Katko's campaign said he collected more than 5,000 signatures to appear on
the Republican ballot line.
(New York's mayor, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, has appropriated
the Republican ballot line for his campaigns, but calls himself an independent and endorsed President Barack Obama for reelection last year.)
Bloomberg campaigned to change the city's term limits law, and was elected to his third term in 2009 as an Independent candidate on
the Republican ballot line.
A minimum of 1,250 valid signatures are required in order to secure a spot on
the Republican ballot line.
Accordingly, both Ragusa and Haggerty are lawful Chairman, and both were entitled to a «place at the table» to vote on whether to grant out - of - the - district Democrat James Milano a Wilson - Pakula certificate to run on
the Republican ballot line.
What: Convicted for his part in a failed bribery scheme to get
him the Republican ballot line for New York City mayor.
Felder, who has run and won on both Democratic and
Republican ballot lines, caucuses with the GOP and for now gives them their one - person majority in the Senate.
Not exact matches
The party was formed after the 2014 election by
Republican nominee Rob Astorino out of the Stop Common Core
ballot line.
Paladino, an enrolled
Republican, would have to seek the approval from the Conservative Party in order to gain the
ballot line.
The state Conservative Party has given its nod to Elise Stefanik, one of two
Republicans contenders (as of today) vying for the North Country House seat of retiring Democratic Rep. Bill Owens, ensuring her a
ballot line in the November general election regardless of the outcome of the June GOP primary.
He also promised «an awful lot of people are going to get hurt in the process» if legislative leaders go along with the governor's idea of scrapping third party officials» power to hand - pick who runs on their
ballot lines — a pledge that no doubt sent shivers up the spines of not a few Senate
Republicans.
The Reform Party
ballot line on Wednesday endorsed
Republican Julie Killian in the special election for the 37th Senate district.
Cuomo does not support an end to the fusion
ballot system of allowing a candidate to run on multiple
ballot lines, but the Wilson - Pakula repeal would greatly reduce the clout of the state's minor parties that can influence the platforms and policies of the Democratic and
Republican parties.
«In preparation for the upcoming September primaries for the
Republican and Conservative Party
ballot lines, our Congressional campaign team is shifting some personnel,» Cox stated.
This year, Niccoli in a statement said her daughter will do so again and faulted Amedore for not going far enough in scaling back the standards, despite having run in 2014 on the
ballot line Stop Common Core (former by
Republican gubernatorial nominee Rob Astorino, the
line was renamed the «Reform Party» after the election).
Former Rep. Michael Grimm's campaign on Tuesday announced plans to take the Conservative Party
ballot line from incumbent
Republican Dan Donovan in the 11th congressional district.
Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, a Utica Democrat, will appear on four
ballot lines this November in his run for Congress against
Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney.
Republican Bob Antonacci became the first candidate to secure a third - party
ballot line in the race for the 50th Senate District seat left open by the retirement of Sen. John DeFrancisco.
As the Women's Equality Party
ballot line fails to gain traction with candidates this election year, the
ballot line founded by
Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Asotorino will include more than 1,900 candidates.
The Reform Party, a
ballot line formed last year by
Republican gubernatorial nominee Rob Astorino, filed its first campaign finance report since it was rechristened this election season, showing a single, massive donation from a limited liability company.
The party has been helping a town supervisor candidate in Clarkstown, a
Republican running on the Reform Party
ballot line, in the form of a TV ad.
Republican Bob Antonacci, the Onondaga County comptroller, moved a step closer to locking up the Conservative Party
ballot line in the race for the New York State Senate seat left open by the retirement of John DeFrancisco.
Incumbent Antonio Leo received the least votes with 545 on the
Republican and Conservative
ballot lines.
The Reform Party was created in 2014 by
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino as the «Stop Common Core»
ballot line.
They are accused of trying to fix this year's mayoral
ballot, allegedly exchanging thousands of dollars in cash, so - called payoffs for
Republican party officials to agree to put Smith, a Democrat, on the GOP
line.
Astorino joined with three other
Republican candidates for statewide office to create a Stop Common Core
ballot line for the general election.
