house seat

noun

1. one of a number of seats in a theater that the management reserves for special guests, friends of the producer or cast, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of house seat¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Asked by Kirk if he intended to return to the House seat he gave up, Gaetz said he was done with the Hill.

From Salon

If Tran wins the incredibly tight race — he’s 480 votes ahead of Steel as of this columna’s publication — the first-time candidate will have clawed back a House seat for the Democrats, leaving the once redoubtably red county with one GOP congressmember.

From Los Angeles Times

It is unclear if Gaetz, who resigned his House seat soon after Trump tapped him for attorney general, will now try to retain his seat.

From BBC

Florida state Rep. Joel Rudman, a Republican who announced this week that he would run for Gaetz’s House seat, said on X on Thursday that if Gaetz “wants to come back to Congress, I will support him 100%.”

From Los Angeles Times

Though he resigned his current office in this Congress, the fate of the report could depend on whether the politician chooses to take the House seat he was elected to serve in next year.

From BBC