Nevertheless, Murtha secured re-election by a 16-point margin.

On election day, Webster won a fairly narrow 3.4% victory over Demmings to secure re-election.

Baron on the abolition of the seat secured re-election in the new seat at the 2010 election.

Re-elected in 2002, his district was renumbered the 122nd in time for the 2004 election, when he secured re-election with 67% of the vote.

He secured re-election at the 1961 general election, however, he remained on the government backbenches for a second term.

Furthermore, no president succeeded in securing re-election again until Abraham Lincoln in 1864.

He was not able to secure re-election in either of the 1910 elections.

The club failed to secure re-election to the league at the end of its second season, instead being replaced by Sunderland.

He continued to secure re-election, always running on the Republican ticket, and served on the court until his death in 1932.

Although Obama remains favourite to secure re-election, he could struggle if he goes into next year's election with unemployment still high.