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).
Not exact matches
More specifically, there are federal campaign finance
forms that have to be filed and you need to
get onto the primary
ballot in each state.
Mr. Fischer and his running mate, Ruth Pollack,
formed the Riverhead First party to
get onto the
ballot.