Sentences with phrase «candidate running on this line»

Watch out for any candidate running on this line and they're mostly Democrats.

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These voters elected candidates who were running on the Party ticket, but not interested in following the party line.

Just before Cox's memo was sent out, Carl Paladino's campaign announced two GOP US Senate candidates — David Malpass and Gary Berntsen — have agreed to run on his yet - to - be-formed independent line.

But they didn't love the idea of losing control over who gets to run on their ballot line, which they — through gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins — worked so hard to secure in the 2010 campaign.

Not surprisingly, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot line.

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.

When I asked Lazio's spokesman Barney Keller if his candidate would be running on Cox's line, I received a «no comment» response.

Former Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Carl Paladino's threat to run for Governor on a fourth party line could derail any plans for party unity.

Paladino has still not ruled out another run for Governor on the Conservative line if the GOP doesn't nominate a candidate who will call for a change in Republican Leadership in the State Legislature.

If she lost the GOP nomination but continued to run as a conservative, with a different candidate on the GOP line, she'd likely split the vote and end up killing any chance for the Republicans to defeat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

Poloncarz said the PAC Kennedy donated $ 100,000 to supported challengers to candidates who were running on the Democratic line for the Erie County Legislature.

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.

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox today officially backed off his plan to run all GOP statewide designees on a new independent line, citing «serious reservations» raised by some candidates and county chairs.

Long made it clear to all his statewide candidates that he did not want them to agree to run on Cox's new line.

The Vice President candidates on their tickets are not running for the office of President, so it's not clear if the «line of succession» would be implemented or something else would happen.

The influential Erie County Democratic Town Chairs Association has unanimously called for ending the power of party leaders to enable candidates from other parties to run on their lines — otherwise known as fusion voting.

According to a source briefed on the meeting and another who attended it, Cox responded that the Republicans are thinking of creating an independent line all their own on which their candidates could run in November as an alternative to Row D.

Erie County Conservative Party Chairman Ralph Lorigo said if the GOP does not field a qualified candidate for 2014, he'd push Paladino to run on the Conservative line.

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.

Alex White is the third candidate for Rochester Mayor, he'll run on the Green Party line.

The Working Families Party, whose base combines labor unions and individuals and activist groups, has emerged as a force in New York through unusual «fusion» laws that allow candidates to run on more than one party line.

TROY, NY — The leaders of New York's Independence Party yesterday endorsed Andrew Cuomo for governor, setting up the Democratic candidate to run on a second line.

City Council candidate Mujib Rahman, a Democrat running on the Republican, Conservative and Independence lines, speaks to reporters in Jackson Heights.

The party's state executive candidates were already running on the Democratic Party, Working Families Party, and Independence Party lines.

Her campaign initially told The Politicker that the filed the necessary item — called a Wilson Pakula — to run on the ballot under a party line that a candidate is not registered under, but a very confident source familiar with the matter said that a Wilson Pakula was only filed under the Conservative line.

If he can be guaranteed that no other candidate will receive enough backing at this month's Republican state convention to qualify for a primary, he said he will abandon his hopes of running on the Reform minor party line for governor.

Mr. Marte, as a result of several write - ins on the Independence Party line, moved to take up the option to running as an Independence Party candidate.

Candidate: Avraham Rosenberg Running Against: Senator Carl Kruger Odds of winning: 1 in 100,000 Mr. Rosenberg is a 19 year old Touro College student who is a Republican but is running on the Conservative partRunning Against: Senator Carl Kruger Odds of winning: 1 in 100,000 Mr. Rosenberg is a 19 year old Touro College student who is a Republican but is running on the Conservative partrunning on the Conservative party line.

On its face, James» declination is shocking: In 2003, she became the first candidate in New York City political history to win election running solely on the third - party ballot line of the WFP, winning an election to replace ex-Brooklyn Councilman James Davis, who months earlier had been assassinated by a political rivaOn its face, James» declination is shocking: In 2003, she became the first candidate in New York City political history to win election running solely on the third - party ballot line of the WFP, winning an election to replace ex-Brooklyn Councilman James Davis, who months earlier had been assassinated by a political rivaon the third - party ballot line of the WFP, winning an election to replace ex-Brooklyn Councilman James Davis, who months earlier had been assassinated by a political rival.

