Sentence examples for incumbent as from inspiring English sources

The National Republican Senatorial Committee also made clear that it would support the incumbent, as is its policy.

It may have been low as 54%, compared with the 87% rate recorded 10 years ago, or the 84% seen at the general elections of 1993 when 380 people were killed in the attendant violence.Critics contend that fewer people voted because there is widespread disenchantment with the incumbent as well as a sense of inevitability about the outcome.

Of the three rival candidates, one of them admitted that he voted for the incumbent, as did his family.

Indeed, the incumbent-challenger narrative — which portrays the incumbent as an endangered species — may not apply this time.

Mr. Thompson, 47, used a torrent of negative publicity about prosecutorial behavior in Mr. Hynes's office to paint the incumbent as unethical and out of touch.

But it is a difficult year to be an incumbent, and doubly so to be a proudly moderate incumbent, as Ms Lincoln is.

High unemployment rates may not hurt Democratic incumbents as much.

This is reflected, too, in the renewed popularity of incumbents: as well as Mr Chávez, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Colombia's Álvaro Uribe won re-election.

The decision came yesterday after a review that included the incumbents as well as Carat USA, part of the Aegis Group, and Horizon Media.

This creates many opportunities for incumbents, as well as threats from new entrants like Google.

Effect on incumbents and new entrants: it is specified if the measure applies to new entrants only or to current incumbents as well.