Both Cuomo and his running mate, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, received more than 50,000 votes on the line to give
the WEP ballot status in the current election cycle.
Not exact matches
Poloncarz winning
ballot status on the
WEP line comes as the fledgling party faces a host of legal challenges.
A half - dozen Democrats running in local elections in Broome County — including District Attorney Gerald Mollen and Vestal town Supervisor John Shaffer — lost the
WEP's
ballot status following a state Supreme Court ruling
The
WEP was created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo before the 2014 gubernatorial election and gained official party
status when he received more than 50,000 votes on that
ballot line.