Under New York election law, candidates who
run unopposed in a primary win the nomination automatically, and their names do not appear on the ballot.
Other nominees determined Saturday include Catherine Galvin, 48, who
ran unopposed for village clerk.
Halloran,
who ran unopposed in last month's republican primary, is at a heavy financial disadvantage against Meng.
In advance of the minor Reform Party Sept. 12 primary, the state Republican committee paid for mailers sent out to registered voters unaffiliated with a specific party encouraging them to write in the name of Astorino, who is also
running unopposed on the Republican ticket.
David Bashaw
ran unopposed as a write - in candidate for Chesterfield Town Justice.
Meanwhile, a Holocaust denier who the GOP has denounced as a Nazi won the Republican primary
after running unopposed.
Dadey said the pay - to - play culture is one of the reasons one - third of
incumbents ran unopposed in last fall's elections and only three out of 199 incumbents were defeated.
Gromack is alleged to have already spent $ 230,000 to date with this consulting company to retain a $ 171,000 job, for which he has essentially
run unopposed since taking office.
(ORIGINAL STORY: SEPT. 10) Southold Town Clerk Betty Neville has never faced a political opponent, having been elected four times
while running unopposed.
However, Phil Kaplan, ultimately
ran unopposed when his opponent dropped out of the race last month.
Valesky ran unopposed in the election, but he nearly faced a primary challenge from Jean Kessner, a Syracuse common councilor who wanted Valesky to leave the IDC.
Malliotakis
ran unopposed last year, on four ballot lines — the Republican, Conservative, Independence and Reform party lines — with no Democratic opponent.
In any case, Hein, a
Democrat running unopposed for a four - year term, has exercised his veto only once since January 2009, and that on a procedural issue.
[«Duffy will be joining RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum, who is a big Cuomo supporter and was the first labor leader to call on Gov. David Paterson to step aside to let the
AG run unopposed for governor this fall.
Democrat Thomas
Spota ran unopposed to win a fourth term as Suffolk County District Attorney (file photo)
Sheldon
Silver ran unopposed in the 64th Assembly District, a fact that drove the city's editorial boards absolutely insane.
He points to recent successes in his district — including an uptick in recent enrollment, two school board
members running unopposed in November, and a budget that passed without opposition — as signs that they are doing just fine as they are.
Incumbent Royce
West ran unopposed in the Texas State Senate District 23 Democratic primary election.
The best talley was won by incumbent Town Clerk / Tax Collector Judy Mayhon, a Democrat with Conservative Party backing, who received a total of 1,675
votes running unopposed for a third two - year term.
On November 4, 2008, Kenneth
LaValle ran unopposed and won the election for New York State Senate, District 1 with 81,062 votes.
Incumbent Kirk
Watson ran unopposed in the Texas State Senate District 14 Democratic primary election.
And Andrea Draths will
run unopposed at the caucus to succeed Village Clerk Patricia O'Connor, who is retiring after more than 10 years.
Republican Clarkstown Councilman Frank Borelli may run against him or he may
even run unopposed.
While most North Fork board of education candidates will
run unopposed next month, Mattituck - Cutchogue will see seven candidates competing for three open seats.
In the other county office that was up for election, Incumbent District Attorney David
Foley ran unopposed to pick up his third term as the county's top prosecutor.
For the years that
Gromack ran unopposed the voter had a choice of only which lever to pull — Democratic, Republican, Independence, Conservative, Working Families — they all returned the same name.
UNITED NATIONS, United States — Germany on Wednesday rejected claims that it violated a supposed decades - old agreement to let
Israel run unopposed for a seat on the United Nations Security Council.