Sentences with phrase «won the seat as»

Escobar went along with Colombia's democratic system and won a seat as a backup for a legislator in the National Assembly.

The selection to have attracted most attention in the media is that of Dr John Marek (pictured) to contest the seat of Wrexham - which he represented for Labour in the Commons between 1983 and 2001, and in the Assembly between 1999 and 2003, before going on to win the seat as an Independent in 2003 for a four - year term.

Bourgeois won the seat as a Republican in 2008.

Incumbent Republicans Matt Sokol and Doug Beaty won seats as well as political newcomers Michael Wild and Brad Magowan who ran on the Republican, Independence and Reform lines.

Not exact matches

Running for the Progressive Conservatives, he won a seat in 1986 and was appointed employment minister just as the price of crude plunged and the unemployment rate spiked to 10.4 %.

The margin by which she wins will be significant, serving as an indication of what's to come in November — particularly for Arizona's Senate seat that's being vacated by retiring Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican.

It will be the nation's first special congressional election since Trump's win, and Democrats view it as their best chance to flip the seat representing the heavily Republican 4th District in southern Kansas.

Opposition sources predicted that once counting was finalized, they would win as many as 113 seats.

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.

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.

A former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the following assessment after Democrat Doug Jones defeated embattled Republican Roy Moore in the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama: Anyone out of the phone book — aside from Moore — would've won as a Republican.

Step one to making a winning investor pitch is talking a mental seat on the opposite side of the table to look at your company as they will.

He lost his bid to replace Harris as party leader in 2002, his seat in the 2003 provincial election, his bid for the leadership of the Conservative party in 2004 and his first attempt to win a federal seat later the same year.

Clement won his first seat in the suburban riding of Brampton South during the 1995 vote that elected Mike Harris as premier.

The last election was held in 2011 and saw the right - wing Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) win the most seats (38), and republicans Sinn Féin elected as the second largest party (29).

Antigovernment populists who deride the Ex-Im Bank as «corporate welfare» or «crony capitalism» so far have won in Congress, blocking reauthorization of the agency and forcing it since June to stop acting as lender of last resort to the foreign buyers of American - made products, from aircraft to car seats.

The Liberals won 17 seats and 29 percent of the vote, returning to the legislature as the province's Official Opposition (CBC, Alberta Votes).

«Should the NDP win Westmount, as it did the previously safe Liberal seat of Outremont last fall, Dion will have trouble keeping his job,» he opines, but he goes way out on a limb and says he «suspect [s]» Westmount will stay red.

Re Prentice, I agree resigning as Tory leader is defensible, to an extent... but resigning the seat he had just won back on E-Day, leaving his constituents unrepresented and putting us all on the hook for an unnecessary by - election was crass and cowardly.

The location will be family - friendly, offering an outdoor patio and large - party, cabana style seating, and visitors 21 + can enjoy many of Ballast Point's iconic beers including its flagship and award - winning Sculpin IPA, as well as exclusive, custom, limited - edition beers available only at the Downtown Disney location.

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.

Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to three unique casinos, a 34 - story, 1,200 room luxury hotel, a world - class spa and golf course, over 85 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award - winning entertainment venues including a 10,000 - seat Arena.

I still think we'll mount a huge challenge for the title but I doubt we'll win it so I'll sit back and enjoy everygame as they come and see where we'll seat on the table in December 2015.

It used to be different: in some sports games from a few years ago, your seats would get emptier as your team got worse, and it was on you to get better and win them back.

It only won a single Grand Prix in Canada - the sole victory of Jean Alesi's career - but with Alesi and Berger in the driving seat and F1s last ever V12 in the engine bay it's become just as iconic as any title - winning car.

Win as you're supposed to against EKU (not a guaranteed out) and Nevada and win a tossup game against Cincinnati, and you're 3 - 0 and at least fending off hot - seat demons for a little while.

