Sentences with phrase «house election defeat»

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) acknowledged Sunday that Democrats questioning the party's messaging problems have a point in the wake of another House election defeat.

Schumer acknowledged that Democrats questioning the party's messaging problems have a point in the wake of another House election defeat.

Not exact matches

But in November 2005, the three opposition parties combined in the House of Commons to defeat Martin's minority, as each calculated that a general election would strengthen their caucuses.

Three months later, after the Meighen government was defeated in the House and another general election took place, King and the Liberals were returned with a majority.

He said the NDC recovering from their defeat in the 2016 elections should be working to put their house in order and not the business of endorsing the candidature of the former President or any other aspirant.

Once touted as top recruits, these House and Senate candidates are headed for defeat on Election Day in all likelihood.

Hayworth held a U.S. House seat in the 19th District from 2010 - 2012, and after New York's redistricting, was defeated by Maloney in the 2012 18th Congressional District election.

In Senate District 12, Incumbent Peggy Gilmour (D) was defeated by former house member Kevin Avard (R) in the general election.

[2] In the District 8 general election, House incumbent Linda Tanner (D) was defeated by Jerry Little (R).

These departures will result in a less experienced House for the 116th Congress, and if they are coupled with a wave of defeats in the November elections, it could leave the chamber at a level of inexperience not seen since the 1990s, according to a Roll Call analysis of tenure and election data.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed Democratic electoral defeats in New Jersey and Virginia as «two very local elections» that say nothing about President Barack Obama's standing with the American people right now.

When Labour MPs gathered for their weekly meeting in committee room 14 at the House of Commons on the evening of 13 July, the mood was grimmer than at any point since the party's general election defeat in May.

Even the defeated wacko Allen West refuses to concede the election, and is still cavorting in the dark corners of the House building.

However, the Election Review Committee (ERC) of the NDC, which has been tasked to unravel the reasons behind the party's defeat, has expressed reservations and «regret that a number of party functionaries and leading party members have lately taken to the media houses to air their views on party members.»

In 2005 he ran again for the 74th House district, defeating his predecessor, Floyd Miles, by 44 votes in the Democratic primary, [9] and winning the general election with 75 % of the vote.

Seven months after Barack Obama defeated him in the U.S. presidential election, the Republican senator from Arizona said Sunday he thinks his former Senate colleague is making things happen in the White House.

Republicans» defeat in last Saturday's special election to replace former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R - Ill.)

AP Photo / Evan Vucci Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (N.Y.) has formed an alumni association of members defeated in the landslide 2010 election in an effort to capitalize on their political knowledge and connections to help the party regain the House majority next November.

Turner, as you'll recall, was hailed as a conquering hero by House Republicans for defeating Assemblyman David Weprin in a September special election for the seat vacated by ex-Rep.

Washington (CNN)- Two days after Democrats suffered losses in special House seat elections, Republican campaign officials are calling the pair of defeats a reflection of President Barack Obama's failed economic record, and predicting similar losses for Democrats running on Obama's ticket in 2012.

The first Vietnamese - American to serve in the House, Cao defeated nine - term Democratic incumbent William Jefferson in last year's election.

Despite all that money, Adelson made some bad bets in the last election, first on former House speaker Newt Gingrich to win the Republican nomination and then on Mitt Romney to defeat President Obama in the general election.

was blamed for the defeats of two Democratic candidates in races last week in Georgia and South Carolina with some in her party even suggesting a change in leadership is needed if they have any hope of winning control of the House in the 2018 mid-term elections.

At a rally with House Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, he vowed to help defeat the state's Republican members of the House of Representatives when they are up for election next year.

At a rally with House Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, he vowed to help defeat the state's eight Republican members of the House of Representatives when they are up for election next year.

In a dramatic night in politics, senior nationalists were ousted from the House of Commons - with former first minister Alex Salmond and SNP depute leader Angus Robertson among those who were defeated as the Scottish Tories had their best result in a General Election for more than three decades.

When looking at the presidential election, supporters of Hillary Clinton must admit that her defeat at the hands of Trump resulted in part from being ineffective campaigner who could not reach either hardcore progressives who had flocked to Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential nomination campaign, or inspire the six million Americans who had previously returned incumbent Barack Obama to the White House four years ago.

For example, when a minority house elected by a relatively tiny fraction (i.e. comprising an even smaller minority) of voters can implement legislative changes in part because the majority senses the weariness of voters regarding elections, I prefer that there remain an opportunity for earlier defeat.

Jose, formerly a Representative in the Texas House, defeated Trey Martinez Fischer in a runoff election.