Sentence examples for held seat from inspiring English sources

A blogger says "let's take a moment to remember that this shift to AA+ from AAA represents a healthy step (however slight) in the direction of reality and away from the fantasy created by the scores of dimwits that have held seat in Washington, D.C., over the past many decades".

This will be the first by-election in a Liberal Democrat held seat since the party joined the Conservatives in a coalition government.

Part of the Fermangh and South Tyrone constituency, it traditionally has the highest electoral turnout in Northern Ireland and while now a Sinn Fein held seat, it had an Ulster Unionist MP for nearly 18 years.

We have no precedent to rely on for this - there has never been a credible UKIP challenge for a Conservative held seat before.

"We all know how the government treated SPC, so where where does rubber hit the road for innovation in regional Australia?" When SPC Ardmona was under threat of closure, Joyce said it was not the job of the National party to fight for the food manufacturer, given Murray was a Liberal held seat.

This was a Liberal held seat although the sitting member was retiring at the next election.

In Indiana, former Senator Dan Coats, a Republican, looks to be the prohibitive favorite to take this Democratic-held seat, even though Representative Brad Ellsworth, a former sheriff, has a National Rifle Association endorsement.

The Conservatives had been widely expected to keep the long-held seat but in an embarrassment to Labour the party was beaten into fourth place by Ukip and the Liberal Democrats.

Retain the Republican-held seat in Massachusetts while winning one Democrat-held seat in a battleground state: Virginia, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania or Florida.

In Georgia, where Democrat Michelle Nunn is trying to take away a Republican-held seat, Obama's favorability rating was just over 45%, only a point below the national average if not yet in positive territory.

The maneuvering has grown intense as Republicans worry they will lose a seat — the only Republican-held seat in the New York City Congressional delegation — that their party has held for nearly 30 years.