Sentences with phrase «temporarily fill seat»

James is also considered someone who could be appointed to temporarily fill seat by the state legislature.

Had Vitter stepped down, the Democratic governor of Louisiana at the time would presumably have appointed a Democrat to temporarily fill his seat — an important factor in a closely divided Senate.

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Shawcroft's enforced pressing of an ejector seat button to allow her place on the party's national executive seat to be filled, possibly only temporarily, by Eddie Izzard, much to the delight of its weaker Right - wing competitors Progress and Labour First, was an embarrassing tactical retreat in the anti-Semitism controversy.

(CNN)- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie appointed his state's attorney general to temporarily fill the U.S Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Demonstrators temporarily halted Buffalo Public Schools» Wednesday board meeting, calling for Carl Paladino to be ousted from his seat, with protesters chanting and filling City Hall with song.

In April, Alice Cancel, a former Silver aide, won a special election to temporarily fill the disgraced pol's seat following his corruption conviction.