Incumbents in a sentence

Sometimes, when the number of districts is reduced, incumbents are even forced to run against other incumbents, guaranteeing an incumbent loss.

If incumbents are men, and incumbents win (they almost always do), it’s sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

In some ways, voters differentiated the stronger GOP incumbents from the weak GOP incumbents quite a bit.

Increased incumbent advantage and campaign costs The effect of gerrymandering for incumbents is particularly advantageous, as incumbents are far more likely to be reelected under conditions of gerrymandering.

Also challenging for Lopez will be the alderman’s anemic fundraising and the fact that Garcia will run with support from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which has a policy of supporting incumbents.

And Nevada's three Democratic House incumbents held on against well-funded GOP challengers.

As a seasoned politician, Norton knows all incumbents have an Achilles heel of unfulfilled expectations from their own base.

As I’ve argued in past coverage, the threat of competition keeps rising, from both Tesla and the incumbents.

But the fact is that incumbents historically out-raise challengers by large amounts.

But unlike other past Democratic incumbents running for re-election, President Joe Biden isn't just pivoting to the center.

Change tends to be resisted by incumbents whose interests lie in the status quo.

Cuomo had a dire prediction for lawmakers in next year’s election when the state Legislature and Congressional incumbents are up for election.

Freshman Anthony Colandrea beat out several incumbents and a portal jumper to win the starting job and has taken most of the snaps this season.

Greensburg voters will have a choice among two incumbents, Randal Finfrock and Sheila Brumley, and challenger Gabrielle Stewart when nominating candidates for two open City Council seats in the Democratic Party primary.

His political operation built the war chests of his party’s most vulnerable incumbents — a hole that the new speaker is unlikely to be able to fill in the months leading up to next year’s crucial elections.

Incumbents Kelly Donavan and Xavier Palacios are seeking reelection.

Incumbents Teatroy Webster, Toni Mitchell and Judnita Smith all had more than 22% of the vote over former trustees Alda Leavy-Skinner, Cynthia J. Mossuto and Raymond Lavigne, who all came in below 12% of the vote.

Incumbents usually come in with something of an advantage.

In these circumstances, in a global economic context no more favored by abundant liquidity since most central banks are tightening monetary policy, the best choice available to incumbents like Viasat and SES S.A. is to consolidate.

Investors who are familiar with ag tech probably know this well — the market has a few incumbents that have done well over the years, and if Phospholutions has an innovative take on this problem, it’ll be an obvious investment to say yes to.