Sentences with phrase «holding a seat held»

McDonald holds the seat held by Bruno for more than three decades, which includes Rensselaer and parts of Saratoga counties.
Freshman Sen. Terrence Murphy is also expected to draw a challenge to his seat that he won two years, successfully holding a seat held
And freshman Sen. David Carlucci holds a seat held by the late Republican Sen. Tom Morahan.

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And five of the eight seats that are considered «toss - ups» by one or more of the political pundits rating the races are currently held by Democrats.
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.
Particularly as CMOs, we're being held accountable more for KPI's than ever before — and the CMO role really being a hot seat.
According to not - for - profit Catalyst, about 20 percent of board seats at S&P 500 companies are held by women.
Less than 7 percent of private tech company board seats are held by women.
Not as well as global frontrunner Norway, where women hold 35.5 % of seats, but not as bad as laggards like Australia, Ireland and Portugal, all of which top out at 13 % or less.
Time and again the Works Council, or Betriebsrat, which holds eight of VW's 20 board seats, has played a decisive role, mobilizing the support of the state government to get its way over the interests of private shareholders.
Globally, they found women now hold 18.5 percent of board seats, compared to 13.6 in 2013.
Flipping the seat currently held by outgoing Flake could be instrumental in changing control of the Senate.
Indeed, according to another study by Catalyst, only 10.3 % of board seats in this country are held by women.
Republicans hold the Senate by the slimmest majority possible, at 51 to 49 seats, and losing even one or two seats could further hamper their ability to enact Trump's already slow - moving agenda.
Kaplan told CNBC that airfares are lower because the system allows airlines to «hold a few seats for last minute business travelers, who will pay high fares.»
At 17, Rosemary was even younger than her niece when she took a seat on the board of the holding company that in turn owned Cara Operations.
Some stretches include making circular motions with each ankle clockwise and counter-clockwise or standing up in the aisle and bending at the waist to reach for your toes to stretch hamstrings or standing on one leg bending the opposite knee to bring the heel to your buttock and holding for 15 seconds while grabbing onto a seat for balance support.
(The airline announced on Tuesday that passengers holding a «basic economy» ticket will be limited to one bag that fits under your seat.)
To do so, the party needs to pick up five seats — or four, if they can also hold on to the White House.
According to Catalyst's figures, women held just 19.9 % of board seats at S&P 500 companies in 2015, up slightly from 19.2 % in 2014.
United has apologized to a Hawaii teacher who was forced to hold her 2 - year - old son on her lap after an employee gave the toddler's purchased seat to a standby passenger.
Together with VW's home state of Lower Saxony, labour representatives hold more than half of the 20 seats on the group's supervisory board that ratifies key decisions on investment, plant closures and executive appointments.
Companies need to be held accountable for every board seat that comes up, and explain why that person was selected and what they bring to that board.
The two companies previously discussed a merger after billionaire Liberty Media Chairman and Starz shareholder John Malone exchanged part of his Starz holdings for a 3.4 % stake in Lionsgate along with a seat on the studio's board.
If the conservative, pro-bailout New Democracy party is able to hold out in front as more results roll in, it will get a 50 seat bonus.
The party likely needs to win the seat currently held by outgoing Republican Sen. Jeff Flake if it has any chance of winning a Senate majority.
The Republican Party holds 52 seats.
Women hold only 17 percent of board seats in corporate America, Catalyst has found.
While Republicans hold only a slim majority in the U.S. Senate, Democrats occupy most of the seats up for election in two years.
The minority party aims to win 23 Republican - held House seats in November to take a majority in the chamber.
And that, first and foremost, means factions must acquire and holds as many parliamentary seats as possible.
As pro-independence parties won enough seats in the vote held Dec. 21 to be able to form a new regional government, Rajoy insists he will never allow the region to split from Spain.
Mississippi's governor will pick a temporary replacement for Cochran soon, but a special election for his seat will be held in November.
Within Fortune 500 companies, women hold just 16.9 % of board seats and 5.2 % of CEO positions, according to the Pew Research Center.
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.
With the help of TRF, which now holds a seat on FlagZone's board, he plans to enter the specialty advertising market this year.
LLR holds one seat on Gestalt's five - person board of directors.
Keisling said she and 17 others in the first wave of arrests were seated in a holding area of the county jail and separated by gender.
TIM will still hold its AGM on Tuesday to approve financial results and confirm Amos Genish as chief executive, but the standoff over the board seats will now be delayed to another shareholder meeting scheduled for May.
Today, International Women's Day, brings news that progress in the boardroom remains feeble: 10 % of directors» seats worldwide are held by women, according to a new report.
Sandberg is among the 14 per cent of women who hold executive officer positions and the 16 per cent of women who hold board of director seats, according to Catalyst.org.
With the president's party controlling the Senate by just one seat and the Senate holding not only the power to pass or block legislation, but also to confirm nominees to federal positions, including the Supreme Court, the race in Arizona to replace the departing Sen. Jeff Flake is one of several to watch this fall.
Women of colour, she writes, hold just 4 per cent of top corporate jobs and 3 per cent of board seats.
And of the 5,415 board seats on America's largest corporations, 1,057 (20 %) of them are currently held by females — up 4 % from February.
TIM will still hold its AGM on Tuesday to approve financial results for 2017 and confirm Amos Genish as chief executive, but the standoff over the board seats will now be delayed to another shareholder meeting scheduled for May.
He's also an investment partner at Green Acre Capital, a cannabis - related private fund; holds director seats at the TSX - V listed food firm Hempco Food & Fibre and the medical marijuana producer Emblem Corp.; and is part of Nesta Brand Co., an operation involving former Tweed Marijuana Inc..
Labour holds two - thirds of Scotland's seats in the British Parliament, and their removal would make it harder for Labour to become the governing party again.
Only two Democrats have held the seat in over 100 years, with Rep. Michael Doyle serving until 2003.
The party lost a by - election earlier this month to the Conservatives for a Toronto seat that had long been held by the Liberals.
Yandex will hold four board seats, while Uber holds three, they said.
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