Sentences with phrase «seat majority against»

Republicans sought to defend their 75 - seat majority against the Democrats.

Not exact matches

The SNP make up the vast majority of Scottish seats in the Westminster Parliament and all voted against bombing Syria.

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The speaker noted he has endorsed Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, who is running against NYC Councilman Charles Barron for the NY - 8 seat being vacated by Rep. Ed Towns, even though Barron is the husband of another majority conference member, Assemblywoman Inez Barron.

What the Conservatives need is for the Conservative / Unionist (adds to the Conservative majority) to do well against the DUP and for Sinn Fein to do well as they won't take up their seats (adds to the Conservative majority).

Over the summer I have looked at seats in England where the Lib Dems are defending bigger majorities to see how vulnerable they are against either rival.

Though the district is majority Latino, Mr. Powell said he can still win the seat, even if demographics may work against him.

The paper also backed Gustavo Rivera against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., Lynn Nunes against Queens Sen. Shirley Huntley and Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat for the seat Sen. Eric Schneiderman (its preferred AG candidate) is vacating to seek statewide office.

This is a very safe seat for the SNP, holding a 15.5 % majority against the second placed Liberal Democrats.

Republicans have consistently voted against the budget extender bills and Democrats hold only a one - seat majority in the house.

I have no doubt that the Conservative Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative Party as well - Labour seats mostly are held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative Party.

In the last few weeks I have polled nearly 13,000 voters in the 40 Conservative seats with the smallest majorities: 32 of which the party is defending against Labour, and eight where the Liberal Democrats came second in 2010.

Liberal advocates remained frustrated with Cuomo since last year after Democrats came up short in the legislative elections against Republicans, who gained a firm, 33 - seat majority in the Senate chamber.

Had she stayed in office and possibly faced a recall election, she would have gone up against a Republican, thus risking the Democrats» slim one - seat majority in the state Senate.

Without a doubt Democrats will get more than the 60 seats Nov. 4 to make a veto - proof majority against the Bushie senators who will yet remain.

Also as important for the Democrats to get that 60 - seat majority: keeping their tongues in check against Lieberman so he doesn't decide to caucus with the Republicans.

Sumner said she raised the motion against naming Klein because of the IDC's decision in 2012 to align itself with Republicans, despite Democrats having the numerical majority in the 63 - seat upper chamber, which effectively kept the party out of power.

And Carl Paladino, the former Republican gubernatorial candidate with whom the board's majority typically sides, narrowly held onto his seat by a margin of just 107 votes against union - supported high school student Austin Harig, according to preliminary numbers.

Libertarian John Babiarz is running in a 3 - way race for governor of NH against former majority state Senate leader Maggie Hassan and Republican attorney Ovide Lamontagne for the open seat vacated by 8 - year Democratic incumbent Governor John Lynch.

[18] However, she managed to hold off a strong Liberal Democrat challenge from Sal Brinton; despite a 12 % swing against her, Ward held the seat with a majority of 1,148 votes, approximately 2.3 % of the electorate.

At the 2015 parliamentary election, PSUV lost its majority in the National Assembly for the first time since the unicameral legislature's creation in 2000 against the Democratic Unity Roundtable, earning 55 out of the National Assembly's 167 seats.

According to the analysis in the Telegraph, an eighteen point lead would only translate into a relatively modest majority of fifty seats, which highlights the extent to which the electoral system currently works against the Conservatives.

As Senate Republicans try to maintain control of the House, Latimer said the mentality of winning the seat at all costs is reflective of comments made by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, at a breakfast in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention in July when he assured the audience that Latimer would be going down in his race against Killian.

In the Park District, Carl Paladino was the only majority member up for reelection who retained his seat in a narrow victory against 18 - year - old Austin Harig.

She won a four - cornered final (against three men) to win the nomination for the seat held at the last election for Labour by Jessica Morden with a majority of 6,838 over the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives (who were separated by less than 100 votes in second and third place).

Today's meeting comes against a backdrop of a slight narrowing of the polls, but also a Labour fear that extra spending by the Tories in marginal seats might mean Cameron winning a majority with just a six - point national lead, three or four points fewer than many pollsters predict.

John Mann MP has said that Corbyn must answer the, «Bolsover question» of why there were huge swings against Labour in white working class seats and said that Labour simply can not ever win a majority unless their concerns are heeded.

Labour has an absolute majority in the Commons, even if every single non-Labour MP voted against it is unlikely that even the most rebellious Labour Backbencher would bite against their party especially those in marginal seats as Turkeys do not vote for Xmas.