Sentences with phrase «own ballot line»

The party was formed after the 2014 election by Republican nominee Rob Astorino out of the Stop Common Core ballot line.

Often, a third party ballot line provides the margin of victory for candidates in close elections.

Paladino, an enrolled Republican, would have to seek the approval from the Conservative Party in order to gain the ballot line.

Why would he run for and potentially lose this minor ballot line?

«This November, we'll need a bigger than ever vote on our ballot line than ever — voting on the WFP line for Governor Cuomo means voting for that progressive vision,» Lipton continued.

But they didn't love the idea of losing control over who gets to run on their ballot line, which they — through gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins — worked so hard to secure in the 2010 campaign.

The state Conservative Party has given its nod to Elise Stefanik, one of two Republicans contenders (as of today) vying for the North Country House seat of retiring Democratic Rep. Bill Owens, ensuring her a ballot line in the November general election regardless of the outcome of the June GOP primary.

Several labor leaders whose unions have departed the WFP are considering the formation of their own ballot line.

Unlike two his fellow same - sex marriage «yes» voters, who struggled — and in one case, failed — to keep the GOP ballot line on primary day, Sen. Mark Grisanti easily defeated his challenger, attorney Kevin Stocker, on Sept. 13 and retained Row B.

Petitioning for ballot line parties begins June 8.

Andrew Cuomo, then running for governor in 2010, at the last minute agreed to run on the WFP's ballot line, thus saving them from spiraling into the political black hole that swallowed up the now - defunct Liberal Party.

The call for repeal comes after Sen. Malcolm Smith allegedly sought to bribe his way onto the GOP ballot line for New York City mayor through the Wilson - Pakula waiver.

Not surprisingly, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot line.

He won't appear on our ballot line, but that just means we'll be working twice as hard to make sure that that every voter knows that Amodeo is the candidate who will stand up for hard working families in Albany, from raising the minimum wage to ending the influence of big money on politics.»

He also promised «an awful lot of people are going to get hurt in the process» if legislative leaders go along with the governor's idea of scrapping third party officials» power to hand - pick who runs on their ballot lines — a pledge that no doubt sent shivers up the spines of not a few Senate Republicans.

The Reform Party ballot line on Wednesday endorsed Republican Julie Killian in the special election for the 37th Senate district.

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long believes Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino should be given «serious consideration» about a potential run for governor on the influential third party's ballot line.

The email comes as party leaders from across the state and the political spectrum question or outright oppose ending the law, which allows members of one political party a waiver to run on another ballot line.

A number of you had approached me prior to the convention about the establishment of an independent ballot line to help support our candidates this year.

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.

To reiterate for the umpteenth time: The only way to get off the ballot line at this point is to die, move out of state or be nominated for a state Supreme Court judgeship anywhere in New York.

(The mayor, of course, is now a man without a party, but managed to convince — with the help of some generous campaign contributions — the five NYC GOP county leaders to let him run on their ballot line yet again in» 09).

«In preparation for the upcoming September primaries for the Republican and Conservative Party ballot lines, our Congressional campaign team is shifting some personnel,» Cox stated.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan's AG campaign spokeswoman told me he would review future ballot line opportunities at the appropriate time.

This year, Niccoli in a statement said her daughter will do so again and faulted Amedore for not going far enough in scaling back the standards, despite having run in 2014 on the ballot line Stop Common Core (former by Republican gubernatorial nominee Rob Astorino, the line was renamed the «Reform Party» after the election).

Sliwa, a radio personality and founder of the Guardian Angels, is weighing a bid for governor on the ballot line that had first been formed in 2014 as an effort to oppose the Common Core education standards.

Former Rep. Michael Grimm's campaign on Tuesday announced plans to take the Conservative Party ballot line from incumbent Republican Dan Donovan in the 11th congressional district.

This year, the state Independence Party has tapped Democratic AG Andrew Cuomo to be its standard - bearer in the governor's race — a contest in which the party must win at least 50,000 votes in order to maintain its ballot line.

In fact, we're proud that votes on the WFP ballot line are often the margin of victory for progressive Democrats running in New York Congressional races.»

Nevertheless, the endorsement provides Tedisco with an additional ballot line for the November election.

The women's coalition was formed last year as Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed the Women's Equality Agenda, which has stalled in the Legislature and is now becoming a key campaign issue with the formation of a new ballot line with the focus of passing the package of bills.

Paychex billionaire Tom Golisano doesn't appear to like the idea of Democratic AG Andrew Cuomo running on the ballot line of the state Independence Party established and nurtured by his three unsuccessful self - funded campaigns for governor.

Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, a Utica Democrat, will appear on four ballot lines this November in his run for Congress against Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney.

But Catsimatidis has two other ballot lines — one he created; the other is the dormant Liberal Party.

Cuomo received the WFP's ballot line after intense negotiations and a challenge from Fordham Law School professor Zephyr Teachout, who would go on to challenge Cuomo in a Democratic primary.

WFP leaders had accused Cuomo of creating the Women's Equality Party ballot line last year as a way to potentially undermine the left - leaning, union - backed party.

The remaining ballots are scattered through Conservative Party voters (36 sent out, 19 returned) and Independence Party voters (74 sent out, 37 returned) as well as other minor - party ballot lines.

The party was initially formed as a «Stop Common Core» ballot line — an issue - based ballot line that was added to the ballot last year as Cuomo's re-election campaign installed the Women's Equality Party ballot line.

Republican Bob Antonacci became the first candidate to secure a third - party ballot line in the race for the 50th Senate District seat left open by the retirement of Sen. John DeFrancisco.

The Reform Party was created by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's allies during the 2014 election year as a ballot line aimed at capturing voters who disapproved of the Common Core educations standards.

The ballot line was formed in 2014 as Cuomo sought to highlight a 10 - point package of measures impacting women in the workplace, housing and criminal justice system.

Both Cuomo and Astorino received more than 50,000 votes on the ballot lines, giving them automatic status in the current election cycle.

As the Women's Equality Party ballot line fails to gain traction with candidates this election year, the ballot line founded by Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Asotorino will include more than 1,900 candidates.

They won't give him a Wilson Pakula to let him run on their ballot line in the fall.

In the wake of the latest bombshell corruption scandal, which netted two New York City GOP officials from Queens and the Bronx, other party leaders were quick to volunteer that knew absolutely nothing about the scheme to essentially buy a GOP ballot line in the NYC mayor's race for Democratic Sen. Malcolm Smith.

It's possible the WFP could endorse Nixon but not give her its ballot line, putting a placeholder candidate there instead — just in case there's a post-primary peace deal between the governor and the party that requires her to go away quietly before the November general, though, as Nick reported yesterday, there are ways of getting her name off the ballot if necessary, too.

The Reform Party, a ballot line formed last year by Republican gubernatorial nominee Rob Astorino, filed its first campaign finance report since it was rechristened this election season, showing a single, massive donation from a limited liability company.

The county settled a lawsuit with Dhyalma Vazquez, a former county employee, who claimed she was dismissed due to her involvement with the Independence Party in Westchester County, a ballot line whose chairman has been sharply criticized by Astorino.

The party has been helping a town supervisor candidate in Clarkstown, a Republican running on the Reform Party ballot line, in the form of a TV ad.