ALBANY — Law professor Zephyr Teachout is refuting a court challenge to her residency, and has filed a legal countermotion to validate her place on the Democratic
primary ballot challenging Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Charlie Ramos, who is now officially on the Sept. 14
primary ballot challenging his fellow Bronx Democrat, Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., landed his first labor nod yesterday from IUPAT District Council 9.
Not exact matches
Juanita Perez Williams survived a
challenge to disqualify her from appearing on the Democratic
ballot for Congress in NY - 24, and now will likely face Dana Balter in a June 26
primary election.
Perkins needs 1,000 legal signatures to get onto the
primary ballot (he's being
challenged by Basil Smikle), and club members gathered more than 1,890.
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.
According to Caputo,
Primary Challenge is just one of «dozens» of organizations with which Paladino's campaign is working to gather the signatures necessary to get him on the September
ballot.
[20] On August 11, Judge Edgar G. Walker ruled against Cuomo's residency
challenge, keeping Teachout on the
primary ballot.
The challenger said he's already gathered more than enough signatures to appear on the
primary ballot and has raised more than $ 100,000 but still needs to raise more money to
challenge the incumbent.
In a laborious and at times heated hearing Friday afternoon, Indiana's Election Commission voted not to uphold combined
challenges to Rep. Todd Young's appearing on the GOP Senate
primary ballot.
Barring any
challenges, Juanita Perez Williams will appear on the June 26 Democratic
primary ballot in the 24th Congressional District.
Even getting on the
primary ballot may be a
challenge: New York State requires 15,000 signatures.
In more than a dozen states, House and Senate
primary elections will happen on the same
ballot with the presidential race — timing that could pose a
challenge for incumbent candidates in intra-party battles.
I asked if the Moya campaign plans to
challenge the results of today's
primary based on the pre-marked
ballots.
Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law professor hoping to
challenge Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic
primary, informed the press this week that her campaign has the necessary signatures to appear on the
ballot.
Green Party congressional candidate Matt Funiciello said Tuesday he has secured enough signatures to get on June 24
primary ballot, but his campaign will continue to circulate petitions as a safeguard against any signatures that might be
challenged and to show the strength of the campaign.
The Indiana Democratic Party's decision to
challenge Rep. Todd Young's petitions to be on the Senate
primary ballot amounted to voter deprivation, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee said Thursday.
The Greenwich cable television magnate was the consensus top choice of delegates on the first
ballot at the state party's nominating convention, but he faces a likely
primary challenge from Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim in August.
Fred Havemeyer's name was stricken last week from the September
primary ballot in Southampton Town after two Suffolk County Board of Elections commissioners denied petitions that would have allowed him to
challenge Supervisor Jay Schneiderman for...
Teachout, a Fordham law professor, is
challenging Cuomo on the Democratic
primary ballot (Her petitions are being
challenged by the governor's re-election campaign).
A wrinkle for the battleground House race has been the campaign of Republican Philip Pidot, who a federal court on Wednesday ruled will compete against Martins in an October
primary following a lengthy
ballot challenge.
While Sal Albanese, who is also
challenging Mayor Bill de Blasio in the Democratic
primary, has been backed by the Reform Party, Dietl and Malliotakis are each attempting to convince their supporters to help them steal the
ballot line by voting on
primary day — Tuesday, September 12 — using a provision in state election law that effectively allows an open vote.
Both Costello and Thornton are Independence Party members and received their party's endorsement but were
challenged by Riggins and Vallarella in a right to
ballot contest for the Independence Party
primary.
On January 31, 2012, the Oklahoma Libertarian Party and the Oklahoma Green Party filed a lawsuit,
challenging the state's
ballot access procedure for newly - qualifying parties, which this year required 51,739 valid signatures due March 1 (the state defends the early deadline on the grounds that all parties, even newly - qualifying parties, must choose nominees in the June
primary).
Like Mr. Cohen, one of the Republican town board candidates, Mr. Larsen, mounted an unsuccessful
primary challenge, trying to wrest an Independence Party
ballot spot from either Mr. Bragman or Ms. Burke - Gonzalez, the Democrats who had been cross-endorsed.
Now, the
primary challenge for the Progressive bloc and Brooklyn will be to maintain their alliances until January 8, when the 51 members of the council will officially cast their
ballots.
In recent years, Silver has routinely
challenged the signatures of Republican rivals and gotten them knocked off the
ballots ahead of
primaries, according to the GOP.
The New York Times Thomas Kaplan reports on the efforts of Governor Andrew Cuomo's campaign to knock challenger Zephyr Teachout, law professor and former Howard Dean internet director, off the September 9
primary ballot by
challenging her New York state residency.
