But with low turnout and multiple
conservatives running in each primary, it would be a surprise if the disgraced former lawmakers advanced to the special general election in March.
Not exact matches
Reagan
ran a more disciplined campaign than his more liberal rivals (both
in the GOP
primary and the general election), and while he kept faith with his
conservative base, he never seemed to be speaking only to his pre-existing
conservative supporters.
Ramesh Ponnuru wrote about how Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill influenced the Republican
primaries by attacking the candidate she wanted to
run against
in the general election as a «true
conservative» with a «pro-family agenda.»
If she does, and there's a GOP
primary, we could end up with a situation similiar to 2010 when Lazio lost to Carl Paladino
in the GOP
primary and then «
ran» for a judgeship
in the Bronx so he could get off the
Conservative line and make way for the mad - as - hell businessman from Buffalo.
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.
His former
running mate, ex-NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene (whom Edwards defeated on Sept. 14), Erie County
Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo (whom Lazio defeated for Row D
in the
primary before deciding to drop out of the general election), former Rep. Tom Reynolds, Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy (Paladino's earliest and most staunch support), Nancy Naples (former Erie County comptroller and chair of Paladino's campaign), state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, state
Conservative Chairman Mike Long (although not today).
I am of the opinion that
in the event Paladino were to take another
run for Governor and only were to seek the
Conservative Line, that he would end up with the GOP Line as well if he were to collect signatures and force a
primary.
Carl Paladino skipped the
Conservative Party convention
in Manhattan last Friday at which Lorigo conspired with the Long Island chairs (supporters of Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, also a no - show) to get himself and John Andrew Kay nominated to force a
primary with Rick Lazio and his
running mate, Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards.
Zeldin defeated George Demos
in the Republican
primary and also
ran uncontested for the
Conservative Party nomination.
Turner, one of three Republicans
running in a June 26
primary for the chance to take on Gillibrand, does not have the backing of the state
Conservatives, who are supporting Long, a judicial activist and attorney from Manhattan.
The 5th Ward councilman, who is
running for council president
in the upcoming Democratic
Primary in September, is the only candidate
running for elected office who is behind on taxes, according to a Times Union analysis of property tax records for all 45 candidates — from Democrats to
Conservatives — seeking various city offices this year.
Running in a more
conservative district, she's even tiptoed toward the right, confident that her large
primary lead — the most recent public poll was a Time Warner - Siena College poll that put Teachout leading Yandik 53 - 23 — won't hurt her
in the
primary.
Mr. DioGuardi, 69, has been leading
in most
primary polls and has the endorsement of the
Conservative Party, which is crucial to Republicans
running statewide.
There is increased speculation that Kenneth Mitchell, Council Member from Staten Island District 49, chagrined over his loss to Debi Rose
in the Democratic
primary, is readying a
run in the general election on the
Conservative Party line.
In other northeast Queens results, Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Bayside) was re-elected after he defeated Republican Timothy Furey and Bob Friedrich, who
ran on the
Conservative line after losing the Democratic
primary to Weprin.
Ognibene, as you'll recall,
ran unsuccessfully for NYC mayor on the
Conservative line
in 2005 after Mayor Bloomberg successfully bounced him from the GOP
primary (that was back when the mayor was still a Republican).
As I said earlier, it's no surprise that Collins has chosen to endorse Paladino over Lazio, since he mulled fighting the former congressman
in a GOP
primary for Row B. (Collins told me he was a «reluctant candidate» and only considered
running because no one else was stepping up to the plate who he considered sufficiently credible — and
conservative — to really bring the fight to AG Andrew Cuomo).
Erie County clerk candidate Michael Kearns, a lifelong Democrat and Assemblyman, would not commit to
running in the September Democratic
primary, leaving open the possibility the registered Democrat may compete only on the Republican and
Conservative lines
in the November general election.
GOP US Senate hopeful Bruce Blakeman was
in Western NY yesterday, and spent some time during an editorial board meeting at The Buffalo News to attack his
primary opponents, casting them as too liberal to
run on the Republican and
Conservative lines against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
Mr. Lazio was trounced
in the
primary by Mr. Paladino but had still been contemplating a
run as the
Conservative Party's candidate.
I am proud to be
running as exactly that kind of candidate, the grassroots Republican
conservative alternative
in the September 13
primary for the 99th Assembly District.
Although the county's Republican Committee has endorsed county Legislature Chairman Robert Rolison for the seat, Coughlan has the endorsements of the
Conservative and Independence parties, and he and Poughkeepsie Mayor John Tkazyik have said they will
run in a
primary for the GOP line to challenge freshman Sen. Terry Gipson, D - Rhinebeck,
in November.
Hatch, who is
running next year for a seventh term
in the Senate, is facing opposition from some
in the tea party movement, including FreedomWorks, a major DC - based
conservative grassroots organization that is actively working to find a candidate to take on Hatch
in next year's
primary.
Stout, who met the signature requirement to appear on the
Conservative line, said he will
run on that ballot line alone
in the general election if he does not win the Democratic
primary.
For those of you who don't know, Elio
ran as a
conservative Democrat
in a crowded Democratic
Primary for the 26th State Assembly District.
32 Black Republicans
ran for Congress this year, with a few losing the
primary to less
conservative whites
in Southern areas, and here
in NYC, you had Black Republicans challenging people like Adams (his challenger was Samuel Benoit, a Haitian GOP leader), and you had people like Khorshed Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi GOP leader, and Mohsen Elsayed, an Iraqi civic leader,
run for office as Republicans.
She
ran against Hanna
in the 2014
primary as a
conservative alternative and lost 53.5 - 46.5 percent.
The Buffalo News recently reported that the political arm of NYSUT, which has endorsed Panepinto
in his
primary battle with former Buffalo Councilman and state Senator Al Coppola, has been
running attack ads and sending out mailers that depict Grisanti as not sufficiently
conservative to represent the 60th Senate District.
