Sentences with phrase «win enough seats»

There is even the possibility that Labour could perform poorly in the national vote but come first in the share of seats or win enough seats to allow Brown to form a coalition with the Lib Dems.

But now that the IDC has vowed to caucus with Democrats next session, lawmakers supporting the minimum wage hike are hopeful the bill can pass the senate — assuming Republicans don't win enough seats to take control on their own.

But traditional Democrats hope to win enough seats in November to wrest control from Republicans.

But even after agreeing to switch sides — assuming, he noted tonight, Democrats win enough seats — Mr. Klein offered a spirited defense of his coalition government's record working with Republicans.

It remains unclear, however, what Klein will do if his erstwhile colleagues don't win enough seats to take back the majority.

Morgan managed to win enough seats to form a Labour - only administration (the election was held under proportional representation, and Labour won 30 of the 60 seats in the Assembly and the overall majority was achieved when Dafydd Elis - Thomas AM was elected Presiding Officer of the Assembly) and named his cabinet on 9 May.

Under this new arrangement, mainline Democrats would have to either use their resources to primary the IDC (primary challenges to Klein and IDC Sen. Tony Avella of Queens both failed this year) or win enough seats to make the the breakaway conference irrelevant.

Klein has insisted that agreement only went into effect when and if the regular Democrats managed to win enough seats to control the chamber, which they failed to do on Election Day.

Pelosi is in line to become the speaker again should Democrats win enough seats in the House of Representatives next month, a prospect that appeared unlikely, but has gained strength as Donald Trump's presidential campaign has been rocked by the release of a crude and vulgar video tape.

The dilemma has always been to persuade people they'll win enough seats to be able to do what they say they'd like.

But they said private and some public polling in contested House districts continued to show their party in a position to win enough seats to claim the majority.

They could change their minds and remain with the Republicans, if the rest of the Democrats can't win enough seats to have a full majority.

David Cameron has failed to win enough seats to win an overall majority and Gordon Brown is still prime minister.

The ray of hope for Senate Republicans is that it's unlikely the Dems will win enough seats to get to 60 votes.

The assembly is very interesting that has been a sleeper I think we're going to win enough seats there, maybe 10 or more that would give us more than 50 seats and the ability to uphold the governor's veto, and be a player in the selection of the next speaker of the assembly.

Calgary - North West MLA Frank Bruseker was stripped of his major critic portfolios after telling reporters he was worried the party could not win enough seats in Calgary to secure an election win due to Mr. Decore's leadership.

Most importantly, the pro-democracy forces must win enough seats in the Legco in next year's elections to show that their cause is alive and well.

As pro-independence parties won enough seats in the vote held Dec. 21 to be able to form a new regional government, Rajoy insists he will never allow the region to split from Spain.

Pier Luigi Bersani's center - left coalition won a slim majority in the lower house but no party won enough seats to win a majority in the country's upper house, the Senate.

They wouldn't have won enough seats for a majority on their own but this would be an undeniable victory for the Tories and a vindication of their much - criticised campaign.

Although the Assembly Republicans are still, proportionally speaking, the least - powerful legislative conference, Kolb has won enough seats in recent years to break the Democrats» veto - proof majority, whittling their number to 99.

The analysis here does suggest that there is credibility to the party's argument that they would be able to exert a moderating influence on the policy proposal of whichever one of the two main parties wins enough seats to lead the government.

It may not be good for the future of politics but needs must and it may be enough to ensure the Party wins enough seats to have a hope of forming another coalition or going it alone as a minority administration.

This is not in keeping with the message being put out by DSCC Chairman Mike Gianaris, who has been insisting that the Democrats have a good shot at winning enough seats to take back the majority.

Nobody can prove how different the election would have been without the debates and the Lib Dem surge; but I agree with those Conservatives who feel that they would have enjoyed a bigger lead over Labour and probably won enough seats to govern outright.

While the IDC has once more aligned with the Senate Republicans, the conference remained officially neutral in the 2016 elections, and claimed it was open to partnering with the mainline Democrats if they won enough seats to build a unified majority.

Prior reports said Klein discussed returning to the Democratic conference only if the Democrats won enough seats to regain the majority in the Senate.

Winning enough seats in Gloucestershire or Oxfordshire to deny the Conservatives overall control.

The Labour Party won enough seats to become the largest party gaining 3 seats (2 from Con 1 from Lib Dem).

Sure, the Conservatives had pledged a referendum, but would UKIP have won enough seats to lead the 2015 - 2020 government otherwise?

But Republicans won enough seats on Election Day — 32 of 63 — to take outright control of the chamber, meaning Skelos is set to become outright leader, a post he held briefly in 2008 and then again in 2009 - 10, when the legislature convenes in January.

Senate Democrats say they will now focus on winning enough seats in November to win a clear majority and make Felder's decision irrelevant.

Connecticut Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy says he believes he can work well with the state's GOP lawmakers who've won enough seats to now have a rare 18 to 18 tie in the state Senate.

November 15, 2012 • Some analysts are saying that Republicans appear to have the long - range advantage over Democrats when it comes to winning enough seats to control the House, not so much because of redistricting but because of the clustering of Democratic voters in fewer congressional districts.

Not exact matches

Based on past races, that's not even enough to win the average House seat.

Wang estimates Democratic congressional candidates would need to win the 2018 nationwide vote by 7 to 12 percentage points to capture enough seats to win control of the House.

A poll of polls says Labour will win the most seats at the election, but the analysis by Sky claims it won't be enough to gain a majority.

He'd been in hot - seat territory all year, but many people figured a 7 - 5 season with a win over a top - 20 Washington and a fresh win over arch rival Arizona would've been enough to keep his job.

The combination of his speed and Honda backing was enough to secure him a race seat at Jordan for 2002, but even so he wasn't done winning yet.

We have the most expensive seats in the EPL, we are not now and have not been good enough to win a title in years.

Curiously enough, Walcott later claimed he dived to win the aforementioned spot - kick but from my seat in the ground, it looked an obvious foul.

How to win press backing for your leadership bid: ensure there are not enough seats for all the hacks you invite then make them wait 30 mins.

Corbyn plans to visit at least 40 marginal seats during the parliamentary recess that begins on Friday, enough to put him in Downing Street if Labour won them all.

Oddly enough, local Republicans won the seat in deep - blue New York City.

The renowned diplomats» decision to contest the Deputy Chairperson position of the AU Commission did not come to us as a surprise at all because we knew his passion, competency and rich experience will be enough to win the seat and it has come to pass too as envisaged.

The GOP win gives the Assembly minority conference just enough seats to quash the Democrats» veto - proof majority.

Trump carried this north - central Ohio seat by 11 points, but after watching Republicans lose a district that backed the president by 20 points (the old Pennsylvania's 18th) and struggle to win another that he won by 21 points (Arizona's 8th), that's enough evidence to move the Aug. 7 special election race in a more competitive district.

Newsday reporter Robert Brodsky outlines the fight for control of state Senate seats on Long Island, where Senate Democrats are hoping to win enough elections to gain a majority in the chamber.

Even if Democrats win the two open Senate seats and the party regains control of the chamber, there wouldn't be enough time for lawmakers to pass comprehensive legislation before the session ends on June 20, River said.

Second, the poll suggests that UKIP might do well enough on the list vote to be capable of winning seats at Holyrood.