Word: unseat
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With elections for Council officers coming up this weekend, some Council members are trying to manipulate the popular appeal of the issue of divestment to undermine the re-election bids of the present leadership. Members of a Council political faction, who are trying to unseat the incumbent Council officers, have said that they will use the results of the second part of the referendum as a vote of confidence in the Council's current leadership...
...usually help elect other Independents like City Councilors Thomas W. Danehy and Daniel J. Clinton. This year's unexpectedly strong showing from Independent challengers William J. Walsh and Sheila T. Russell, who have shown strong neighborhood support and name recognition, are likely to detract surplus votes and may even unseat two incumbents, observers...
...unseat the defending champion McEnroe with any particular flair. His serve was not particularly strong, going in only 57 percent of the time. He broke McEnroe only three times, while losing his serve just once. He hit a quiet 42 winners and made 18 unforced errors. He even double-faulted four times...
...seats on the ballot next year, the Democrats have only twelve seats at risk. In Florida, South Dakota, Idaho and Washington, Democrats hope to win seats now held by the G.O.P. They feel that the large blocs of registered Democrats in New York and Pennsylvania will help them unseat Republican incumbents in those states. In addition, the G.O.P. may lose Senate races in North Carolina, where John East is ailing, and in Maryland, where Charles Mathias, 63, may decide to retire. Laxalt's seat was considered secure by Nevada pollsters. With Laxalt out of the race, said Democratic National Committee...
...Reagan surge did little to unseat blacks and Hispanics, who are overwhelmingly Democratic. There were 33 blacks and eight Hispanics on the House ballots, 27 of them incumbents. Although one black had been defeated in an Indiana primary, reducing their membership in the House to 20, blacks had hoped to lift the total back to 21 with a victory by Democrat Robert Clark, 55, in Mississippi. As in 1982, however, Clark lost to Webb Franklin, 42, a former circuit-court judge. This was despite a redistricting that placed blacks in the majority. The number of Hispanics in the House remained...