Sentences with phrase «ballot at the convention»

He could try to petition his way onto the ballot — that worked for former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, who didn't get onto the ballot at the convention and then managed to win a there - way GOP primary.

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.

-- Lynn Krogh, a former Pataki administration aide who worked until the bitter end with Paladino's vanquished GOP primary foe, Rick Lazio, and was widely praised for her vote counting operation that blocked Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy from getting on the ballot at the convention.

Lazio was the only candidate to get onto the ballot at the convention, but Carl Paladino went on to cream him in the GOP primary and he «ran» for a Bronx judgeship to get off the Conservative line and cede it to the businessman from Buffalo.

This isn't the first time Turner has suggested he's more electable than his challengers — attorney Wendy Long, who has never before held elected office; and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who has been stumping around the state for almost a year, but has failed to generate much excitement, either among the GOP rank - and - file (although they did put him on the ballot at the convention in Rochester earlier this month) or voters.

(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.

On the GOP side, M. Meyers Mermel said last week he has reached the 25 percent threshold to get onto the ballot at the convention.

Blakeman then notes that both Malpass and former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, who has vowed to petition his way into the GOP primary after failing to get onto the ballot at the convention, have each ponied up $ 1 million of their own cash on their respective campaigns.

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.

State Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs confirmed there have been discussions about letting all five AG contenders onto the ballot at the convention — even as Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice is poised to nab 30 percent of the weighted vote.

Mermel, who backed erstwhile gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio after Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy failed to get on the ballot at the convention, hosted a breakfast fundraiser for Paladino (his first in Manhattan) this past Wednesday.

It appears unlikely all of the Democratic AG contenders will be put onto the ballot at the convention.

Meanwhile, Jacobs raised the possibility yesterday that all five attorney general contenders would be allowed onto the ballot at the convention.

Spitzer declined, even after Cuomo successfully blocked all his primary opponents form getting onto the ballot at the convention (recall that this year, all five AG candidates were allowed on the ballot after much mathematical manipulation of the weighted vote).

If Trump falls short on the first ballot at the convention, many delegates will be free to ignore their states» popular vote and switch from him to another candidate.

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.

(Remember that former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, he has the Conservative Party line and failed to get onto the ballot at the convention, has launched a petition drive to get into the GOP primary against Malpass and Blakeman).

I'm very confident I'm going to get onto the ballot at the convention because I'm the one guy who can beat Andrew Cuomo.»

[I'm very confident I'm going to get onto the ballot at the convention because I'm the one guy who can beat Andrew Cuomo.»]

The delegates awarded to Trump by New York GOP committee members would be bound under state party rules to vote for him only through the first ballot at the convention.

While their status and longevity in the political process makes them known quantities — especially to the party players who will help get them on the ballot at the convention — the taint of Albany is going to be hard to shake, particularly at a time when disgust with the Capitol and anti-incumbent sentiment is running so high.

All 58 delegates from Arizona were bound by state law to support the winner of the statewide primary, Donald Trump, for one ballot at the convention.

At this point she doesn't have enough support to get on the ballot at the convention either

I spoke briefly with Antonacci, and while he declined to disparage Wilson, he also questioned whether the political neophyte would be able to garner sufficient rank - and - file GOP support to get onto the ballot at the convention.

The delegates don't even have to support the candidate they represent, except by voting for him on the first ballot at the convention.

Langworthy and other Trump operatives must convince some 300 state committee chairs with a vote in the process to appoint delegates who will stay loyal on multiple ballots at the convention.

«We want to make sure we identify delegates who will vote for Gov. Kasich in a second or third ballot at the convention,» said Emmalee Kalmbach, a Kasich campaign spokeswoman.

The New York City businessman especially wants to dominate the delegate count in his home state, after losing dozens of delegates elsewhere in recent weeks who promised to vote for Cruz — rather than Trump — if given the chance on a second ballot at the convention.

Not exact matches

Cruz and Kasich are both incapable of securing the GOP nomination on the first ballot from a mathematical perspective, and so their collaboration is aimed at blocking Trump from reaching 1,237 delegates — a goal they must attain if they hope to stand a chance at a contested convention.

The former federal minister campaigned for eight months, grabbed an unfamiliar delegate selection system by the lapels, and shook free 1,113 votes of 1,476 ballots cast at the weekend convention.

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.

At this point, only Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice is certain to have sufficient support (25 percent) to get on the ballot, and, at the rate things have been going, it was possible that by the time the vote rolled around on Wednesday, she would be the only one to make the convention cuAt this point, only Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice is certain to have sufficient support (25 percent) to get on the ballot, and, at the rate things have been going, it was possible that by the time the vote rolled around on Wednesday, she would be the only one to make the convention cuat the rate things have been going, it was possible that by the time the vote rolled around on Wednesday, she would be the only one to make the convention cut.

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.

Teachout, as you'll recall, failed to receive sufficient support at the WFP's May 31 convention to get onto the ballot, but she did get 41.3 percent of the weighted convention vote to Cuomo's 58.7 percent.

Paladino also did not receive sufficient support at the convention to get onto the ballot, but petitioned his way on instead.

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.

There is no such thing as an «official» announcement; the only official ways to be a candidate are to get enough votes at a convention or signatures on a petition, and accept them in order to be on the ballot.

The issue of potential rules changes to help Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy get on the ballot at the state GOP convention next month reportedly did not come up at last week's Ft. Orange Club meeting, but the topic of the order in which candidates will be nominated was broached.

Democratic LG hopeful Bill Samuels said today he won't seek to be nominated at the convention, but will petition his way onto the ballot to primary whomever AG Andrew Cuomo picks as his preferred running mate.

Gail Goode, who showed up at the convention yesterday with a bus full of backers, is fighting to get on the ballot.

Maragos, who ran a very short - lived challenge to Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2010 (he failed to get onto the ballot at the last convention), has been traveling the state for months now, but has failed to wow the GOP rank - and - file.

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.

After he eked his way onto the ballot at the GOP convention in Rochester last Friday, I sat down with Turner and asked him for his opinion on Limbaugh's recent «slut» controversy and whether he had agreed with the sentiment behind the comment.

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.

It appears she has calculated that was an impossibility, although it's also unclear whether she would have managed to get onto the ballot here at the convention this late in the game — even with state Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs» change of heart about the ballot.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy today refused to say today whether he will quit the governor's race and back his GOP primary opponent, former Rep. Rick Lazio, if he fails to get on the ballot at the state party convention.

Faso has a lot to teach the would - be candidate about working the GOP grassroots to get onto the ballot at the state convention.

The buzz among delegates at this morning's convention breakfast is decidedly negative in response to state Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs» decision to let all five of the AG contenders onto the ballot.

According to my source, it could also potentially assist Nixon is hitting the all important 25 percent mark to get on the ballot in the weighed state committee vote at the state convention.