incumbent
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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.
“You can’t expect the old or the existing incumbents to do a terrific job protecting AI.”
He has also acknowledged that incumbent presidents and their parties often fare poorly in midterm elections, which will take place next year.
From BBC
Stifel analyst Brad Reback expects “a shift in investor sentiment towards the relative safety of incumbent tech given its highly recurring, stable, and very profitable, revenue bases and attractive relative valuations.”
From Barron's
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