Sentences with phrase «after winning his seat»

Moss, the Chemung County, N.Y. sheriff, was introduced by former U.S. Rep. Bob Turner, who was hailed as a hero after winning the seat in 2011 in a predominately Democratic area covering Queens and Brooklyn.

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ceredigion from 2000 to 2005, after winning the seat at a by - election in February 2000 caused by the resignation of Plaid Cymru MP Cynog Dafis.

Kaminsky vacated the 20th Assembly District seat after winning a seat in the State Senate in April.

After winning the seat for the Conservatives in a difficult by - election at the start of the Blair years, Jacqui Lait will leave her successor a Tory majority of over 14,000.

She left the Trustees after a winning a seat on the Town Board last November.

Speaking after winning his seat in Islington North he said: «The prime minister called the election because she wanted a mandate.

Two years after he won the seat held by former Rep. Mark Foley, Rep. Tim Mahoney (D - Fla.)

Kwakye said he had hopes of paying back the money after winning his seat but his hopes were dashed after losing the race.

Robinson played a key role last week in appointing Nicoletti to replace Common Councilor Pam Hunter, who resigned after winning a seat in the state Assembly.

UKIP have taken its first seats in Greater Manchester after winning a seat from both Labour and Conservatives in Bolton.

Illsley was suspended from the Labour party when he was charged after winning his seat at the last election and is now serving his constituency as an independent.

(Mr. Díaz left after winning a seat on the New York City Council.)

Portrayed by New York magazine as a charismatic but delusional assemblyman, Mr. Castro led a double - life after he was indicted for perjury the summer after he won his seat in 2008.

He held his first congressional hearing on the issue in 1976 after winning a seat in the House of Representatives that same year.

Not exact matches

Portugal's minority center - right government collapsed this week after the three leftist parties that won the majority of seats in September month's general election refused to support its continuation of bailout - dictated austerity policies.

Marcato, which owns 6.4 percent of Buffalo Wild Wings, won three seats on the company's board in June after a sustained campaign criticizing its performance under Chief Executive Sally Smith.

Arby's restaurant owner Roark Capital Group will buy Buffalo Wild Wings for $ 2.4 billion, months after an activist investor won seats on the chicken wing restaurant's board following a proxy fight demanding management change.

The deal comes months after an activist investor won seats on the restaurant's board following a bitter boardroom battle.

A former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the following assessment after Democrat Doug Jones defeated embattled Republican Roy Moore in the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama: Anyone out of the phone book — aside from Moore — would've won as a Republican.

On the morning of November 3, 2010, for example, the day after Election Dight, Facebook announced that 74 percent of House of candidates with the greatest number of Facebook fans on their ballots won their contests, while in the Senate 81 percent of candidates with the most Facebook fans won seats.

After leading her party to re-election, winning 61 of 87 seats, it is likely that her leadership will be strongly affirmed in the vote.

Calgary - North West MLA Frank Bruseker was stripped of his major critic portfolios after telling reporters he was worried the party could not win enough seats in Calgary to secure an election win due to Mr. Decore's leadership.

In 1993, after the Liberals won their largest vote share with 39.7 % and 32 seats, a group of MLAs and party members were not satisfied with official opposition status called for his resignation.

He resigned after failing to win a seat in the 2004 election.

Smith agitated for change at AOL in 2012 after he acquired a 5.3 percent stake in that company and mounted an unsuccessful campaign to win three board seats.

Di Resta won the DTM title in 2010 and then spent three years with Force India, before returning to DTM after losing his F1 seat.

JJ: «Dez I love you, Stephen loves you and Garrett and your team love you, but everyone is on the hot seat this season after the eagles won the superbowl what happen last season.

Kevin Sumlin's on an eternally raging hot seat, while Bret Bielema's just short of floating around.500 forever, and yet the former is now 5 - 0 against the latter after a 50 - 43 overtime win.

A day after blasting Enochs - Modesto 41 - 0 in the Sac - Joaquin Section nonleague action Sept. 8, Manteca senior quarterback Gino Campiotti found his seat at Aggie Stadium and watched Santa Fe Springs native Jake Maier command the sky — 369 yards and three scores — leading UC Davis to a 35 - 7 win over San Diego.

Watford moved themselves into the top three seat of England Championship standings after grabbing a dramatic win over Leeds United on Saturday.

AS Roma keeping their second place seat in Italian Serie A under firm control after successfully grabbing a home win over Torino on Tuesday.

AS Roma climbing their way back into the top seat of Italian Serie A table after picking up a home win over Cesena on midweek.

Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Arsenal FC highlights: Arsenal still holding out their top seat in current English Premier League standings after successfully bagging an important away win over struggling Crystal Palace side this Saturday.

Spurs are spending the year at the national stadium while their new 61,500 - seater stadium is being built and, after a stuttering start to the campaign, they have made Wembley into a formidable home, winning there against Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Arsenal and United.

Borussia Moenchengladbach keeping hold of their top four seat in Bundesliga this weekend after picking up an important home win over Schalke on Saturday.

Brighton and Hove Albion moving their way into the top seat of English Championship standing after grabbing a thrilling away win over Ipswich Town.

After those elections are held, and assuming Democrats win both seats, the party would have a numeric majority in the chamber.

A development happening weeks after Zanetor won her bid to contest the Klottey Korle seat of her father's party the ruling NDC, it appears to have been in the works for some time now, as a facebook post by Mr. Mensah in the week in which the suit was filed suggested

After deciding not to contest the Dome / Kwabenya seat in 2012, many saw that decision by the Political Scientist who is also a legal luminary as the right opportunity to prepare himself for the Speaker position if the NPP wins power.

More seats were won by the UNC at the previous CPP strongholds than at the previous UP strongholds, so after the first round, it wasn't difficult at all for those people, who had shifted to the UNC, to go back to their original routes».

Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, celebrated a historic victory today after his right - wing Fidesz / Christian Democrat coalition retained its two - thirds majority in the Hungarian Parliament, winning 133 out of 199 seats.

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford completed a political comeback earlier this year, winning a House seat in a special election after he publicly admitted to having an affair while in the governor's office.

She won the 143rd Assembly Seat in 2014 after it was vacated by Democrat Dennis Gabryszak, who retired amid allegations of sexual harassment against a number of female staffers.

Mayer's win gives Democrats a numerical one - seat majority in the state Legislature's upper chamber, but Republicans will cling to control after one Democrat — Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder — said he'd continue to caucus with the GOP.

This month in Albany two new Democrats took seats in the Legislature after winning special elections in the Senate and Assembly.

That leaves two Republicans battling for the right to take on Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon, who won Fossella's seat after he decided not to seek re-election: Michael Grimm and Michael Allegretti.

After Scottish Labour was all but wiped out in the 2015 general election, winning just one of 59 Westminster seats, Kezia Dugdale stepped up to fill a leadership void.

With the support of heavyweights like Mayor Bloomberg and former Mayor Ed Koch, Greenfield won a contentious special election in March for the seat vacated by Simcha Felder, who left not long after being sworn in for his third term to take a job with NYC Comptroller John Liu.

Soon after he left the House in 2004, his Congressional seat was won by South Buffalo Democrat Brian Higgins.

By the same reasoning, Schaffer also failed to endorse John Brooks, the only Democrat to win a new seat on Long Island last Fall after years of promises by State Democrats that Hillary Clinton at the top of the ticket would usher in a new era of Democratic dominance in the suburbs that would hold for a generation or more (in case you missed it, that actually didn't happen).