Walsh maneuvered the Conservative Party
ballot line in 2001 to help Spota defeat incumbent DA James Catterson, a
Republican.
When Mayor Mike Bloomberg ran for re-election as an independent,
Republicans not only gave him their
ballot line but also endorsed him (though he did not have any
Republican opponents).
Republican former Senate Majority Leader Bruno this morning said Sen. Roy McDonald did the right thing when he decided not to press forward with his campaign after losing the GOP
ballot line to Kathy Marchione.
Also, he he might have bought himself some goodwill with fellow Democrats with these endorsements, what everyone is really curious about is what Cuomo will do in the general elections — particularly now that two
Republican senators who voted «yes» on same - sex marriage might lose their respective spots on the GOP
ballot line in November.
A flurry of phone calls was placed over the weekend in hopes of pushing former Rep. Joe DioGuardi off the Conservative
line to make way for the winner of the primary between the two
Republicans placed on the
ballot at the convention last week in the race against Democratic US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
Sen. Roy McDonald's decision not to campaign on the Independence Party
line through November is a particular blow to
Republican same - sex marriage supporters, who just this morning released a poll paid for by New York Unity PAC that found the senator could have won the general election even as a minor party candidate with a single
ballot line.
Still, the Conservative Party
ballot line has become essential for any statewide
Republican candidate's victory.
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.
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, awaiting trial on federal corruption charges, will not seek a third term on the
Republican line after he missed yesterday's deadline to submit
ballot petitions.
McDonald, one of four GOP senators last year to approve same - sex marriage, is most likely at this point going to lose the
Republican line to Saratoga County Clerk Kathy Marchione as the absentee
ballot count in the primary race shows him falling irrevocably behind.
A benefactor of the wealth of
Republican and Democratic candidates could be Oz Griebel, the former banker and longtime leader of the MetroHartford Alliance who is bypassing the convention process and traveling across the state to collect the 7,500 signatures needed to run on his own
ballot line in November.
Seeber, a
Republican, on Thursday filed an «Opportunity to
Ballot» petition to conduct a write in primary for the Women's Equality Party ballot
Ballot» petition to conduct a write in primary for the Women's Equality Party
ballotballot line.
But while few expect him to win a
Republican primary, Mr. Paladino could serve as a spoiler if he remains on the
ballot on a third - party
line in November.
Congressional candidate Nan Hayworth has beat out Rep. John Hall to run on the Independence Party
ballot line in November, giving the
Republican challenger a voting column that could prove critical in a close race.
Education / Career: Gargiulo, who also is running on the
Republican and Independence
ballot lines, is a retired Eastern Suffolk BOCES teacher.
He could be more of a crusader than a candidate,
Republican strategist John Weaver said, and he could take the Reform Party's
ballot line if he simply asks, radio host Curtis Sliwa said.
The WFP could prove crucial to Maffei in his battle against
Republican John Katko, since Katko has three
ballot lines — GOP, Independence and Conservative — to Maffei's two — Democrat and, thanks to this decision, WFP.
Grisanti retains the Independent Party
ballot line and is the last sitting
Republican in the Senate to have supported same - sex marriage.
Rob Astorino's push to launch the Reform Party — a re-naming of a
ballot line created last year set up to oppose the Common Core education standards — is part of a larger struggle for the 2014
Republican gubernatorial nominee to gain some leverage over the state's
Republican apparatus.
He filed signatures for four
ballot lines: the
Republican, Conservative, Independence and the Reform party.
Astorino is running on a
ballot line created by
Republicans called «Stop Common Core» and has pledged to withdraw the state from the controversial standards.
To that end, perhaps, Astorino and
Republicans across the state are running on an anti-Common Core
ballot line.
I guess they are to busy fighting with each other just like in 1990 when they refused to put Serf Maltese on the
ballot and he had to run a write - in campaign to run on the
Republican line.
The move is a renaming of the Stop Common Core
ballot line, which Astorino and
Republicans last year formed to highlight their opposition to the controversial education standards.