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

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

Elon Musk reshared a post on X alleging that Tran took the lead 11 days after the election because California was “corrupt as hell,” while Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that Democrats are “stealing a House seat right out from under us.”

From Los Angeles Times

McBride won her state’s open House seat with 58% of the vote on Nov. 5, defeating Republican John Whalen III.

From Salon