Sentences with phrase «helped onto the ballot»

Oddly enough, Peterson was helped onto the ballot by incumbent County Executive Joanie Mahoney, a Republican seeking her third term.

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Sources said Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Mondello likes the idea of an independent line because he thinks it might help his hometown US Senate candidate, Bruce Blakeman, in the general election against the Conservatives» nominee, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi (assuming DioGuardi doesn't succeeed in his petitioning effort to get onto the primary ballot and defeat both Blakeman and David Malpass in September).

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).

Perez Williams said the DCCC supplied a small number of paid canvassers to help her gather signatures from Democratic voters in the 24th Congressional District that are required to make it onto the primary 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.

His strategy is to try to help Theresa onto the ballot as a way of keeping Boris off.»

Disgraced former City Councilman Dan Halloran was sentenced to 10 years Wednesday for attempting to help ex-State Sen. Malcolm Smith bribe his way onto the 2013 mayoral ballot.