But fewer than half think the governor is doing a good job in office, and, if the state's Working Families Party follows through on threats to run a progressive leaning candidate on a third party line, Siena's Steve Greenberg says the race becomes much closer, to just a 15 point lead for Cuomo.

The Planning Committee included: Samuel Albert (GSID), Erik Coller (VID) Jill Eisner (Lenox Hill), Jen Hoppe (VID) Tony Hoffmann (VID), Maki Isayama (GNYCEC), Trudy Mason (Lex Club), Paul Newell (DID), Judy Richheimer (CRDC), Allan Roskoff (Jim Owles), Bessie Schacter (Lex Club), Michael Schweinsburg (504), Marti Speranza (VID), Mark Thompson (Tilden), Tiffany Townsend (ERDC), and Ed Yutkowits (VID) master - minded on - line outreach, program participants, SVA coordination and a host of other details that precipitated a lively dialogue with the major candidates in the running for the Presidency in 2016.

Hawkins said that candidates for public office in New York should run on only one line, rather than cluttering up the ballot with fake third parties and independent lines whose main function is patronage and vote - buying.

You'll see in some cases last year we had more than 50 squares on the ballot but really only nine candidates and they're all running on the same lines,» Zellner said.

Jack Davis ran as a small - i independent on the TEA Party line, and Ian Murphy was the Green Party's candidate.

The Democratic Senate candidates who are challenging incumbent Republicans are in an even worse fix, especially if they happen to be unfortunate enough as to be running against one of the three GOP members who crossed party lines at Cuomo's request last summer to vote «yes» on same - sex marriage.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano lost one of his last shots at a minor party ballot line for re-election when a potential stand - in candidate collected too few signatures to run on the Independence Party line, election officials said.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy said he thinks his scuttled effort to run for governor on the GOP line was «well worth it» because now the other candidates are «talking about the things they weren't talking about.»

The poll, conducted for Hochul's campaign by Global Strategy Group, shows Corwin leading Hochul just 31 percent to 30 percent, with Jack Davis, an independent candidate running on the Tea Party ballot line, picking up 26 percent.

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.

«While the Independence Party supports a bipartisan slate of candidates, it's disingenuous for divisive Democrats to rant about the IDC's relationship to the Independence Party when Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins not only runs on the line, but donates hundreds of dollars to the Independence Party.

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.

Third - party candidates have virtually no chance of winning a statewide election, but their parties are uniquely positioned in New York to survive and thrive, since they are able to cross-endorse candidates running on major - party lines.

The WFP voted to authorize both James and law professor Zephyr Teachout to run on the party line in the attorney general race and billed the vote as putting their support behind both candidates.

Faso is former Republican leader of the state Assembly and candidate for Congress in the 19th Congressional district running on the Republican, Conservative, Independence and Reform lines.

Although Dietl remains in the race as an independent candidate on a self - created line his effort at getting a Wilson - Pakula and running in the Republican primary failed, with Queens the only county to support his effort.

O'Reilly is a past congressional candidate, running on the Republican and Conservative lines in a big 2016 loss to Gregory Meeks.

Wilson also said he has had some preliminary discussions with Lazio opponent Carl Paladino's campaign about potentially running on his independent «Taxpayers» line, which about a dozen Republican Senate and Assembly candidates are also seeking.

-- Candidates running on Carl Paladino's Taxpayers line include: Tom Ognibene (LG), Rus Thompson (state comptroller), David Malpass (US Senate), Gary Berntsen (US Senate), Anthony Mele (NY - 1), Patricia Ritchie (48th SD), Andrew Russo (49th SD), and Jennifer Whalen (109th AD).

There has been a lot of criticism recently of Governor Cuomo's calls for the elimination of the Wilson Pakula Act — the law that gives party bosses the power to let candidates from other parties run on their ballot lines.

Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is continuing to stick by his pledge to help candidates running on his newfound party's line by endorsing Staten Island DA Dan Donovan for AG today.