Sentences with phrase «get onto the ballot on»

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who has been running for about a year now and has sufficient county support to get onto the ballot on Friday (assuming all the committee pledges he has received hold), did not attend, either.

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Everyone on that list is also a registered Republican, which means they would have an easier time of getting onto the ballot than Levy himself, since they won't need Wilson Pakulas.

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

Paladino is hoping to get onto the GOP ballot, which he can do without a Wilson Pakula, and also would like to run on the Conservative line, although that seems far - fetched since the party's executive committee has already endorsed Rick Lazio.

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.

It's looking increasingly likely that at least two of the three would - be Gillibrand challengers will get onto the ballot as 2012 shapes quickly up into a re-do of 2010 when the GOP finally settled on former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, who lost big in the general election.

If Levy fails to get onto the ballot, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox's hold on his leadership post will likely be further imperiled.

The Wilson Pakula threshold for anyone not enrolled in the party who wants to run on the line, as you'll recall, is just over 50 percent of the weighted convention vote — more than twice the 25 percent necessary for party members to get onto the ballot.

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.

According to Barron, his supporters collected names in every one of the state's 29 congressional districts and passed the 100 - name limit in 23 of those (the requirement is at least 100 in 15 districts, so candidates can't just stand on a single busy street corner in NYC and get onto the ballot).

One delegate who told me she supports Sen. Eric Schneiderman, (who was expected to get onto the ballot if the party went the one - vote route), was downright furious over Jacobs» flip - flopping on the AG vote.

In 2005, when Freddy Ferrer mounted a long - shot challenge against billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the WFP dithered so long on whether to support Ferrer that when it finally did, it was too late to actually get him onto the ballot.

City resident Kennard Ray, who served on the Metropolitan District Commission board and was a legislative director for the Connecticut Working Families Party, collected enough signatures to get onto the ballot but was disqualified because of a paperwork error.

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.

As you'll recall, after failing to get onto the ballot at the GOP convention in early June, Levy insisted (contrary to statements made by his chief champion, state Republican Chairman Ed Cox), that he was still contemplating a run on an independent line.

It is widely belived that Cox's ability to retain the chairmanship will turn on whether Levy manages to get onto the ballot.

failed to get onto the ballot himself The winner: Gary Berntsen, the Republican designee to take on Democratic US Sen. Chuck Schumer.

(A congressional candidate seeking to also get on the ballot for a legislative election might need to start circulating petitions to get onto the September 11th state ballot while still campaigning for the June 27th congressional primary.)

She would need 15,000 signatures on nominating petitions by July 9th to get onto the ballot.

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).

DuHaime, who also worked on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's successfull campaign last fall and is now with Mercury Public Affairs, joined the Malpass campaign back in March as the would - be candidate was gearing up to make a push to get onto the ballot at the state convention.

Maragos, who briefly mounted a (never - realized) challenge against Schumer last fall, has said he'll spend $ 4 million to $ 5 million of his own cash on his campaign if he gets onto the ballot.

All six declared candidates secured more than the 45 nominations from MPs that was the minimum requirement for them to get onto the ballot paper by close of nominations at 12:30 UTC +1 on 17 May 2007.

Candidates must get a certain number of signatures on a petition to make it onto the ballot.

At the state convention in 1994, Murray was on the stage, helping the Pataki forces shut down any would - be challengers from attain the 25 percent of delegate votes needed to get onto the ballot automatically.

The comptroller failed to receive sufficient support to get onto the ballot at the GOP convention and opted not to petition his way on.

He petitioned his way onto the 2006 AG ballot after being blocked (along with all his fellow Democratic opponents) from getting on at the convention by now - AG Andrew Cuomo.