Sentences with phrase «incumbent in a safe seat»

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Here's a round - up: Adriano Espaillat, Senate District 31, Washington Heights, Marble Hill, Upper West Side (Incumbent)-- Espaillat, who won his Senate seat in 2010 after serving in the Assembly, has consistently backed safe - streets initiatives.

In Utah's «Safe Republican'territory, where Democrat Doug Owens is again vying for the 4th District seat he lost by 5 points in 2014, he is one of the rare rematch candidates to have raised more than the incumbenIn Utah's «Safe Republican'territory, where Democrat Doug Owens is again vying for the 4th District seat he lost by 5 points in 2014, he is one of the rare rematch candidates to have raised more than the incumbenin 2014, he is one of the rare rematch candidates to have raised more than the incumbent.

A huge winner in NH - 01 was Carol Shea - Porter who became NH's first Congresswoman ever, beating out an incumbent Republican in what was considered a safe seat until it was too late.

And because our archaic voting system tends towards the creation of safe seats, there are a lot of places where incumbents stay in position for a long time.

KINGSTON >> In the race for the 41st state Senate seat, incumbent Sen. Terry Gipson and challenger Sue Serino, a current Dutchess County legislator, have sparred over issues ranging from the SAFE Act, school funding, and the voting records of each while in officIn the race for the 41st state Senate seat, incumbent Sen. Terry Gipson and challenger Sue Serino, a current Dutchess County legislator, have sparred over issues ranging from the SAFE Act, school funding, and the voting records of each while in officin office.

The incumbents in the races for these high - profile county executive seats — McCoy, Poloncarz, Mahoney and Bellone — are generally considered safe bets to retain their jobs, though there have been several surprise upsets in county - level races in recent years.

Republicans are most likely under pressure from national Republicans to keep at least some of the seats safe for their fledgling incumbents elected in 2010 and 2008.

Both parties agreed to create safe seats for incumbents be they D or R. That's the reason the Dems are unlikely to take the Cunningham seat in my view.

In the many safe Labour seats in the West, there is no risk in letting the Con in by default if you vote for the SNP and elsewhere the SNP are probably the incumbents or up against the LibDemIn the many safe Labour seats in the West, there is no risk in letting the Con in by default if you vote for the SNP and elsewhere the SNP are probably the incumbents or up against the LibDemin the West, there is no risk in letting the Con in by default if you vote for the SNP and elsewhere the SNP are probably the incumbents or up against the LibDemin letting the Con in by default if you vote for the SNP and elsewhere the SNP are probably the incumbents or up against the LibDemin by default if you vote for the SNP and elsewhere the SNP are probably the incumbents or up against the LibDems.

By creating safe seats where parties (whether incumbent in the seat or not) do not bother to campaign, the system creates voters who consequently do not bother to vote.