Sentences with phrase «republicans lose seats»

And assuming Republicans lose seats next year — with swing - district moderates the first to fall — the conservatives will have even more leverage over GOP leadership in the coming Congress.

Thus, while Republicans lost seats, liberals didn't really gain seats, although veteran radical liberals gained power, in the form of congressional control, made possible by the victories of the moderate members of their party.

A republican loses a seat in a republican county, and stands ready to call trial lawyers.

Not exact matches

If he loses his race, which polls now show is tied, Republicans will be left with a razor - thin majority of only 51 seats in the Senate.

Republicans hold the Senate by the slimmest majority possible, at 51 to 49 seats, and losing even one or two seats could further hamper their ability to enact Trump's already slow - moving agenda.

Many Republicans slammed the political strategist Steve Bannon for throwing his weight behind the former judge Roy Moore, who lost in Tuesday's special election in a massive upset that delivered Alabama's first Democratic - controlled Senate seat in decades.

Lamb and Saccone are locked in a tight race that has prompted Republicans to fear they'll lose a seat in a district that went heavily for Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

House Republicans lost five seats, making passage in January a more difficult proposition than pushing through legislation in the lame - duck session.

The GOP holds just a one - seat majority in the chamber after the surprise victory of Democrat Doug Jones in last year's Alabama special election; that means they can lose just one Republican vote, even under reconciliation (Vice President Mike Pence would cast a tie - breaker in the case of a 50 - 50 split).

Republicans control 52 votes in the 100 - seat Senate, meaning they can only lose two members if they want to pass a bill without Democratic support.

It seems to me that all things being equal (which they never are), the Democrats have an equal chance of losing seats in the Senate as the Republicans do in the House.

Ron Johnson is a Republican senator who won re-election in a seat many expected his party would lose to the Democrats.

But there is an underlying concern that should Saland lose, Republicans could have to play defense in what was once considered a safe seat.

In addition, the Democrats lost two members of their conference: Mark Schroeder's seat (145th AD) out in Western NY up for grabs, as the WNY Democrat (and thorn in Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's side) stepped down to run for Buffalo comptroller; and Republican - turned - Democrat Mike Spano (93rd AD) will be giving up his seat to start his new job as mayor of Yonkers.

The WFP does engage in a lot of saber rattling, but there is some precedent for the party abandoning a Democratic member of Congress on the issue of health care reform just to make a point — even if that means losing a seat to the Republicans.

For instance, Republican Sen. George Allen of Virginia lost his seat in 2006 after a video surfaced of him calling a man «macaca.»

He lost his seat in 2014 to Republican Sen. Sue Serino and failed to win the Hudson Valley district back in a 2016 rematch.

Turner, the Brooklyn Republican who defeated Democrat David Weprin in last year's upset special election to replace the disgraced Democratic former Rep. Anthony Weiner, may lose his seat in redistricting.

At the same time, the WFP had blasted Cuomo on the night of Election Day for not doing more to help Senate Democrats, who did not gain full control of the chamber after a trio of freshman lawmakers lost their seats to Republicans.

Republicans did gain in 2014, turning back more seats than they lost in 2008.

As far as I can tell the only reason the Republicans spent so much time and money going after this seat was an over-developed sense of vengeance for losing Senator N.L. Hoffman.

In the best case scenario — and it's still entirely possible they lose the Latimer seat in the special election to a Republican — the Democrats would stand united at 32 seats, not the requisite 38.

But come January when the legislative session begins, the Democrats are expected to lose two members — Ruben Diaz of the Bronx who won a City Council seat, and George Latimer of Westchester who beat Republican incumbent Rob Astorino for County Executive as part of that previously mentioned «Blue Wave.»

If that's true, Republicans would still be favored, since 1) the president's party usually loses seats in a midterm, and 2) older, more - conservative voters tend to actually show up (then of course, there's the gerrymandering).

Although sitting US President's party's lose seats in midterm elections (i.e. Democratic losses in 1994; Republican losses in 2006), the 2010 election resulted in the highest loss for a party in a House midterm election since 1938.

She lost to Republican Rep. John Faso for the open seat that was vacated by Republican incumbent Chris Gibson.