A New York judge has scheduled arguments Tuesday on a lawsuit
challenging Republican Sen. Ted Cruz's presence on New York's
primary ballot on April 19th.
A Bronx judge ruled today that Councilman Fernando Cabrera could stay on the
ballot in his
primary challenge against State Senator Gustavo Rivera, tossing the case because Mr. Rivera's team failed to properly serve a subpoena to a petition carrier for Mr. Cabrera who allegedly collected fraudulent signatures.
Assuming she's a legitimate candidate, Neal faces some steep
challenges, the most immediate being how quickly she can put together a campaign organization to carry petitions to get on the
ballot, whether it be for November (as an independent) or the June 26 Democratic
primary.
State Supreme Court Justice David Weinstein dismissed a
challenge on Monday to remove Sen. Ted Cruz (R - Texas) from the New York state
primary ballot.
In 2014, Cuomo backed a Democratic - led state Senate as he received the endorsement from the WFP, a labor - backed organization that had flirted with the possibility of giving its
ballot line to Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ultimately
challenged the governor in a Democratic
primary.
The state Conservative Party has endorsed Dutchess Legislator Susan Serino to
challenge Democratic Sen. Terry Gipson this fall, guaranteeing her a second line on the general election
ballot regardless of how she fares in the September GOP
primary.
A Bronx judge kept NYC Councilman Fernando Cabrera on the
ballot in his
primary challenge against Sen. Gustavo Rivera because Rivera's team failed to properly serve a subpoena to the petition carrier for Cabrera who allegedly collected fraudulent signatures.
Marty Masterpole has survived a
challenge and will be on
primary ballot for Syracuse mayor next month.
The group also backed Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein, who faces a
primary challenge from former city Councilman Oliver Koppell, and IDC Sen. Tony Avella, who is fending off a
challenge from John Liu, the former city comptroller, for the Democratic
ballot line.
«The NYS Election Commissioner's Association continues to impress the importance of moving the Federal
primary date far enough in advance of the November General Election to ensure that no
challenges and court actions threaten the timely mailing of overseas
ballots,» the commisioners write in the letter dated Monday.
First elected in 1964, Conyers is facing perhaps his biggest electoral
challenge yet, since he learned Friday that he may not have enough signatures on his nominating petitions to qualify for the Aug. 5
ballot for the Michigan
primary election.
Nebraska's gubernatorial
primary is the marquee race on the
ballot today, but the state's voters will also select a GOP nominee to
challenge Sen. Ben Nelson (D) in the fall as well as a replacement for Osborne in the state's 3rd District.
Following his defeat at the GOP convention on Wednesday, Coughlan said he will take the fight for the party line to the people by launching a
primary challenge against Rolison for the GOP spot on the November
ballot.
Lazio reportedly raised around $ 2 million in the same period, while Paladino, who's petitioning to get on the
primary ballot to
challenge Lazio for the Republican nomination, raised $ 1.8 million — but all of it except for $ 100,000 was his own money.
Grimm will
challenge Donovan on the Conservative Party line via a write - in campaign in the
primary election after his campaign circulated and filed petition signatures with the BOE for an opportunity - to -
ballot, which will allow voters to write in a candidate on the Conservative line.
This is the case that
challenges California laws that say petitioners can't work outside their home district, when they are gathering signatures for candidates (for district office) to get on the
primary ballot.
Pidot was removed from the
primary ballot in June after Martins
challenged his signatures.
Supporters of the governor had been attempting to knock her off the
primary ballot with a legal
challenge.
State Senator Roy McDonald, a Republican who voted for New York's landmark same - sex marriage law last year, needs to make up 106 votes as the lawyers here shift through Saratoga County's share of roughly 1,000 absentee
ballots that will determine whether he has survived a
primary challenge from Kathy Marchione, the county's clerk.
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- A judge in Brooklyn has ruled that liberal law professor Zephyr Teachout is eligible to
challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in next month's Democratic
primary, dismissing an attempt by Cuomo supporters to kick her off the
ballot.
A judge in Brooklyn says liberal law professor Zephyr Teachout is eligible to
challenge New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in next month's Democratic
primary, dismissing an attempt by Cuomo supporters to kick her off the
ballot.
[46] His campaign successfully
challenged enough of the signatures Ognibene had submitted to the Board of Elections to prevent Ognibene from appearing on
ballots for the Republican
primary.
A Brooklyn judge on Monday rebuffed a
challenge by Gov. Cuomo's campaign to the candidacy of Democratic rival Zephyr Teachout, placing the lefty law professor on the Sept. 9
primary ballot.