Word: unseat
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...final event remained for Radcliffe to attempt to unseat the pair, and it would be the biggest stage on which...
...emboldened professors began raising the specter of Summers’ resignation, attention on campus turned increasingly to the seven-member Corporation, the only group with the power to unseat the president. It seemed an unlikely outcome, and yet as the situation continued to deteriorate, the board would have to respond...
...campaign strategy for a run at Minnesota's Second Congressional District seat. She'll meet this week with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Washington to discuss how much money it can contribute to the $2 million war chest she expects she'll need in an effort to unseat Republican John Kline. Though Rowley, 50, would start as a distinct underdog in the heavily Republican district (Kline won a second term last year with 56% of the vote), Steven Schier, political science professor at Carleton College, says Rowley might surprise people. "She'll attract a lot of money because...
...have noticed, this didn't happen. Bush won the election, for a change with more votes than his Democratic opponent. The party it supports couldn't unseat a President who launched the implausible invasion of an unthreatening country that most Americans wish we would get out of. The federal government is essentially a one-party system. In making their decisions, the conservatives who run the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives need not, and do not, consider the minority Democrats. For now, all potent opposition will come from disgruntled Republicans. Though the President's approval ratings have...
Incumbent Governors are hard to unseat in Pennsylvania. In fact, one has never been defeated in a re-election bid. So, faced with a popular Democratic incumbent, Governor Ed Rendell, state Republicans are considering a Hail Mary pass for next year's election. They're paying serious attention to Lynn Swann, a Hall of Fame wide receiver for the championship Pittsburgh Steelers teams of the 1970s and now a commentator for ABC Sports. Swann has begun testing the political waters, launching an exploratory committee and making appearances at grass-roots gatherings. At 53, Swann doesn't have any electoral experience...