Sentences with phrase «won another seat again»

He won the seat again in the election as an independent MP and has been strident in his opposition to fracking while campaigning in the local community.

The Social Credit formed the Official Opposition in 1971, but died off over the next three elections and never won another seat again from 1982 on.

He won the seat again in 1986 for a full term representing the 29th District in the New York State Senate, and served as senator until assuming the office of Lieutenant Governor on January 1, 2007.

The margin of victory in Clacton was so large that it is likely that Douglas Carswell will win the seat again in the general election.

«Smaller parties felt that each time you had a presidential election and President Buhari wins, it means nobody will win any seat again; it is going to be President Buhari all through.

Not exact matches

Jónsdóttir was first elected to Iceland's 63 - seat Parliament in 2009 as a member of the Citizens» Movement Party, but when she ran for — and won — her seat again in 2012, she did so under the Pirates» black flag.

Lastly you could see a lot of empty seats again as fans haven't forgotten the season is still terrible, and we all know who's responsible for this, and apart from getting Atletico, I don't see the ground filling up again this season, but whatever competition the Europa League may be, it's a European trophy and a chance to get back to the Champions League and I want us to win it.

In turn, a successful campaign at this point would be to secure a top - four finish to book their seat at Europe's top table again next season, while winning the FA Cup to ensure that they aren't left entirely empty - handed this year.

This 50p per seat increase your talking of is peanuts when you consider that every year the seat price goes up on average of about # 2.50 added to the players we sell and all the other revenue that comes in, given that players are an investment in winning trophies and therefor increasing revenue and pushing the brand globally wich again is a huge source of revenue, # 500» 000 is peanuts and the real financial world is not the real football world the two operate in in somewhat different ways regarding this issue and this is why we will never compete with the big boys and win anything of note again.

I believe the carry on of some supporters last season and season before are to blame some here were looking for loses just so they can prove a point to me they are not Arsenal at all some have been even worse they embarrassed Arsenal in away grounds what a bunch of red necks I am frustrated at Mr Wenger but I will always respect him he is a legend I would love to see the academy win their tier We don't seem to pick the right players as most of them do nt make it luckily this issue has been addressed Once again I need to emphasize the importance of being united behind the club and very vocal sometimes it so quite I am surprised that players have not fallen asleep and now with the new trend of empty seats I start to believe we are going into a self destruct we need to wake up and shake down the bad dust and stand up to be counted before it becomes to late Wishing Arsenal a Prosperous successful New Year Happy new year folks

Liverpool Regaining Third Place Seat, Man United Lose Again Liverpool's bid to keep their top four spot in English Premier League seem to be heading into the right direction as they need one more win before securing it.

The battle to reunify Democrats in the Senate was sparked in part by the addition of Brian Benjamin, who won a special election last month to fill a vacant seat and giving the party 32 enrolled members again the Senate.

This year, the seat could once again be pivotal in the battle for control of the state Senate, although the assemblyman did tell the News he's not sure Democrats would take control even if he won.

I think activists can work to get Greens and Respect elected in a handful of FPTP seats and we must all hope for an embarrassingly massive Tory landslide (300 seats or so) on < 50 % of the vote that will make everyone see what an absurd situation we are in, make Cameron's parliamentary party more unruly and nekedly nasty and — crucially — smash the Labour Party so hard that both its right and its left give up all hope of ever winning a FPTP election again, and destroy the hubris that decrees that they never collaborate with other progressive / left forces.

Because Labour could, potentially, win if the previously Labour but now non-voters can be persuaded to start turning out and voting Labour again, but only if the non-voting support base is fairly large, and without that sort of analysis over larger areas it's hard to judge — it's definitely partially true in my ward, Labour had disappeared electorally years ago, but won the seat in 2012, despite most other parties getting similar votes to normal (and our support mostly going to an Independent we were tacitly backing).

And there's some in Upstate New York, some congressional Democrats that won again in either 2006 or 2008, very strong Democratic years, in seats that have traditionally been kind of squishy, not very Democratic, a little bit more Republican, and all of them could face some problems.

Defeated again in 1931, [citation needed] Lees - Smith again won his seat back in 1935.

The state GOP clearly hasn't lost interest in ousting Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who won a decisive victory over former Rep. Joe DioGuardi on Nov. 2, but will have to defend her seat again in 2012.

And you know, fueled by Real Estate and Charter School $ $ $, dark money channeled through invisible Virginia PO Boxes, IEs from who - knows - who, they'll swamp a few key Dem seats and they'll win again, despite overwhelming Democratic statewide voters.

Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif, meanwhile, pointed to statements from Larkin insisting he'll run again for the seat he first won in 1990.

Regional MSP Adamson is once again contesting the seat and considering Pentland's slim majority, Adamson has a good chance of winning.

As an independent, he then won the special election to succeed himself, but resigned again to run for the Senate seat due to Republicans» strong control of the state House.

In her estimation, her quest to win back the Jomoro seat will better place her to serve the CPP again.

There have been two occasions since the World War II when the party which won the most votes did not end up winning the most seats: once in 1951, and again in February, 1974.

The Lib Dems briefly held this seat after Tony Benn's retirement in 2001, and nearly won it again in 2010, but their 2015 collapse left Toby Perkins with a 30 % majority over the Tories in second.

Labour has failed to win back the formerly safe seat of Blaenau Gwent, as it again fell to independents.

Whoever wins the seat will only have it for sure through the end of Mr. Skelos's term — meaning the winner will have to run again in the general election in November.

Based on disapproval for Obama and Obamacare in the state... neither Democrat was going to win this senate seat again.

«I easily won the Republican nomination for this seat in 2014 and I have no doubt that I could do so again in 2018.»

Mistrusted in Britain — nice but dim IDS has sounded off again — Juncker is the candidate of the European People's Party (EPP), the main conservative bloc which won the most seats in May's European elections, despite the widespread Eurosceptic surge.

Plaid Cymru retained the seat comfortably, with the Liberal Democrats taking second in a seat they had previously held from 1974 until 1992 — and would win again in 2005.

Should special elections be called to fill the two Democratically controlled seats that will be vacated at the end of this year — and assuming Democrats win those seats — there again would be 32 members of the Democratic Party in the Senate, enough to control the majority.

Democrats also held a majority of Senate seats after winning a Special Election in 2016, and once again after the 2016 election, but Republicans have remained in charge through their alliance with rogue Democrats.

It was reported that on the basis of these findings the Tories would only win an additional 20 seats from Labour, again leaving them short of an overall majority.

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.

Tkaczyk ran on the Green Party line in 2012, when she narrowly won her Senate seat against Republican George Amedore, a former state assemblyman who is running again for the district that stretches from the Mohawk Valley to the Hudson Valley.

Democrat Brian Benjamin has won an open state Senate seat in Harlem, filling a vacancy left by Bill Perkins and giving his party 32 enrolled members in the chamber once again.

«It's sad and unfortunate that Dan Liedka has once again decided to go back on his word and take his dead - end Senate campaign in a negative direction, rather than talk about the need to win back this seat from the New York City Democrats,» Russo said.

The current State Senate and Assembly won their seats in 2014 and came up for re-election again earlier this month, so they could hypothetically pass the governor's changes in a special session this year — then do so again next year.

But DeFrancisco said it's «unlikely» he would run for the Senate seat again, even if he fails to win the Republican designation for governor at the party's statewide convention in May or June.

«Since the December 7, 2008 general election that the CPP won a seat, the party has not been able to capture any seat in Parliament again, thereby partly weakening our capacity to deliver on its responsibilities,» he said.

«Today's wins will once again give Democrats a numeric majority, and come November we will win even more seats,» Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy said before the polls closed Tuesday.

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.

But at the same point, in a seat where, again, 2,500 more Republicans voted, Good doesn't win by winning a sizable number of Republicans.

«Today's wins will once again give Democrats a numeric majority and come November we will win even more seats,» said Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy.

Few years ago Campbell was all about getting a safe seat or a seat he would win, and then labour seemingly rejected this, down he goes with a depressive illness now labour wants him again he's better.

It's one of two Assembly districts in the state that has changed parties four times over the past decade: Stirpe succeeded a Republican after winning the 2006 race, lost the seat four years later, then won it again in 2012.

Labour once again won the majority of seats in Scotland at the 2005 general election.

Jenkins, a leader in Democratic politics for over 20 years, won his 16th District legislative seat for a third full term November 9, 2011 and was elected once again by his peers to become Chairman of The Board of Legislators and was sworn in on January 9, 2012.

(CNN)- Eager to prevent an embarrassing loss of his old Senate seat, President Obama is heading to Chicago Thursday for two fundraisers on behalf of Democratic Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias, and CNN has learned Obama will be returning home yet again in the final days of the midterm election to try and help Giannoulias win a race that could determine who controls the chamber next year.