Sentences with phrase «minor party lines»

Elsewhere on the ballot are more than a dozen opportunity to ballot — or write - in — primaries for minor party lines.

The jockeying for the minor party lines amounts to part beauty contest and part insurance policy, ensuring Democratic candidates a place on the ballot should they lose a Democratic primary.

Winners of the Democratic primary for city chief auditor and Common Council president also will face challengers who snagged minor party lines for the general election.

Garnering votes on minor party lines often makes the difference between winning and losing an election in New York.

Regardless of Tuesday's outcome, both Becallo and Giordano could appear on the November ballot on minor party lines.

Minew's loss in the Republican Primary may yet save Allen, since her name will only appear on only two minor party lines.

Lieutenant - Governor candidate Kathy Hochul downplayed a New York Post report Monday that says Governor Andrew Cuomo might drop Hochul from minor party lines he's running on if she loses the September 9th Democratic primary.

He also won almost exclusively on the strength of his Democratic ballot line, with a smattering of votes from three minor party lines.

Both Gallo and Republican candidate Ron Polacco received authorization from party officials to run on the minor party lines.

New York's fusion voting system allows major - party candidates to appear on (and create) minor party lines, to identify with particular issues or simply have their name appear in multiple places.

There has been some speculation that Cuomo might dump Hochul as his running mate because if Wu wins the Tuesday primary, there would be Cuomo / Wu Democratic ticket, but three other minor party lines would say «Cuomo / Hochul.»

But three other minor party lines would say Cuomo / Hochul in November, and by state law, those votes would not be combined.

While Democrats have the largest party enrollment with 32,463 registered voters to the Republicans» 26,128 voters, there are 31,469 unaffiliated voters the two major parties attempt to attract through the minor party lines.

Sheppard holds two minor party lines, but said the primary was basically the end of the road for him.

Assemblywoman Janet Duprey and her GOP challenger, David Kimmel, both say they'll fight on in the general election on minor party lines if they lose the Republican primary.

Nojay had also already secured three minor party lines: Conservative, Independence and Reform.

Those minor party lines normally pull at least 400 votes on each.

Nine of the 15 Common Council seats are contested on Nov. 7 in Albany, with many of the challengers who lost in the Democratic primary back on the ballot on minor party lines.

Cuomo received at least 50,000 votes on each of his three minor party lines, including the newly - created Women's Equality Party, in 2014.

Abelove said he will aggressively pursue the minor party lines as he did four years ago.

They also question the need for the minor party lines when the candidates they are supporting are already on the ballot.

Dadey acknowledged, however, that Republicans in an overwhelmingly Democratic state like New York need support from minor party lines, like Conservative.

If he can be guaranteed that no other candidate will receive enough backing at this month's Republican state convention to qualify for a primary, he said he will abandon his hopes of running on the Reform minor party line for governor.

Since Molinaro emerged as the GOP favorite, Giambra has courted Curtis Sliwa, of Guardian Angels fame, and his Reform Party regarding governor, though he has received no guarantees from the minor party line.

In the judicial politics of Suffolk County, there is no minor party line more coveted on the ballot than the Conservative line.

Conservatives also backed 70 Republicans on their minor party line for various town and county positions.

If he fends off the challenge from Nixon, Cuomo could become the first Democratic nominee for governor to run without the Working Families Party's support since the minor party line was created in 1998.

Suffolk Conservatives are broadening their attack on local Republican state senators by giving GOP Islip town board member Trish Bergin - Weichbrodt authorization to run on the minor party line against freshman State Sen. Tom Croci of Islip.

The legal fraud that party leaders will commit involves nominating Denenberg for a judicial post on a minor party line if an existing candidate declines a nomination.

Kaiman and Stern said Martins, a Mineola Republican who needed a minimum of 900 signatures to qualify for the minor party line, only collected about 600.

The Republican Party's nominating convention starts Wednesday and the Reform Party, a minor party line the Dutchess County executive is seeking, will hold its convention Sunday, according to the Democrat & Chronicle.

With an opponent that only had a minor party line two years ago, this will be Allen's first real reelection test.

This effort has caused some consternation among the governor's fellow Democrats, who worry this WEP push could hurt their effort to re-take the majority because most Democratic Senate candidates were not able to qualify to run on the minor party line.

Are you supporting Carl Paladino, with whom you hope to share a minor party line, or Rick Lazio?»

This minor party line pulled 3,400 votes in last year's race for county comptroller, most of them probably from left - of - center Democrats.

However, Goodhue was still going to appear on the November ballot on a minor party line.

But Greenberg cautioned, «I don't think Preet Bharara or virtually anybody else can win statewide office on a minor party line.

Because he lost the primary, Calone agreed to run for a state Supreme Court judge seat on the minor party line so that MacKay could endorse another congressional candidate in the November election.

Mangano considered running on a minor party line but decided against it.

But with only a minor party line, Mr. Duggan's role is limited to that of a spoiler, leaving voters» real choice between Ms. Donnelly - Stevens and Mr. McNally.

Ciarlante, urged on by Conservative Party Secretary Dan Ellsworth, naively thought she could win with having her name on only the minor party line against major party candidates Helsmoortel and Myers.

The mayor would rather keep Schroeder off the minor party line and cruise in November by eliminating his challenger in the September Democratic primary.

Ultimately, he will lose because nobody gets elected to anything on a minor party line alone.

In 2013, Brown was preparing to run for a third term and sought the often influential minor party line.

Not exact matches

Had London managed to finish just a bit more strongly, the GOP would have lost its ballot line and been relegated to minor party status — an incident that haunts party members (those with long memories, anyway) to this very day.

Cuomo does not support an end to the fusion ballot system of allowing a candidate to run on multiple ballot lines, but the Wilson - Pakula repeal would greatly reduce the clout of the state's minor parties that can influence the platforms and policies of the Democratic and Republican parties.

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Zellner said in nearly every race in Erie County, the Democratic line defeats the Republican line and minor parties come into play.

bottom line is stop the cross endorsement crap and stop giving these leaders leverage over who gets jobs and whether candidates take positions on issues that suit the minor parties rather than taking a position they believe in... STOP THE EXTORTION

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