Word: unseats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only interest the Democrats are not meeting is the personal ambition of Vrdolyak. The former leader of the Cook County Democratic machine could not win the party's endorsement for mayor--and he couldn't garner enough votes as a third party candidate to unseat incumbent Democrat Harold Washington...
While charges of corruption against his predecessor opened the door of the mayor's office for Flynn, this year political observers expect few controversial issues to unseat the incumbent...
Last February, the Undergraduate Council faced a highly contested, back-biting election for the first time. Two sophomores organized a campaign to unseat the incumbent chairman and vice chairman, Brian C. Offutt '87 and Steven B. Smith '87. Running on a platform which advocated the council's increased involvement in ideological issues, the two presented a serious challenge to Offutt's chair. The two challengers ended up losing the election, but the aims and nature of the council underwent a serious evaluation...
...challengers to the incumbents, and several of their supporters turned to a campus wide referendum. While some said the move was supposed to to help resolve the widening rift within the council, candidate Smith saw the referendum as a political move. "They tried to do anything they could to unseat Offutt and myself," he said...
California voters exercise judicial restraint. During her nine years as Chief Justice of California, Rose Bird voted to overturn every death-penalty case that came before her. This made her unpopular in a state where 80% of the voters favor the death penalty. During the noisy campaign to unseat her, Bird maintained her dignity. Asked by reporters how she was taking her defeat, she smiled and said, "Just like...