The same election also saw the Republicans lose control of the City Council to the Democrats.

In the 1988 elections, the Republicans lost one seat to the Democrats, leaving them with their slimmest majority since the late 1960's.

The "fusionists" lost the controversial 1898 legislative elections to the Democrats.

Small parties also lost seats to Labor or the Liberal Democrats.

The chairman of the council was one of the victims losing his seat to the Liberal Democrats.

Republicans lost one seat to the Democrats and two to the Populists.

In my judgment we would have lost his seat to the Democrats in a special election.

Do you think that McClellan might actually want us to lose to the Democrats?

Their calculations could be upended if they lost their majority to the Democrats.

Race in turn lost the seat to the Liberal Democrats.