The bus is crawling toward the airport, across the ice, through the darkness; crawling as Michelle listens to Pat, a few seats away, ridicule her; crawling as Pat rises and takes a seat next to Michelle and tells her that unless something drastic happens, she doesn't think the Lady Vols can win a championship with Michelle as their point guard.

Further, AS report that he effectively said his goodbyes on Sunday when he was substituted in the 4 - 1 win over Sevilla in Madrid's last home game of the season as he applauded the entire ground before taking his seat on the bencAS report that he effectively said his goodbyes on Sunday when he was substituted in the 4 - 1 win over Sevilla in Madrid's last home game of the season as he applauded the entire ground before taking his seat on the bencas he applauded the entire ground before taking his seat on the bench.

we lost so many games that we should have won, players looked clueless in some of them, disinterested, they lacked motivation, and Wenger was seated on his seat folding his hands looking clueless as always

The majority of fans that go to the Emirates now never went to Highbury (at a guess, I'd say five to eight thousand) and only know reasonable success, ie, FA Cup wins and continuous Champions League qualification and only read about the «Invincibles», you can tell by the fact they never chant «come on you reds» which was a regular, extremely loud chant in the Highbury days and as ThirdMan pointed out are the prawn sandwich brigade mixed with the tourist support and there you have the empty seats.

That was his last year in single seaters and he then made the switch to endurance racing, where he won the LMP2 class at Le Mans in 2008, as well as winning the LMP2 championship in the Le Mans Series.

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.

Do you really think Arsenal has any chance of winning the PL, so you ask WHU a favor?Youmust be playing in the same league as Wenger not to ser the real world.This is what I think - we are not going to make the CL qualification seat as Everton, for instance, looks a lot better than Arsenal.If this is the price to see Wenget gone so be it.Looks like finishing on the 6th or 7 th place is the only way to get rid of this senile manager.

Galvez was hugely talented though, and in 1949 he won a single - seater race, beating not only Fangio but also some of the visiting stars of Europe, such as Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina and Luigi Villoresi.

Looks like they're winning the title regardless of seating capacity lol West Ham playing in a big new stadium as well so what?

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

However, if he were to win the trophies with Shakhtar this season, they may be his last honours at the clu, as he is reportedly heading to England as he is ready to take the hot seat at Goodison Park for next season.

Being considered as one of the favorites to win this season's English Premier League, Manchester United now must settle for battling second place seat with Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur.

Fiorentina are inching closer to snatch that top four seat in current Italian Serie A standings as they successfully bagged an important home win over Hellas Verona this Monday.

AS Roma keeping their second place seat in Italian Serie A under firm control after successfully grabbing a home win over Torino on Tuesday.

That win still haven't help Palace much though as they still sit in bottom two seat with only seven points from 12 matches.

AS Roma climbing their way back into the top seat of Italian Serie A table after picking up a home win over Cesena on midweek.

Evian Thonon Gaillard 1 - 2 Stade Rennais FC highlights: Rennes moving their way up into the top five seat of French Ligue 1 as they grabbed an important win over Evian this past weekend.

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.

This summer should be a catalyst for great change but I hope we can win the Europa League just as United did last season and give ourselves extra revenue and a seat back at the top table.

The Fisher - Price Infant - to - Toddler Rocker is a win - win solution and will become the best seat in the house as your child grows!

Would love to win the CARES harness as I'll be traveling with my toddler this winter and it will be the first time she'll be in her own seat.

As I write about at length in my book and elsewhere on this website, our youth sports culture has become so obsessed with winning that not only has fun taken a back seat, but, more dangerously, safety as welAs I write about at length in my book and elsewhere on this website, our youth sports culture has become so obsessed with winning that not only has fun taken a back seat, but, more dangerously, safety as welas well.

The seat configurations on the City Select are what won me over as I did not want a double stroller where one child is underneath the other.

One frame enables three different modes of use: as a travel system with matching carry cot or one of our award - winning CYBEX infant car seat, and later as a luxurious parent - facing stroller or forward - facing stroller.