41.   He held the seat for five terms with only slightly reduced majorities, even though he made it a point not to introduce a single bill.

42.   He has held the seat ever since.

43.   He holds a seat in Westminster that he refuses to occupy.

44.   Her old seat is held by freshman Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys.

45.   His John Quincy Adams is a septuagenarian who holds a seat in Congress but sleeps through the debates.

46.   His brother Harold E. Ford Sr. was a longtime congressman, and his nephew Harold E. Ford Jr. now holds the seat.

47.   If the two men wielded power by holding guns during the apartheid era, today they do so by holding seats on various company boards of directors.

48.   If Goode beats Landrith and Democrats cannot hold his seat, it could give control to the Republicans.

49.   In Massachusetts, Democratic Senator John Kerry is in a nail-biting race to hold his seat against Republican Governor William Weld.

50.   In Rhode Island, Rep. Jack Reed easily held a seat for the Democrats.