Sentences with phrase «permission from party leaders»

But they are both Democrats and need special permission from party leaders known as a Wilson Pakula, which has a higher threshold (jsut over 50 percent) that only Cuomo managed to cross.

(Unlike with the WFP line, she would not need permission from party leaders to run because she is a registered Democrat, so the threshold to ballot access — while still daunting — is slightly lower).

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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 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 party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot party's leaders to run on their ballot line.

He'll need permission from the Republican Party leaders in what's called a «Wilson - Pakula».

The simple fact is, the monarch can't refuse permission to form a government from a party leader if they have the required number of seats to make up a majority.

So he authorized bribes of up to $ 25,000 to get permission from Republican Party leaders to run for mayor on the GOP line, Carbone alleged.