Sentences with phrase «split general election ballot»
(Remember, of course, that the Conservatives have backed Long, and so if she doesn't win on June 26, there's the possibility of a split general election ballot on the right).
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So, if she lost the Democratic nomination, she could still appear on the general election ballot, splitting the progressive vote.
If Gallo secures the Democratic and Independence Party lines pending the outcome of Monday's court hearing, he will go into the general election with three ballot lines (he already holds the Working Families line) against an opposition split between Polacco and Cahill.
Having gotten the WFP's ballot line, which otherwise would have gone to Ms. Teachout, Mr. Cuomo ensured that he would not have to fear a split in the balloting during the general election among Democrats, although disillusionment among the party's left wing accounted for his getting 9 percent less of the vote than in 2010.