Sentences with phrase «keep him off the ballot in»

* State Sen. Charlie Wilson won his write - in campaign for the 6th District nomination despite a massive spending onslaught by the National Republican Congressional Committee to keep him off the ballot in the fall.

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He was accused of trying to keep Corbyn off the ballot when the Labour leader faced a challenge in 2016 and some also held him responsible for Labour failing to make even bigger gains at last year's general election.

We'll soon find out whether Corbyn will be permitted to stand in the upcoming leadership contest or if the NEC will vote to keep him off the ballot.

Abbott said it would be «a travesty in terms of natural justice and fairness» if the party tried to keep Corbyn off the ballot.

On May 1, the Sixth Circuit issued a brief opinion, saying the U.S. District Court in Michigan was correct when it kept Gary Johnson, or any other Libertarian Party presidential candidate, off the ballot in November 2012.

The Queens political machine is exercising its muscle in Jamaica to keep a woman Navy veteran off the ballot and ensure that its party stalwart has a clear shot at Malcolm Smith's senate seat.

He told CBS 2's Kramer the effort to keep him off the ballot represents all that's bad in the New York political process — a process that has seen dozens of elected officials charged in corruption cases.

We need somebody who's not going be in the sway of the folks who are trying to keep people off the ballot and cut deals,» Spitzer said.

The Court of Appeals, in a 7 - 0 decision, upheld the Appellate Court ruling, keeping Village of Suffern Mayor Dagan LaCorte off the ballot.

The state Court of Appeals Thursday affirmed an Appellate Court decision, keeping a candidate in the Democratic primary for Rockland County executive off the ballot.

In an embarrassment for the political establishment, Guillermo Philpotts, a perennial candidate for local office, secured the Democratic nomination for a Crown Heights Assembly race this afternoon, beating back a last - ditch effort from ex-Democratic boss Clarence Norman to keep him off the ballot line, sources say.

The Labour leader has previously won the award in 2001, 2007, 2011, 2012 (shared), 2014, 2015 and 2016, but was kept off the ballot papers this time around «to allow new Parliamentary beards to make their mark».

Meanwhile, the candidate for whom I voted in the leadership election and who won an incredible 60 % mandate with over a quarter of a million votes is subject to an attempt to keep him off the ballot paper.

Corbyn's victory, which means he has now won more Labour leadership elections than Tony Blair, and two more than Gordon Brown, was widely expected from the beginning of the contest, with Labour's self - styled «moderates» seemingly reliant on keeping Corbyn off the ballot paper, something they failed to do in July's NEC meeting.

Republicans in the Rochester area are fighting to keep the Democratic opponent to Republican Sen. Rich Funke off the ballot this November.

The judge didn't mention Bergland v Harris, nor Anderson v Celebrezze, both of which said states have a diminished interest in keeping presidential candidates off their ballots, relative to other office.

In the past week we've linked to a couple of items about State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's lawsuit aimed at keeping his Republican opponent in the 64th Assembly District race off the September Primary balloIn the past week we've linked to a couple of items about State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's lawsuit aimed at keeping his Republican opponent in the 64th Assembly District race off the September Primary balloin the 64th Assembly District race off the September Primary ballot.

However, in 2012, when the Socialist Workers Party stated in writing that it is not recognized by the FEC as a national committee, the Secretary of State kept it off the ballot for President.

Perry, in the midst of a re-election campaign in Texas, asked for his name to be kept off the ballot, an aide to the governor told CNN.

Any attempts to keep Jeremy Corbyn, elected just 10 months ago with an enormous mandate, off the ballot paper by legal means risks a lasting division in the party.

Roque De La Fuente, with the support of the Reform Party, has filed lawsuits in three states that are attempting to keep him off the ballot.

The request for reconsideration points out that the U.S. Supreme Court had said in 1983 that states have less interest in keeping presidential candidates off the ballot, than candidates for other office.

They will probably still attempt in court to keep Corbyn off the ballot, but just supposing they do, what sort of mandate would the new leader have?

Gary Johnson in 2012 was the first presidential candidate in U.S. history to be kept off the November ballot as a minor party nominee, on the grounds that his name had appeared on a major party presidential primary ballot.