Sentences with phrase «lose seats in the house»

Not only do we lose a seat in the House of Representatives but obviously we lose an Elector when it comes to electing the president.»

A conviction will not necessarily lead to the two MPs losing their seats in the House of Commons.

Not exact matches

House Republicans lost five seats, making passage in January a more difficult proposition than pushing through legislation in the lame - duck session.

-LRB-...) The party in power has lost House seats in 9 of the last 10 congressional elections held at the midpoint of a president's first term.

If we consider all the midterm elections in the post-war era, the president's party has lost House seats 16 out of 18 times.

This is usual for sixth - year elections, as Ramesh Ponnuru points out: «In the last nine sixth - year elections, the president's party lost, on average, 34 House seats and seven Senate seats.»

It seems to me that all things being equal (which they never are), the Democrats have an equal chance of losing seats in the Senate as the Republicans do in the House.

He lost his seat in the upper house at the 2016 federal election after being bumped down the ticket.

Since retiring, both Bradley (who, last November, was a losing candidate in the race for a seat in the Utah House of Representatives) and Donaldson (who lost Seattle's mayoral race in 2009) have become aspiring politicians, of all things, willing subjects of even more intense public scrutiny.

Illinois lost one House seat in apportionment.

One might argue that the Democrats (in both houses) have more to lose, with several of their members who are running for Congress perhaps enjoying the insurance policy that two primaries brings — the option to run for their current seats if a bid for higher office doesn't work out.

And after losing his seat in 1997 and entering the House of Lords Waldegrave retired to his old alma mater as Provost of Eton College.

A more dramatic twist: Double the size of the House - every district now elects two seats: The final two opponents with the most votes, and each one gets a vote value based on their percentage of the voters, so they loser with 49 % of the vote gets 0.49 votes in the house and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets representedHouse - every district now elects two seats: The final two opponents with the most votes, and each one gets a vote value based on their percentage of the voters, so they loser with 49 % of the vote gets 0.49 votes in the house and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets representedhouse and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets representedhouse - this way the losing side gets represented too.

October 4, 1992, AP Joseph J. DioGuardi, who is seeking election to a House seat he lost amid charges of campaign finance irregularities, tried to avoid paying taxes through an investment scheme designed to lose money, according to U.S. Tax Court records... In 1978, DioGuardi was a partner in Daga Financial Co., which bought and sold options and futures on stocks and securities, according to court paperIn 1978, DioGuardi was a partner in Daga Financial Co., which bought and sold options and futures on stocks and securities, according to court paperin Daga Financial Co., which bought and sold options and futures on stocks and securities, according to court papers.

Although sitting US President's party's lose seats in midterm elections (i.e. Democratic losses in 1994; Republican losses in 2006), the 2010 election resulted in the highest loss for a party in a House midterm election since 1938.

Massachusetts lost one seat in the U.S. House following the 2010 Census, which recorded the state's growth at a below - average 3.1 percent.

Even if Collins is not in immediate jeopardy of losing his House seat, said Gerald Benjamin, a longtime professor of political science at State University of New York at New Paltz, his warm embrace of Trump is ideological anathema for a candidate with statewide ambitions.

«It would be a serious mistake for House Republicans to pass a Continuing Resolution that would ensure that Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats would come back to Washington, after many of them will have likely lost their seats, for a no - holds barred lame duck session where they will be free to pass legislation that the American people will never be able to hold them responsible for,» the Texas Republican said in a statement provided to CQ Roll Call.

Murkowski faces a challenge in her primary from Thomas Lamb, who ran for a seat in the state house in 2006 but lost.

But there is a politically expedient solution for Democrats if they want to show him the door: Neuter his district in the redistricting process, which will require New York to lose 2 of its 29 seats in the House of Representatives.

After failing to reapportion seats in 1921 in an effort to avoid losing the strength in their two house majority, the Republican led Congress (and Presidency) passed the Act to ensure their Congressional power would remain intact for the foreseeable future.

As the PM is drawn from the House of Reps in Australia, 3 of these ex-PMs had to explicitly resign their seat (1 lost the election and their own seat).

Despite Clegg's efforts at triangulation, [86][87] the Liberal Democrats experienced its worst - ever showing in the 2015 general election, losing 48 seats in the House of Commons, leaving them with only eight MPs.

Tea Party candidates were less successful in the 2012 election, winning four of 16 Senate races contested, and losing approximately 20 % of the seats in the House that had been gained in 2010.

