The question of Reynolds's role in the scandal nearly cost him his seat in the November 2006 election.
But this triumph cost him his seat in parliament.
The scandal ultimately cost him his seat in the House.
Rent regulation is one of the very few issues potent enough to cost an established state senator his seat.
The conviction cost him his seat on the City Council, where he had represented the 45th District since 1973.
It has been argued that Pomeroy's "vote for the health care bill may have cost him his seat in Congress."
Lee's government was defeated in the 1986 election which also cost him his seat in the legislature.
Coupled with his backing for the Beeching report, however, it cost him his seat.
The change in the city's policy towards mutants was to cost Niles his seat on the Council, however.
This opposition probably cost him his seat at the 1881 elections.