Sentences with phrase «who held onto his seat»

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A new poll could signal trouble for Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, who is trying to hold onto her seat in a red state that President Trump won by...

Rep. Sam Gejdenson, who had been in the House of Representatives for seven terms, managed to just barely hold onto his seat by a margin of 21 votes.

That's more than fans will say in St. Louis, according to Michael Morhaus, a CPA who is still holding onto his seat licenses even though his father, upset at the product on the field, got rid of his two years ago.

Republican Rep. John Katko, the Central New York freshman who is fighting to hold onto his seat in one of the most competitive House races in the nation, is out with his fourth TV ad, which questions the ability of his opponent, Colleen Deacon, to act independently of the Democratic conference if she's elected in November.

Lewis, who's been dubbed a «mini-Trump» after the GOP presidential nominee, wasn't the party establishment's preferred pick to hold onto the seat being vacated by retiring Rep. John Kline.

If Mayer wins and Democrats hold onto another seat up for special election in the Bronx, where they're heavily favored on Tuesday, they would still need to convince Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn who conferences with the Senate Republicans, to rejoin their conference.

Sen. Mark Grisanti, who is holding onto his seat by a thread afetr losing the GOP primary in September, has called for a four - way pre-general election debate in the 60th SD.

As part of our ongoing «Congressional Battleground» series here at CapTon, I sat down earlier today with Rep. Scott Murphy, the incumbent Democrat in NY - 20 who is trying to hold onto the seat he won in a special election following the elevation of Kirsten Gillibrand to the US Senate by Gov. David Paterson last January.

A similar corruption case was brought little more than three months ago against Assembly man Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan), who resigned his post as speaker but held onto his seat.

Defeat would be a particularly wounding blow for the Prime Minister, who has personally spearheaded a concerted fight for a seat his party had claimed just weeks ago it had a good chance of holding onto.