Sentences with phrase «held onto his seat over»

As discussed above, in Brooklyn's 22nd Senatorial District, Republican Martin J. Golden held onto his seat over challenger Dem James T. Kemmerer.

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This combination of a damaged personal brand, a lack of necessary electoral data, and local dissatisfaction over Brexit, meant that Goldsmith faced an uphill battle to hold onto his seat.

I look out over Austin as I'm writing about San Francisco but that's how tour is - time just spirals away from you until the best you can do is hold onto your seat and hope that it's a seat on the correct plane at least.

Ward 2: Two - term incumbent Democrat Tom Hoffay held onto his seat by a 294 - 202 margin over GOP challenger Seth Allen.

If at a General Election the national figures were Conservative 44 % Labour 26 % Liberal Democrat 17 % then I rather suspect that actually the majority would be of over 150 - the Liberal Democrats might manage to hold onto as many as 40 seats, Labour would go way down though below 200 seats, the Conservatives would probably break through 400 seats, it does depend a lot on tactical voting, however the likliehood of a such a result in the next 10 years is virtually nil, in the longer term I would say it was quite probable at some stage in the future once the Labour government finally collapses.

Silver held onto his Lower Manhattan seat for four decades and wielded enormous influence over his district.

The seats are comfortable over longer distances too and supportive enough to hold you through the corners without feeling as though you need to climb into - rather than onto - them.