Word: unseat
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...expected to be a cold, long and brutish election campaign that could have far-reaching consequences for the country. Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin, having personally been cleared in a recent scandal that tainted his party, will be up against Conservative leader Stephen Harper, who failed once before to unseat Martin and form a new government...
...order to win, Adkins must unseat one of the members of a council that has remained unchanged for the last two election cycles...
Urban planner Sam Seidel, a 39-year-old candidate for Cambridge City Council, hopes to unseat an incumbent in next week’s elections—no small order in a city with low political turnover. In entering this race, the progressive Democrat is willing to accept all the help...
...Generally, it’s very difficult for a challenger to unseat an incumbent,” Robert Winters, creator of the Cambridge Civic Journal and de facto dean of the Cambridge political scene, writes in an e-mail. According to Winters, it has been three election cycles since an incumbent lost a seat...
...replacement for the man who is the most creative and energetic leader his party has produced in a generation, and whose vision gave the Republicans control of the House for the first time in 40 years--a reality that undoubtedly weighs on his colleagues as they ponder whether to unseat...