incumbent
Example Sentences
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Unfamiliar districts can drive incumbents to early retirement by severing their connection with well-established constituencies.
From Salon
The incumbent has warned that those gains are fragile.
From Barron's
Yet in both, the incumbents are strong favourites, with observers predicting they will clinch victory outright in the first round with more than 50% of the vote.
From BBC
State newspaper editorials and former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, the Democratic incumbent at the time, argued that the found ballots were suspicious and likely fraudulent.
After months of lagging in the polls, the incumbent mayor dropped his bid in September but continued to work on the rent board.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
