Sentences with phrase «for judgeships»

Judicial nominating commissions screen candidates for judgeships in many local jurisdictions and for some federal judgeships.

Kentucky's program has been successful at luring well - paid lawyers to run for judgeships, said Rod Messer, president of the Kentucky Circuit Judges Association.

Afterwards, a state judicial elections oversight committee was formed to advise those running for judgeships on ethics and honesty in political campaigns.

Still Feeling The Burn: In his remarks, Assemblyman Crespo defended the party's record in supporting countless women for judgeships («I'm surprised that men haven't sued the party claiming discrimation») and public office.

In uncontested elections for judgeships in the second judicial district the club also endorsed Marcy Friedman, Adam Silvera and Kathryn Freed.

In others, he discussed deals to launder campaign contributions or trade patronage jobs for judgeships.

@JimmyJames To be fair most elections for judgeships aren't really much of an election so I doubt they do much campaigning.

So Schaffer and Walsh shifted gears but kept plotting, this time by exploiting state election law and nominating their sheriff picks for judgeships.

Of course, I believe all of these candidates are also attorneys, which means they can be nominated for judgeships to get them off the general election ballot.

The conservative lawyers who screen the candidates for judgeships seek to be prudent by nimbly avoiding anything so plain and direct as asking the candidates exactly how they would vote on these matters.

In 2006 Drew publicly asked his mother to stop using his image in advertisements for her judgeship campaign.

He once ran for a judgeship as a suburban Democrat.

Long said he has so far received no signal from Lazio that he would like to try to bow out of the race and get off Row D by being nominated for a judgeship in the wake of his stunning and decisive loss in the GOP primary to Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.

(As you'll recall, there are only three ways to get off the ballot at this late date: A candidate must either run for a judgeship, move out of state or die).

There are only three ways to get off the ballot at this late date: Move out of state, die or get nominated for a judgeship.

I'm told it's possible for a candidate to get off an independent line without being nominated to run for a judgeship, die or move out of state.

As with all their placeholder candidates — contenders tapped to keep Row D warm while the Democrats settled their differences for Row A — the WFP was sure to pick an attorney who would be eligible for a judgeship should the need to remove him arise.

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.

When Cuomo finally agreed to take its line, Schaeffer was nominated for a judgeship and party elders installed Cuomo.

Lazio has not endorsed Paladino and has been declining most sit - down interviews, saying he is restricted from making political statements by the fact that he is now (technically speaking) running for a judgeship in the Bronx (which he has made quite clear he will decline in the very unlikely scenario that he actually wins).

But he didn't agree until this past weekend — too late to get his name off the ballot unless he dies, moves out of state or is nominated at the very last minute for a judgeship (which doesn't have to necessarily be in the Bronx).

They've got to let as many voters as possible know Padernacht is no longer actively campaigning, despite the fact that his name will still appear on the primary ballot (unless, of course, someone manages to get him nominated for a judgeship or lands him a great job outside the state).

But Doheny endorsed the GOP nominee, and the Conservative Party nominated him for a judgeship in Brooklyn.

Since Cynthia Nixon is not a lawyer and only played one on TV, a nomination for a judgeship could not remove her from the ballot

A variety of ways can remove Nixon as the WFP's nominee, including a nomination for a judgeship, moving out of the state or, in a more complicated way, a double - switch with another candidate for office.

All three of its placeholders can be nominated for a judgeship after the September primary to get them off of the general election ballot.

Assemblyman Matthew Titone, a North Shore Democrat, told the Advance that he's seriously considering running for the judgeship this year as well and will make a decision in the next few weeks.

Doheny remains on the ballot as the Independence Party's candidate, but as an attorney he could be removed from the ballot if he is nominated for a judgeship.

State law bars any person from running for more than one office at a time, so if the party's nominee is nominated for and accepts a candidacy for a judgeship, they will be struck from the gubernatorial ticket.

Wouldn't Kenneth Schaeffer's dropping out of the governor's race in return for a judgeship violate some law?

I assume now Schaeffer will be nominated for a judgeship somewhere.

But Denenberg's name remains on the ballot after Nassau County Democrats decided against the only option available to them to remove him from their line — nominating him for a judgeship.

Denenberg's name will remain on the November ballot, as Democrats abandoned their plan to nominate him for a judgeship and run a replacement candidate in his place.

The deadline to get Padernacht's name off the ballot has long since passed, although he is an attorney, so it's possible he could be nominated for a judgeship — it could even be upstate — between now and primary day.

Do I think him leaving for a judgeship could happen?

There was also a rumor floating around after the Denenberg debacle that some Democrats would prefer to get Panepinto off the line altogether by nominating him for a judgeship.

Sources tell the NY Post that Democratic City Councilman Vincent Gentile of Bay Ridge has begun pestering NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for a judgeship or job within the administration.

Hogan was confirmed in her new post Monday by the state Senate after Gov. Andrew Cuomo nominated her for the judgeship last week.

Like district leader, the state committee position is unpaid — aspiring politicians may covet it, however, because committee members weigh in on decisions made in their Assembly districts, like who to nominate for a judgeship.

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.

Legal sources told WCBS 880 the only way Cuomo could avoid that problem would be to nominate Hochul for a judgeship after the Democratic primary.

I asked Cuomo campaign spokesman Josh Vlasto about that, and was met with a «no comment» in response to all my questions — whether the AG is having second thoughts about running on Row C and might try to somehow bow out (a near impossibility, since he would have to die, move out of state or run for a judgeship — none of which seems likely to happen any time soon), and whether this changes his reluctance to accept the WFP line.

For instance, Republican Rick Lazio was nominated for a judgeship in 2010 after he lost the GOP primary to Carl Paladino in order to free up the Conservative Party line for the Buffalo businessman.

After his loss, Meyer bowed out of the race, getting his name off the ballot by agreeing to run for a judgeship after Grafton Town Justice Pierce Hoyt, a county employee, resigned from his job.

Clearly the Conservatives, who had already given Stefanik their pre-primary support, did the Independence Party a favor here by nominating Doheny for a judgeship to get him off Row E after he lost the GOP primary.

Dohney could either die, move out of state or be nominated for a judgeship (as an attorney with at least 10 years of membership to the bar, he is eligible to run for a seat on the bench).

(The WFP voted last week to endorse Amodeo and put him on Row D by nominating Davis for a judgeship, but it remains unclear if that will happen, thanks to some legal technicalities).

Incredibly, county Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs said he's working with minor political parties to get Denenberg nominated for a judgeship.

Mr. Doheny could get out of the race if he were nominated for a judgeship because he is an attorney.

Lorigo is an attorney and could run for a judgeship to get off the line.