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Article: STATE LIBERAL PARTY BOWS OUT.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 25, 2003
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Byline: SARA KUGLER Associated Press
NEW YORK -- The New York Liberal Party, billed by members as the longest-existing third party in the nation, has ceased statewide operations after nearly 60 years of helping elect leaders like John F. Kennedy and Rudolph Giuliani.
The Liberal Party failed to collect the 50,000 votes in last November's gubernatorial race needed to maintain its status as a recognized party in New York. As a result, the party lost its automatic ballot slots in New York.
Normally, Liberal Party members would have become unenrolled or independent voters by law. But the members may remain enrolled for the time being because an ...