Sentences with phrase «large house seat»

Republicans rallied behind Public Service Commissioner Brian Kalk at their annual convention over the weekend, giving him their endorsement in the race for the open, at - large House seat.

In 1990, he won Vermont's at - large House seat on his second try.

The incident occurred a day before voters head to the polls in the hotly contested race for the at - large House seat.

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This is a tiny hamlet of nineteenth - century settlement, much reduced from its ancient prosperity, yet the house is there, newly built from the ashes of its fiery ruin, Piety Hill, an Italianate pile, which began as a lumber baron's residence, sank to a refuge for impoverished gentry, and became the seat of a literary man — a history suggestive of larger changes in American society since 1918.

Both restaurants are large — about 12,000 square feet with seating for close to 500 — and strive to create a traditional «dinner house» setting, Quillen says.

But last week they also knew that if they hadn't blown a 10 - point lead with four minutes to play against Kokomo High in January, they and not New Castle High, whose 9,325 - seat field house is the largest high school gym in the world, would have been unbeaten and ranked No. 1 in the state.

There's also a real irony that at a time when attendances at the Emirates have been steadily dwindling — in large part due to the old familiar failings and the lack of competitiveness — Arsenal are attempting to gain extra revenue by installing more of the most expensive seats in the house.

Best Umbrella Strollers With their larger storage bins, reclining seats, massive shades, and adjustable leg rests, several of the strollers we have a tendency to review will simply do double duty for fogeys wanting to lessen their purchases, retain house in their homes, or just economize.

A great nap solution is to bring your car seat into the house and strap your baby in securely, or fashion a bed from a large box or an empty dresser drawer.

If you're the type of parent who packs up the entire house to go out for a little bit (it's okay, nobody is judging you), the extra large storage underneath the seats will be a god send for you.

«What the country needs more than ever is certainty, and having secured the largest number of votes and the greatest number of seats in the General Election, it is clear that only the Conservative & Unionist Party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commanding a majority in the House of Commons.

There is a rule of thumb for assembly size - the number of seats in the larger house of the assembly is usually around the cube root of the population.

Remarkably Lamont came within 328 votes (and a fraught early morning recount) of leading the Conservatives to winning a second Westminster seat in the equivalent 2015 general election constituency, which would have made the Conservatives the second largest Scottish party in the House of Commons.

Dangerous Dozen: There are 57 open House seats up this fall, where the incumbents are not seeking re-election and there won't be a special election before November — the second - largest number since 1930.

Translated into a projection of seats, however, this would leave Labour the largest party in the House of Commons, though well short of an overall majority.

[24] With the Liberals thus in disarray, Labour won 142 seats in 1922, making it the second largest political group in the House of Commons and the official opposition to the Conservative government.

Labour was — and still is — considerably larger than the nine (or eight, depending on how you classify Sinn Fein MPs, who don't take up their seats in the chamber) other parties in the House of Commons which are not in government.

Jim McDermott, the party's candidate for the at - large U.S. House seat in Alaska, is currently holding steady at a healthy 7.5 % of the vote against both a Republican and a Democrat.

The Labour Party had the largest number of seats in the House of Commons, but not an overall majority.

«The Conservatives can afford to lose no more than 22 seats to Labour before they cease to be the largest party in the House of Commons.

However, if after an election no one party has an absolute majority in the House (as in 1923, 1929 and February 1974) then the Queen will send for the leader of the party with the largest number of seats (as in 1929 and 1974) or with the next largest number of seats (as in January 1924).

Facing a misdemeanor assault charge after an incident with a reporter, Republican Greg Ginaforte won a special election last night to fill the at - large Montana House seat.

Montana has just one statewide race, for the state's single at - large US House District seat.

Governor Ambode, who particularly lauded the commitment of the lawmaker to the welfare of the people of his constituency and all Lagosians, said it was on record that Gbajabiamila had used his seat in the House to attract numerous projects to his constituency and Lagos at large.

When Montana lost its second house seat after the 1990 census, he faced off veteran Republican Congressman Ron Marlenee of the 2nd District and won the new at - large seat in a close vote.

The real mission, they said, is to win congressional seats to take back the U.S. House of Representatives and shore up a larger Democratic majority in the Senate to continue the state's progressive agenda and ensure a «fair and effective redistricting process.»

In fact, the most compelling reason for this practice is that the party with the most seats can survive confidence votes so long as the smaller party (or parties) simply abstain from confidence votes, whereas a governing party without a plurality in the House needs at least one other party to vote with it at all times (assuming the largest party will always vote no confidence, but that is almost certain to occur when they are denied the opportunity to govern).

That's because, for the second electoral cycle in a row, Republicans are banking on a large number of House members running for Senate seats in key states.

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Taken together and compared to the results in Virginia and nationwide, the New Jersey Senate and House results suggest that Christie actually did have some coattails (though they weren't large enough to translate to seats).

The top race will be for the state's single at - large US House seat and no prominent Democratic challenger is on the horizon to challenge Republican representative Denny Rehberg.

As a result, the Democrats» House majority is three seats larger today than it was after the 2006 election.

But it's a large room - the Boothroyd Room, in Portcullis House - and most of the seats are empty.

This week we've added four races: Vermont's At - Large House race, Tennessee's open Senate seat and gubernatorial showdowns in Michigan and Arkansas.

[25] In Northern Ireland the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) aimed to maintain or increase its number of seats, having been the fourth largest party in the House of Commons.

Bridge ward (a large chunk of the city centre including St Mary's Church and the Council House) was in this seat from 1974 to 1983

The Conservatives remain the largest party in the House of Commons on 318 seats, not quite the 326 needed to win an outright majority.

One case in Rothschild's museum houses a ponderous mix of hoofed grazing mammals, among them small, swamp - dwelling African bushbuck (left, seated on shelf and floor), a large dark - brown fruit - eating Indian nilgai (center, seated), a four - horned antelope (center, standing), as well as bison and buffalo heads.

I love having her seated at the top of our porch stairs holding this large Haunted House ticket sign to greet Trick - Or - Treaters.

Question 2: At the Word's Fair, Festival Hall was a large, gold - domed building that housed a 3,500 - seat auditorium and the world's largest pipe organ.

Unionized charter teachers would have the right to help elect CTU officers and win seats on the larger union's influential executive board and its larger House of Delegates.

The footwells in the Q70L are so large that both my children could stand in them without touching either the rear or front seats, with the only obstacle being the large hump in the middle of the floor housing the driveshaft.

In an effort to save weight, storage space in the McLaren Senna is limited to just the space behind the driver and passenger seats — a space precisely large enough to house two helmets and two racing suits.

This hybrid features a low driver's seat with increased lateral and lumbar support, a sport - minded, wide grip steering wheel and an instrument cluster housing large, high - visibility, triple dials.

It gets all the creative comforts including electric sunroof, powered seats, reclining rear seats, cruise control et al. the dashboard houses the large infotainment screen that can be operated through the steering mounted audio controls and gets MirrorLink function standard.

Though some may not be particularly big fans of features like the large circular housing for the infotainment display, but there's no denying the quality of the soft - touch plastics, the seat trim and the optional (on all models bar the range - topping John Cooper Works version) leather trim is up there with amongst the best this class has to offer.

With the third row of seats folded, the cargo bay is large enough to move a house (not literally).

The rear seat remote, with its OLED display as large as a smartphone, is a removable unit housed in the center armrest.

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To achieve that, this hybrid features a low driver's seat with increased lateral and lumbar support, a sport - minded, wide grip steering wheel and an instrument cluster housing large, high - visibility, triple dials.