Although Mr. Ofosu Ampofo has opted out of the race and replaced with one Lawyer James Enu, the NPP risks losing the seat, if it fails to put its house in order.

House Democrats have lost a net of 12 seats so far in last week's elections.

In 2011, Democrats lost more seats in the state house to term limits than Republicans or IndependentIn 2011, Democrats lost more seats in the state house to term limits than Republicans or Independentin the state house to term limits than Republicans or Independents.

Since 1900, the party in the White House loses seats in the legislature in every midterm except for 1934 and 2002.

And four additional female candidates lost open - seat House primary races in Georgia, West Virginia, and California.

Rep. Michael Grimm was reelected to his Staten Island - based House seat despite losing backing of the GOP after a 20 - count indictment in April on tax related and other charges tied to his ownership of a Manhattan restaurant prior to his career in Congress.

Also, a reader notes Katz ran against Weiner for Schumer's old House seat in 1998 and lost to him by just 489 votes.

-- Queens Assemblyman Rory Lancman runs in a primary for the House seat currently occupied by Rep. Bob Turner, (assuming NY - 9 still exists after redistricting and Turner doesn't end up in a general election head - to - head with Rep. Joe Crowley or Rep. Gary Ackerman), loses and then goes back to run for his Assembly seat.

-- Sen. Greg Ball reconsiders his decision not to primary Rep. Nan Hayworth in NY - 19 because he has little to lose, given his ability to run for his Senate seat if the House race doesn't go his way.

The NDC also lost most of its seats in Parliament pushing them to be minority side in the law making house.

The housing minister Gavin Barwell lost his seat of Croydon Central after a spirited campaign by his Labour rival Sarah Jones which saw scores of party activists knocking on doors in the area.

Consequently, a state may gain seats in the House if its population grows or lose seats if its population decreases, relative to populations in other states.

A new sense of urgency seems to have sent in over the last several years as the state is set to lose two more House seats after it failed to grow at a faster rate than the rest of the nation.

That could see the nationalists, who won six seats in the House of Commons in 2010, return 47 MPs this time around, with Labour losing all but 10 of the 41 Scottish constituencies it secured in in the last general election.

The shindig is just over three weeks before the midterm elections in which observers now agree the Democrats are very much in danger of losing control of the House — even though that would require the GOP to flip more than three dozen seats around the country.

«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.

It's clear that New York will lose two House seats in the next round of redistricting — most likely one upstate and one downstate, as is the tradition, although if the push for a nonpartisan commission is successful (seems doubtful at this point), that could change.

The prime minister would lose his power to nominate people for seats in the House of Lords, he added, thereby breaking the link between honours and the upper House that led to the cash - for - honours police investigation.

This likely means New York will lose at least one seat in the House of Representatives in the next round of re-apportionment, where the state currently has 27 members.

In the video, Hochul says she lost her House seat to Republican Chris Collins in 2012 because of her support for progressive causeIn the video, Hochul says she lost her House seat to Republican Chris Collins in 2012 because of her support for progressive causein 2012 because of her support for progressive causes.

In 2010, five Republicans who had lost in 2006 or 2008 — Reps. Tim Walberg (Mich.), Steve Pearce (N.M.), Steve Chabot (Ohio), Charlie Bass (N.H.) and Mike Fitzpatrick (Pa.)-- came back and reclaimed their old House seaIn 2010, five Republicans who had lost in 2006 or 2008 — Reps. Tim Walberg (Mich.), Steve Pearce (N.M.), Steve Chabot (Ohio), Charlie Bass (N.H.) and Mike Fitzpatrick (Pa.)-- came back and reclaimed their old House seain 2006 or 2008 — Reps. Tim Walberg (Mich.), Steve Pearce (N.M.), Steve Chabot (Ohio), Charlie Bass (N.H.) and Mike Fitzpatrick (Pa.)-- came back and reclaimed their old House seats

Though Pelosi was re-elected by a comfortable margin in the 2010 midterm elections, the Democrats lost 63 seats and ceded control of the House of Representatives to the Republicans.

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.

Tasini, who lost a primary to Clinton in 2006, said he would seek the seat held by Rep. Charles Rangel, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.

[190] Winning just eight seats, the Liberal Democrats lost their position as the UK's third party and found themselves tied in fourth place with the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland in the House of Commons, with Nick Clegg being one of the few MPs from his party to retain his seat.

New York is expected to lose two seats in the House of Representatives.