Louis Imbroto
ran unopposed
in the Republican
primary; he also
ran on the
Conservative Party ticket.
The 2015 Mt Vernon Democratic
primary, can not come quick enough for some, with six Mayoral candidates — Mayor Davis, Clinton Young, Ruth Hassell - Thompson, Maureen Walker & Richard Thomas (Deborah Reynolds will appear on the
Conservative line
in the General Election but not appear
in the Democratic
primary) and seven city council candidates — Andre Wallace, Delia Farquharson, Diane Munro, Lisa Copeland, John Boykin, Janice Duarte (who is a Democrat
running on the Independence Party line) and Cheryl Dennis who is
running as an Independent (No party), all vying for two city council seats available.
Lorigo's
run turned out to be moot when Paladino defeated Lazio
in the GOP
primary and Lazio dropped out of the race and got his name off the
Conservative Party line by «
running» (not really) for a judgeship.
With 585 constituencies, the party can
run 10 open
primaries a week from January 2014, each one
in a different part of the country, starting with seats notionally held by the
Conservatives pre-2010, then those notionally won
in 2010, then the target seats for 2015, then the rest.
Conservative Carl Paladino, who also has reportedly shown interest
in running for governor
in 2014, made a stop at a Suffolk 9 - 12 Project meeting at the Riverhead's Elk's Lodge a week before his upset win
in the 2010 Republican
primary for Governor, and Democrat Eliot Spitzer met with Riverhead Democratics
in 2003 at the Calverton home of Art Binder prior to announcing his intentions to
run for governor
in 2006.
Republican state Sen. Leah Vukmir made it official Thursday that she's
running for the U.S. Senate
in Wisconsin, casting herself as the only true
conservative in a
primary contest that includes a former Democrat.
After Kevin Stocker defeated incumbent Mark Grisanti
in the GOP
primary and Timothy Gallagher won the
Conservative nomination, Grisanti continued to
run on two other minor lines.
Almost 200 absentee ballots remain to be counted
in the
Conservative Party
primary, many of them from areas Sullivan
ran strong
in.
KINDERHOOK, NY... June 9, 2016 — Leading up to the June 28 Republican
primary, John Faso, the endorsed Republican,
Conservative, Independence and Reform party candidate
running for Congress
in the 19th Congressional District, outlined his philosophy and plan to improve Upstate New York's economy, bring jobs back to the region and change Washington's broken status quo.
If you can believe what Will Bredderman wrote
in recent «Will's Watch» column
in the Courier Life — and I usually do — there is a scheme afoot that would have an Evangelical minister (who is also a former mayoral candidate)
run in a Democratic
primary against former Councilman Domenic Recchia, who is the leading Democrat
in the race to unseat Republican -
Conservative U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm
in November.
The former alderman and unsuccessful mayoral candidate
in 2007 finished third
in the Republican
primary with 119 votes, but remains
in contention
in the general election,
running on the
Conservative Party line.
Elio
ran for State Assembly District 26
in a Democratic
primary as a
Conservative Dem, and won nearly every single ED in Whitestone, (a stronghold of sometimes conservative lean
Conservative Dem, and won nearly every single ED
in Whitestone, (a stronghold of sometimes
conservative lean
conservative leaning voters).
Kindel
in December called the mass movement an organized «stampede» that positions the new members to snare the
Conservative line through their ability to
run in the party
primary and also gain the nod of a friendly GOP.
«But this way they'll be able to
run in the
Conservative primary without our endorsement.»
Kindel calls the mass movement an organized «stampede» that positions the new members to snare the
Conservative line through their ability to
run in the party
primary and also gain the nod of a friendly GOP.
In a swipe at Paul's Republican primary opponent, Secretary of State Trey Grayson, Bunning said Paul is the only conservative running in Kentucky who will take a principled stand against «the liberals and establishment politicians that run Washington» and «who believes in traditional values and the rights of the unborn.&raqu
In a swipe at Paul's Republican
primary opponent, Secretary of State Trey Grayson, Bunning said Paul is the only
conservative running in Kentucky who will take a principled stand against «the liberals and establishment politicians that run Washington» and «who believes in traditional values and the rights of the unborn.&raqu
in Kentucky who will take a principled stand against «the liberals and establishment politicians that
run Washington» and «who believes
in traditional values and the rights of the unborn.&raqu
in traditional values and the rights of the unborn.»
Gallo, meanwhile, was left without a party line to
run on after his campaign missed a deadline to submit forms needed to
run in the Independence and
Conservative party
primaries.
Jim Gerlach talking to himself: Let's see, I can
run for an open, Executive Branch, Governors Seat or I as a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership who supports Stem - Cell Research, some LGBT Rights and Environmental Issues, where my
primary opponent would be an ultra-right
conservative who already
ran another moderate GOP member to the Democratic party, and if I survived that bloody
primary fight, would then face the six - term incumbent senator with long roots
in the same part of the state as me and who had a 60 % approval rating among Pennsylvania Democrats before he decided to switch parties and will have a popular president campaigning for him
in an already 55 - 45 Democratic state.
[2] Bellone
ran uncontested for the
Conservative Party nomination
in the
primary on June 24, 2014.
Zeldin defeated George Demos
in the Republican Party
primary [18] and
ran unopposed for the
Conservative Party nomination
in the
primary on June 24, 2014.
Bellone
ran uncontested for the
Conservative Party nomination
in the
primary on June 24, 2014, but lost to incumbent Hakeem Jeffries (D)
in the general election.
What good
in the long
run does it do a Democrat to veer too far left
in a
primary and therefore lose credibility with a more moderate if
conservative larger constituency
in the general election?