Sentences with phrase «defending seats in the election»

[3] All three parties leaders on the council were defending their seats in the election, Labour's Norman Davies, Conservative Jim Carpenter and the Liberal Democrats Malcolm Gwynnett.

Not exact matches

Republicans will be defending 24 seats on Election Day, while Democrats only have 10 in play.

Sen. Mark Grisanti, one of the Senate Republicans» most vulnerable members who must first succeed in Thursday's primary election against attorney Kevin Stocker before defending his seat in November against the Democratic primary winner, announced that he has landed the coveted endorsement of former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Democrats, potentially as early as March in a special election, will have to defend the seat being vacated by George Latimer, the county executive - elect in Westchester.

However, the county councillor did not defend the seat in the May 2013 election, nor did the EDP put forward another candidate, losing them the seat.

The appointment of a successor is also complicated because it's an election year, and any appointee may need to quickly form a campaign committee and defend the seat this fall in both a primary and general election, according to longtime Albany legislators.

Republicans were working with a fantastic political baseline in 2014 — low presidential approval, a slew of Democratic Senate incumbents defending their seats in Red states, a midterm election, and high - quality candidates drawn into battle this year, in part precisely because it was so favorable to Republicans in the first place.

The Tories fielded Humberston parish council chairman Harry Hall to defend the seat but, in a possible sign of Ukip's continuing momentum stemming from their second place finish in the Eastleigh by - election in February, were only able to secure second place.

Artvoice looks over new round of campaign finance reports and find some victors in the November election spent big, big bucks to defend their seats against poorly financed challengers.

With the battle over, the question now is whether the Republicans can form any sort of detente that will allow them to defend several Council seats against in the next city election, take on State Sens. Tony Avella and Joe Addabbo in 2012, and defend Bob Turner «s congressional seat.

Republicans were defending their seats in two of the three state House elections, and no Republican candidates filed for the third election, which was in House District 48.

In the 2015 Election, I will be defending one of the most marginal seats in the countrIn the 2015 Election, I will be defending one of the most marginal seats in the countrin the country.

The Liberal Democrats have around 700 seats to defend in the local elections in England and Wales but are hoping to gain seats from the Conservatives and Labour.

Clegg has defended his leadership on the expectation that the Lib Dems will perform better at the general election in areas where they already retain seats.

Norman Baker indicated that his decision to resign from the government was, at least in part, motivated by his desire to defend his seat at the next election.

With several more Labour MPs in marginal seats having announced their intention to retire at the election in recent days, below is a list of the 46 Labour and Lib Dem MPs (so far) in the most winnable seats for the Conservatives who have opted not to defend their seats at the general election.

As a result, the Democrats are defending some vulnerable members in a state where they expected to pick up seats (and still might, given the presidential election year dynamic).

Now he has to be concerned about both the primary and general election, in which the Democrats will have to protect their so - called «marginal» members in difficult - to - defend seats.

May 3rd's local elections will see the Conservatives defending councillors in 2,599 seats.

[3] In total 42 candidates stood in the election, with Labour defending 14 of the 17 seats being contesteIn total 42 candidates stood in the election, with Labour defending 14 of the 17 seats being contestein the election, with Labour defending 14 of the 17 seats being contested.

The Conservatives did not successfully defend a single by - election in the eight years between their holds of the Richmond by - election, 1989 and the Uxbridge by - election, 1997, losing a record 15 consecutive seats where they were the incumbents.

But at this point, they'll be defending 21 of the 35 Senate seats up for election in 2014.

Thanks to their big victories in the 2008 election, the Democrats will be defending 20 of the 33 Senate seats up for grabs in 2014.

The Independent Unionist elected in the 1979 election defended and held his seat for the Ulster Popular Unionist Party.

Democrats hold a 55 - 45 majority in the Senate (53 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party), but are defending 21 of the 36 seats up for grabs in November's midterm elections.

But the party's defending 21 of the 36 seats in play in this November's midterm elections, with half of those Democratic - held seats in red or purple states.

His agent Dai Davies successfully defended the seat in the ensuing by - election, with his widow Trish Law managing to hold his seat in the Welsh election.

[3] 19 seats were being contested in the election with the Conservative leader of the council, Geoff Roberts, being one of those who were defending seats.

As Liverpool Council is elected in thirds, councillors elected in the 2006 elections defend their seats this year, and the vote share changes are compared on that basis.

[4] 18 seats were contested in the election with the Conservatives defending 11 and Labour 7.

17 seats were contested in the election, with the Liberal Democrats defending 10 seats, Labour 6 and the Conservatives 1 seat.

The Labour councillor who is chairman of Labour - controlled Lancashire County Council is one Alan Whittaker and he is defending his county council seat - which he held in 2005 with a majority of, er, 7 - at the elections in June.

Conservative backbenchers were expressing fears on Saturday that Ukip — which leapfrogged the Conservatives into second place in Thursday's Eastleigh byelection — represents a serious threat to their support not just in the south of England but also in the north, where the Tories face a struggle to defend a number of key marginal seats at the 2015 general election.

Charlotte Leslie, who will defend her Bristol North West seat in the 2015 general election, said promotions were «so obviously, and openly, not based on merit, but based on other considerations».

Labour only narrowly defended the 2000 by - election over the SNP who eventually took the seat in the 2015 landslide.

Councillors won / retained by the Greens in today's elections (1419 candidates, currently have 93 councillors in total with 45 defending their seats today);

Labour was defending the most seats - more than 2,200 - and had talked up its prospects in London, where it made gains in last year's general election.

Councillors won / retained by the BNP in today's elections (750 candidates, currently has about 50 councillors in total, none are defending their seats today);

The Tories were defending thousands of seats last fought in 2009 - when they were in opposition and when Labour had its worst night in local election history.