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.
During the GOP convention, DioGuardi was the only candidate that didn't
make it
onto the
ballot for US Senate,
after he failed to get 25 percent in a three - way battle with David Malpass and Bruce Blakeman.