Sentences with phrase «go onto the ballot»

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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.

Cox insisted he hadn't encouraged Mermel to (the theory goes that he's trying to broaden the field in hopes of siphoning off support from Lazio to help Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, or perhaps make an argument that there are so many candidates everyone should simply be automatically allowed onto the ballot).

He insisted he will go to the convention next month — «I'm not going to say, «Oh, I'm running against the entire party,»» — but will petition he way onto the ballot if necessary.

The subject of rules changes to let Levy onto the ballot with less than that amount was reportedly broached, but state GOP spokesman Alex Carey has since insisted that's not going to happen... We'll see.

DioGuardi subsequently petitioned his way onto the ballot and won the primary, but then went on to lose to Gillibrand in the general election.

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.

The petition process, while clearly favoring Democrats in a Democrat - heavy city, was meant to offer a route onto the ballot that didn't require going through one of the city's massive, powerful political machines at the turn of the last century.

But he was defeated in a September primary by Paladino, who petitioned his way onto the ballot and then went on to lose big in the general election to Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

And while he applauded the tactic, Paladino, who is trying to petition his way onto the GOP ballot to primary nominee Rick Lazio, said Paterson can go even further toward getting needed cuts to a budget that today is 69 days late.

I asked what he will do if he doesn't manage to get onto the ballot and he replied with a laugh: «I'll go back to being county executive.»

I'm very confident I'm going to get onto the ballot at the convention because I'm the one guy who can beat Andrew Cuomo.»

[I'm very confident I'm going to get onto the ballot at the convention because I'm the one guy who can beat Andrew Cuomo.»]

Things have since gone a bit sour for Levy, who failed to get onto the Republican primary ballot, then got embroiled in a $ 4 million campaign scandal.

A Labour Party spokesman said: «The NEC has agreed that as the incumbent leader Jeremy Corbyn will go forward onto the ballot without requiring nominations from the Parliamentary Labour Party and the European Parliamentary Labour Party.