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Conservative Party's Move May Mean "Later, Levy"
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Jen Chung
Published May 18, 2010
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Steve Levy, the Suffolk County Executive who switched from being a Democrat to a Republican in order to run for governor this fall, could be out of luck come election time. Politico's Ben Smith reports that NY State Conservative Party has moved up its convention to be three days before the Republican Convention, which is "seen as a direct challenge to Republican State Chairman Ed Cox's efforts to insert [Levy] on his party's line... No Republican has been elected statewide in decades without the Conservative line." Conservative Party chairman Mike Long says he's committed to Rick Lazio running on the Republican ticket, which could point to a Lazio vs. Andrew Cuomo matchup this fall...if Cuomo ever confirms he's running.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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