The party suffered severe losses during the last election.

该党在上次选举中遭到惨败。

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Historically, the party in the White House -- currently the Democratic Party -- suffers losses in midterm elections.

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In the congressional elections of eighteen ninety, the Republican Party suffered heavy losses.

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Luckily for Clinton there are elections every two years, and in 1994 an unhappy electorate handed his party historic losses.

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Mr Fox's poor performance led to his National Action Party suffering losses in last month's congressional elections, further weakening his chances of passing the reforms.

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There was widespread dismay from some within the party after losses in the general election by such Senate candidates as Sharron Angle in Nevada in 2010 and Todd Akin in Missouri and Richard Mourdock in Indiana last year.

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