Sentences with phrase «shot bid for the seat»

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Washington (CNN)- In the aftermath of the Arizona shootings, some critics have accused Republican Sharron Angle of spewing potentially dangerous political rhetoric in her recent bid for Nevada's Senate seat.

But Rubio was not consoled, instead launching a long - shot bid for Florida's open U.S. Senate seat against the incumbent GOP governor, Charlie Crist.

The U.S. Senate shot down Chuck Schumer's legislation that would have required minimum seat sizes for commercial airlines in a bid to make overweight passengers more comfortable.