blocking Astorino from getting his
party's ballot
party's
ballot line.
Democratic Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced Tuesday he will «proudly» run on the Women's Equality
Party ballot line as he seeks a second term
next month.
He'll either have to fight an uphill battle for a Republican nomination, seek a third
party nod, or form his own
ballot line to get on
next November's ticket.
Babinec said he is working to secure a permanent
ballot line next year for his
party.
Political
parties in New York State need at least 50,000 votes on their
line for governor to maintain their position on the
next cycle's
ballot.
But the WEP also barely gained 50,000 votes and may have siphoned support from the WFP — the Green
Party line netted more votes than the WFP, allowing them to appear higher on the
ballot for the
next four years.
A television ad from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election campaign is pushing voters to back his re-election on the Women's Equality
Party ballot line in order to give it automatic
ballot status in the
next election cycle.
He received nearly 60,000 votes, which gave the Green
Party a
ballot line statewide for the
next four years.
Those same members will vote again
next month on formally nominating her for the
party's
line on the
ballot.
Whatever happens, the Working Families
Party is also being guided by the political reality that whoever wins its line for governor has to deliver at least 50,000 votes or the party would lose its guaranteed spot on the ballot for the next four y
Party is also being guided by the political reality that whoever wins its
line for governor has to deliver at least 50,000 votes or the
party would lose its guaranteed spot on the ballot for the next four y
party would lose its guaranteed spot on the
ballot for the
next four years.
Mr. Cuomo's camp has said that if he wins the Democratic nomination, as he is still likely to do, and the Working Families
Party formally gives Ms. Nixon its
ballot line at its convention
next month, it could peel away votes from the governor in November, to the benefit of a Republican opponent.
Lipton calls this putting «the interests of working families first» — but it's plainly putting his
party's interests first: The WFP's overriding priority is winning at least 50,000 votes for its gov candidate this November, to ensure it keeps its
ballot line for the
next four years.
ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County Judge Richard Meyer has successfully fought back a challenge from his opponent, Brian Barrett, to appear on the Conservative
Party's
ballot line in
next month's general election.
Cetera was also a local organizer for the Hawkins for Governor campaigns in 2010 and 2014, where he helped the Green
Party secure a
ballot line for the
next four years as they received over 50,000 votes in 2010, and 184,419 (5 % of the vote) in 2014, enough to leap over the Independence and Working Families
parties to take the fourth
line on New York
ballots.
Gubernatorial races are particularly important to New York's third
parties, since they determine who will have a row on the
ballot for the
next four years and where that
line will be.