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Collins Could Remain on Ballot
In 2006, Tom DeLay won the Texas GOP primary for CD 22 and then withdrew. The Texas Democratic Party sued to keep the GOP from replacing DeLay on the ballot and won. I think that the NY GOP know that they would lose a lawsuit if they tried this stunt https://politicalwire.com/2018/09/10/collins-could-remain-on-ballot/
“After Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) was indicted last month, the Republican from western New York seemed to leave no doubt about his immediate political future: There was none,” the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Collins abandoned his re-election bid in the ‘best interests’ of his district, ‘the Republican Party and President Trump’s agenda,’ after he was accused of insider trading and lying to federal agents.”
“Yet even as local Republican leaders have interviewed a slate of replacement candidates for the seat, there is a real possibility that Mr. Collins could stay on the November ballot and represent the party.”
“Mr. Collins abandoned his re-election bid in the ‘best interests’ of his district, ‘the Republican Party and President Trump’s agenda,’ after he was accused of insider trading and lying to federal agents.”
“Yet even as local Republican leaders have interviewed a slate of replacement candidates for the seat, there is a real possibility that Mr. Collins could stay on the November ballot and represent the party.”
