Sentences with phrase «to qualify for the primary ballot»
The former governor had just 4 days to qualify for the primary ballot in his shocking comptroller bid.
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But with the first Democratic debate approaching on Oct. 13, and a series of deadlines to qualify for primary ballots piling up after that, time appears to be running short.
Wilson should start as the favorite, but his gaffe in not securing enough signatures to qualify for the primary ballot lingers.
Smith, like Republicans Stemerman and Bob Stefanowski, will attempt to qualify for the primary ballot by collecting signatures.
The very conservative legislator will compete with New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart and Darien First Selectman Jayme Stevenson, who both qualified for the primary ballot.
In 2012, he announced plans to run for President as a Republican but failed to qualify for any primary ballots.
Candidates need the support of 15 percent of their party's delegates to qualify for the primary ballot.
With the deadline approaching, Perez Williams is confident she will collect the signatures needed to qualify for the primary ballot.
All of the dollars are aimed at Democratic state Sen. Charlie Wilson, who was forced to run a write - in candidacy for his party's nomination after failing to collect enough signatures to qualify for the primary ballot.
I like Wilson but there is no excuse for not being able to qualify for a primary ballot.
(Wilson failed to secure the 50 signatures required to qualify for the primary ballot and, as a result, is running as a write - in.)
The Democrats managed to create a delegate tally of 125 % to get all five candidates for Attorney General to the 25 % threshold to qualify for the primary ballot.
A second candidate, David Malpass, a former chief economist at Bear Stearns, also earned enough votes to qualify for the primary ballot.
To qualify for the primary ballot, Democratic presidential contenders need a minimum of 5,000 signatures, as well as 500 signatures from each of the state's 27 congressional districts to field delegate slates.
The excluded candidates were permitted to become independent candidates after they failed to qualify for the primary ballot.
She collected more than 3,200 signatures to qualify for primary ballot.
Others suggest Kearns — who unsuccessfully opposed Brown in the 2009 Democratic primary — may lack a strong Democratic team to obtain the 2,000 signatures needed on nominating petitions to qualify for the primary ballot.