Sentences with phrase «give seats in its legislature»

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For Lancman, Avella and Meng, running for Ackerman's seat would mean giving up their safe seats in the legislature.

Like all winner - take - all voting methods, IRV tends to exaggerate the number of seats won by the largest parties; small parties without majority support in any given constituency are unlikely to earn seats in a legislature, although their supporters will be more likely to be part of the final choice between the two strongest candidates.

Since the legislature is already in session, Reynolds only has to give an 18 - day notice to fill Dix's seat out of Shell Rock.

Carter, who gave up a safe seat in the legislature to challenge Richard Blumenthal for the U.S. Senate in 2016, also ruled out a run on Wednesday.

Toward that end, he gave up his seat in the legislature only to be denied the Democratic nomination for supervisor, which went to Al Perry.

The result of the hearing was that in June the Governor gave the legislature an ultimatum: 401 new charter school seats must be funded.

CMD notes that repeal of the 17th amendment, which established the popular election of United States Senators in 1913, would allow Republicans to take 17 U.S. Senate seats from Democrats with state legislatures given the right to pick Senators.