Sentences with phrase «election by a narrow margin»

The democrats lost the election by a narrow margin in the electoral while winning big in the popular vote.

[8] Democratic gubernatorial candidate Adlai Stevenson III was favored to win this election, having lost the previous election by a narrow margin.

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The Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in the election, while the Democratic Party of President Obama held on to the Senate by a narrow margin.

The corruption probe is thus occurring within the context of widening dissatisfaction with Ms Rousseff, especially after her victory by a narrow margin in the second round of the 2014 election.

Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said the hearing was unusually long, due to the narrow margin by which the results were decided.

The Senate leadership coalition holds power by a narrow margin, and Governor Cuomo has already promised the minor party, the Working Families Party, that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for the party's endorsement in the fall elections.

The Senate leadership coalition holds power by a narrow margin, and Governor Cuomo has already promised the minor party the Working Families Party that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for that party's endorsement in the fall elections.

If the party's support levels nationally were to even lower than the 6.6 % level won in the general election, then the party would be losing even more seats — especially given the narrow margins that Labour candidates (such as Willie Penrose) won seats by in that election.

MacIsaac had been defeated in last November's general election by a narrow six - vote margin in his race against incumbent county legislator Mary Wawro.

40th District (Queens): We interviewed Elizabeth Crowley, who is unopposed in the primary and is running against the newly minted Republican incumbent, to whom she lost by a narrow margin in the recent special election.

The picture from the BESIP changed very little in May following the European Parliament Elections which saw the SNP emerge as the largest party but by a narrow margin over Labour of 29 % to 25 %, and less than in the corresponding electionsElections which saw the SNP emerge as the largest party but by a narrow margin over Labour of 29 % to 25 %, and less than in the corresponding electionselections of 2009.

He lost the Brecon & Radnorshire seat at the United Kingdom general election, 1992 by the narrow margin of 130 votes, but regained it again at the United Kingdom general election, 1997, with a majority of over 5,000.

The bill passed by its narrowest margin ever — it was 85 - 61 in 2007 — a change Democrats blamed on several vacant seats and Republican gains in last year's election.

This first became evident from the 2014 council elections when Lab won more seats than the Cons in Chipping Barnet, and the Cons only held the council by the narrowest of margins thanks to stronger performances elsewhere.

He won two subsequent elections, both by narrow margins.

This may not seem huge, but many presidential elections in the United States have been decided by margins narrower than that.

In the 2011 election, Ted Opitz, a Conservative, defeated then Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj by the narrowest of margins in the Toronto riding of Etobicoke Centre.