Sentences with phrase «seats up for grabs»

With three million free seats up for grabs, there's never been a better excuse to plan a trip of a lifetime.

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With two school board seats up for grabs in the coming elections and the filling window now closed - four candidates are vying for the District 5 seat.

The two states are the only ones with gubernatorial and legislative elections next fall, although in Virginia, only the House of Delegates has seats up for grabs.

With four of the seven seats up for grabs...

On March 5th in Los Angeles, there will be an election with three of the seven school board seats up for grabs.

The May 4 ballot saw all nine seats up for grabs, a phenomenon that occurs once every 15 years in Buffalo because of the way the election cycles are structured.

Partly this is to do with symbolism, but it also reflects the goodly number of parliamentary seats up for grabs in London.

Seven Hertfordshire district councils have elections today, with a third of seats up for grabs on each local authority, with some by - elections also being held:

Seven of them have all the seats up for grabs, six of them have half and the remaining 54 are electing a third of the councillors.

In Queens and Brooklyn, the sole seats up for grabs are judgeships.

Hernandez recently announced his candidacy for one of three at - large seats up for grabs on the school board.

Of New York's 28 congressional seats up for grabs this fall, there are only 15 races featuring female candidates from both parties despite the fact that women make up more than half of the state's population.

Four candidates are running for two seats up for grabs in this year's Greenport Village Board election.

But this election season — with Citizens United opening the floodgates and with 21 of the 51 council seats up for grabs — the REBNY - backed PAC is going all - in on council races.

One barely had to wait for the results given the apparent lopsidedness of the contests but enough unofficial returns are in to call two of the four Assembly seats up for grabs in the city.

Once again, the political winds on the Buffalo School Board are shifting, with Tuesday's election putting an end to the current majority and replacing it with a new one backed by the teachers union.Candidates supported by the Buffalo Teachers Federation nearly swept this year's races, unseating two incumbents and handily taking three of the other seats up for grabs.

With only a third of seats up for grabs it is harder for control of a council to change hands, but in many cases Labour already made advances in the 2011 elections, so this year they are looking to finish the job.

Of the 11 vacant seats up for grabs, one is in Western New York.

But, so far, at least one of the Assembly seats up for grabs in the Sept. 13 special election is showing signs of being a real contests.

The 2014 state senate elections in Arizona featured a possible independent candidate win, incumbent primary fights and key seats up for grabs in a body with a small majority.

Candidates supported by the Buffalo Teachers Federation nearly swept this year's races, unseating two incumbents and handily taking three of the other seats up for grabs.

Republican incumbents hold the top five slots this week — meaning they represent the five Senate seats up for grabs this fall most likely to change party control.

Democrats hold a 55 - 45 majority in the Senate (53 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party), but are defending 21 of the 36 seats up for grabs in November's midterm elections.

Yet while over 150 councils have council seats up for grabs, all eyes will inevitably be on the 32 London boroughs, with expert polling and media speculation pointing to a significantly different local government landscape once the ballot papers have been counted on May 4th.

Thanks to their big victories in the 2008 election, the Democrats will be defending 20 of the 33 Senate seats up for grabs in 2014.

Councilman Bill Ruland won his second term with 3,832 votes, followed in the second of two seats up for grabs by Ms. Doherty with 3,678.

Her Senate seat will be open in November, when it will be one of 63 seats up for grabs in the closely divided chamber.

Just over seven million people were eligible to vote in the local elections, with 4,851 council seats up for grabs.

In the latter, for example, this really matters: Reading has one, or possibly even two, marginal parliamentary seats up for grabs come 2015.

But in the midterms, the party is defending 21 of the 36 seats up for grabs, with half of those Democratic - held seats in red or purple states.

There are currently three seats up for grabs on the board with 6 candidates - all Democrats - seeking a position with the decision - making body of the Rochester school system.

With the legislative session over, attention will turn to the state's congressional primaries later this month, with four open seats up for grabs.

There are two trustee seats up for grabs, the other seat is held by democrat Paul Gower.

With only eight seats up for grabs, and no party likely to win more than three MEP slots (despite most parties putting forward 16 candidates), this intra-party rivalry is fierce.

The Democrats currently have a 53 - 47 (51 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party) majority in the Senate, but they are defending 23 of the 33 seats up for grabs this November.

Austin Harig, 18, of South Buffalo, told POLITICO New York he's not afraid of going up against the conservative real - estate developer and 2010 GOP nominee for governor in an effort to bring balance to the board, which has six seats up for grabs in the May 3 election.

Democrats currently control the Senate 53 - 47, with two independents who caucus with the Democrats, but are defending 23 of the 33 seats up for grabs in November.

Local elections are taking place in England, Scotland and Wales on May 4 with 4,851 council seats up for grabs.

Democrats kept their strong hold on the Assembly and held both Senate seats up for grabs.

The showing was particularly poor in the Hudson Valley region and on Long Island, where Democrats believed there were multiple seats up for grabs.

Democrats are favored to win the two Senate seats up for grabs today, which would bring the party's total to 32.

It is one of two Senate seats up for grabs in a special election set for April 24th.

There are 650 seats up for grabs.

With Chris Huhne disgraced and his seat up for grabs, will the controversial Conservative candidate win the seat from the Lib Dems?

There are three seats up for grab and this is an important local election that every resident should care about.

It is widely rumored that embattled incumbent Gregory Meeks will stepdown in the wake of criminal and ethics probes, leaving the seat up for grabs.

In 2016, with Gibson stepping down and leaving the seat up for grabs, Democrats pinned their hopes on another newcomer to the Hudson Valley when they nominated law professor and clean - government activist Zephyr Teachout for the seat.

But there's a safe Labour seat up for grabs so let's not concern ourselves with the important stuff, eh Rob?

(There was an extra seat up for grabs this year, since former Overseer Arne Duncan left for a position in the Obama administration.