Up until last month, Republican Sen. Michael Venditto was not considered in danger of losing his seat in the state Senate.

In the most competitive half of the battleground — the 27 most vulnerable Republican - held seats, where Democrats lead the named incumbent by 6 points, 50 to 44 percent — two - thirds could lose their seats.

It took only one seat for Republicans to lose control of the Erie County Legislature Tuesday night.

Trump carried this north - central Ohio seat by 11 points, but after watching Republicans lose a district that backed the president by 20 points (the old Pennsylvania's 18th) and struggle to win another that he won by 21 points (Arizona's 8th), that's enough evidence to move the Aug. 7 special election race in a more competitive district.

Pennsylvania's congressional delegation already had a 12 - 7 Republican advantage over Democrats heading into the last round of redistricting, when the state lost a congressional seat because of lagging population growth.

And in July 2006, before Republicans lost 31 seats, the then - floundering Republican incumbents trailed their opponents by 6 points.

The governor lined up behind Democrat Barbara Fiala, his former Department of Motor Vehicles commissioner, in the 2015 special election for a Southern Tier Senate seat, yet Fiala lost to Republican Fred Akshar.

Democrats still vastly outnumber Republican Latino officeholders, but the GOP has gained 29 seats since 2006 while Democrats have lost 25.

In May 2008, battleground Republicans trailed by 7 points — and went on to lose a net 21 seats.

Former Republican Assemblyman George Amedore is expected to announce Monday that he will run again for the state Senate seat he lost last year by just 18 votes.

Having lost a seat, the Republican dominated legislature can defeat a veto from Governor Nixon (D) and has its eye on one of the Democratic seats around St. Louis as the Congressional delegation shrinks.

«It would be a serious mistake for House Republicans to pass a Continuing Resolution that would ensure that Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats would come back to Washington, after many of them will have likely lost their seats, for a no - holds barred lame duck session where they will be free to pass legislation that the American people will never be able to hold them responsible for,» the Texas Republican said in a statement provided to CQ Roll Call.

California Republican Paul Chabot could barely get national GOP strategists to acknowledge his existence last cycle when he lost to Democrat Pete Aguilar, 52 - 48 percent, in the 31st District open - seat race.

After Republicans» electoral disappointment — they lost the presidency, two Senate seats and eight House seats — the RNC and the National Republican Congressional Committee commissioned reviews of the party's survey procedures, laying out specific guidelines for pollsters to follow.

(Libous is heading up the SRCC at the moment; if the Republicans take back the Senate majority, it would surprise me if anyone moved on Seklos, but if they remain in the minority — or, worse yet for them, lose seats — it could be a bloodbath in that conference).

(Iannece lost the Democratic primary for the Queens seat to Kevin Kim, who lost the general election to Republican Councilman Dan Halloran).

After failing to reapportion seats in 1921 in an effort to avoid losing the strength in their two house majority, the Republican led Congress (and Presidency) passed the Act to ensure their Congressional power would remain intact for the foreseeable future.

Republicans in NY - 29 have lost their lawsuit that sought to force Gov. David Paterson to immediately call a special election to fill the seat vacated by disgraced former Rep. Eric Massa instead of his (extremely confusing) plan to hold one concurrent with the general election.

Republican lose his open seat to Brian Higgins

Republican Chris McGrath, who lost his bid in April for the Senate seat held by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, is calling for first passage of the amendment, which is mired in legislative gridlock in the Assembly and Senate.

Best guess might be that Democrats will lose a few seats to Republicans but end up with a smaller lead.

2010 (9)-- Republican lose an open seat after Obama appoints John McHugh to a position in his administration.

More likely results are a one seat gain for Democrats (e.g. Heller), a two seat gain for Republicans (e.g. lose Heller but gain the seats of Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Jon Tester of Montana, and Joe Donnelly of Indiana; three Democrats known for the weakness of their 2012 Republican opponents), or a nine seat gain (e.g. every state votes for Senator as it voted for president in 2016).

But one popular member of the delegation — freshman Rep. Kathy Hochul — lost her seat to Republican Congressman - elect Chris Collins.