Source: Malpass to run on Paladino third-party line
Posted by Brooklyn Young Republican Club
Source: Maggie Haberman / Politico.com
A source close to GOP Senate hopeful David Malpass’s campaign tells me the candidate has agreed to run on the third-party line being created by Republican gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino.
The line, for which petitions will begin circulating next week, will no longer be called “taxed enough already,” but will be known as the Taxpayers’ Line, the source added.
It’s a recognition of the importance that a minor-party line plays in the GOP’s long odds for statewide victories this fall, and a data point from the lack of a consensus ticket between the Republicans and the Conservative Party this cycle.
It also comes as the bid by Ed Cox, the state GOP chairman, to create his own third-party line is on life support and not expected to survive the week, according to sources.
Malpass has, as I noted yesterday, $2.4 million in cash on hand and is making the argument that he’s better poised than his primary rival Bruce Blakeman to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Conservative nominee Joe DioGuardi, who worked hard with that party’s grass roots to prevent the other two from securing a ballot spot, is trying to petition his way onto the GOP line.
