Sentences with phrase «held the seat since»

He has held the seat since 1992 and his replacement is to be Boris Johnson's brother, Jo.

Fiala and Akshar are vying for the seat held by Republican former Sen. Tom Libous, a prominent GOP lawmaker who had held the seat since 1988, but was ousted in July following his conviction on a charge of lying to the FBI.

Dr Harris has held the seat since 1997.

The decision by the Michigan lawmaker — who has held his seat since 1965 and who denies the harassment allegations — followed several days of internal deliberation and pressure from Democratic colleagues, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who wanted Conyers to leave the high - profile post but didn't want to be seen as forcing him out.

Having held the seat since 1984, Clwyd announced in 2014 that she would stand down in the 2015 general election, only to later row back on the decision.

He moved from second place behind Labour's Rhona Brankin who had held the seat since 1999 until she retired in 2011.

This coastal constituency which encompasses both the increasingly gentrified Portobello, the village - like Duddingston and the less privileged areas of Craigentinny and Criagmillar will also have a new representative at Holyrood as Kenny MacAskill, who has held the seat since 2007, has retired.

Espaillat came close to beating Rangel, 86, who has held the seat since 1971, in the 2014 primary and lost by less than five percentage points in the 2012 primary.

Zimmerman initially formed her committee with an eye toward running for secretary of the state, where she would face Democrat Denise Merrill, who has held the seat since 2011.

That's why Akshar said he has what it takes to represent the 52nd District in state Senate, replacing Tom Libous, who has held the seat since 1988 and was convicted of a felony last month.

Grimm defeated fellow Republican Michael Allegretti in the 2010 primary and then ousted Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon, who had held the seat since 2008 special election after ex-Rep.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and DSCC Chairman Mike Gianaris will be on hand tomorrow afternoon when Sea Cliff Mayor Bruce Kennedy — a Republican who only recently joined up with the Democrats — formally kicks off his campaign against the 71 - year - old Marcellino, who has held his seat since 1995.

Labour held the seat since 2001.

Whoever wins will have little chance (barring a Democratic tidal wave) against Capito, who has held the seat since 2000.

Meyer, who has held the seat since 2006, leads by one vote and the outcome hinges on a lawsuit filed over two absentee ballots that Barrett believes are from his supporters.

Marlette will need to defeat Thomas Loughran, who has held the seat since 2006.

Mr. Krupski has held the seat since January 2013, when he defeated Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter (R - Wading River) in a special election to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Ed Romaine.

He has held the seat since, garnering 80 percent of the vote in the most recent election.

He has held the seat since 1997, with a majority at last year's General Election of 2,926 votes.

Ms. Neville has held the seat since 1997, when she was nominated to replace Judith Terry, to whom she had served as deputy town clerk.

The leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Jim Murphy, lost his Renfrewshire East to the SNP, having held the seat since 2005.

His critics, however, see him as dynastic politician after he was nominated in Glasgow Central to replace his father, who had held the seat since 1997.

Bishop has held the seat since 2002, but the swing district - which voted for George W. Bush in 2004 - has always tilted conservative, and it made the Democratic incumbent a prime target this cycle.

He has held the seat since 2008 when he defeated Chris Shays, the last Republican member of Congress from Connecticut, who had held the seat for 20 years.

Cassano, 74, a Democrat, has held the seat since 2010, when longtime Democratic Sen. Mary Ann Handley stepped down.

Charles Rangel held the seat since 1971.

She was elected as Member of Parliament for Newark - on - Trent in the 1997 general election, ousting Conservative MP Richard Alexander, who had held the seat since the 1979 general election.

The winner will take on State Senator Kenneth LaValle of Port Jefferson, a Republican who has held the seat since 1977.

In Senate District 24, also on Staten Island, Republican State Senator Andrew Lanza has held his seat since winning in 2006.

Owens became the first Democrat to hold the seat since the Civil War.

Not exact matches

Most analysts think the final bill will end up looking more like the Senate's version, since the GOP holds 52 seats in that chamber and therefore can afford only two defections to pass a tax bill along party lines.

He is the seventh person since Federation to hold this seat.

Since the evening party needed to be held indoors due to the time of year, we were unable to invite all of our neighbors (our table seats only twenty four), so we focused on our nearest neighbors.

Scottish politics is sometimes represented as historically and unmovably socialist and certainly it has returned significant numbers of Labour MPs to Westminster since the 1920s; but twice in the 1950s Conservatives held the majority of Scottish seats, though they now only hold one of the fifty - nine; and while Labour progressively came to dominate, the recent rise of the Nationalists shows that socialist «ownership» of Scottish poolitics can no longer be presumed.

In state politics, Shepparton is located in the Legislative Assembly district of Shepparton which had been safely held by the National / Country Party since the seat was created in 1945.

John Carl Hastings (@jchastings09) I had flown from North Carolina to attend with my family in the seats we've held since before I was born.

Fortunately for Frank De Boer's men that result didn't affect their table topping seat since Ajax's rival, Feyenoord Rotterdam were held into a 1 - 1 draw.

Prolonged time in the same position in swings, any car seat, bouncer chairs, etc, being held in the same position all the time, and most importantly sleep positions causes it (since incidences of it have increased since the back to sleep campaign for sleep position).

Your Toddler's Disposition For a toddler who doesn't like to be held down, a booster seat can offer a little more sense of freedom and equality with the rest of the family since they are pushed right up to the table.

It's very practical and useful especially for parents who worry when their child will outgrow their car seat since it can hold a child up to 65 lbs.

After 6 months it's ok to put your baby into the seat since they can hold their little heads already.

Keep your baby upright after feedings — holding the baby is best, since the position of the baby in an infant seat may actually make spitting up more common.

Since it holds up to 65 pounds, then yes, the seat needs to be bigger.

You can also take this out of your car and hold it in hand with your baby in it; something you can't - do with convertible car seats since they are stationary.

Ever since 2010, when Republican Rep. Chris Gibson first ran against Democrat Scott Murphy in what was then NY - 20 and ousted Murphy from the seat once held by now - Sen.

Latimer, a former assemblyman, has been a top target of the Senate Republicans in the past, but has managed to hold onto the seat that he has held since 2012.

Republican Sen. Bill Larkin announced he would run for re-election to the seat he has held since 1990 in what could be a crucial battleground district for control of the chamber.

While the GOP hopes declaring its candidate early will help them retain control of a seat they've held since 1992, the list of potential Democrats candidates is still pretty long.

Assembly Democrats have a large 100 - plus member majority in the 150 - seat Assembly and have held power since the post-Watergate scandal era.

But Theresa May risks charges of election cronyism after party bosses parachuted Burghart into the seat which has been held by Eric Pickles since 1992.