Sentence examples for on incumbency from inspiring English sources

But the upcoming vote will give each party a chance to rehearse for the next general election.The Lib Dems intend to hold seats like Eastleigh by running hyper-local campaigns and capitalising on incumbency.

Richard L. Hasen, an election law specialist at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, said "there is some tension between what she writes in the article and what she said to Justice Scalia on incumbency and the corporate spending limits".

You rely on incumbency – being known to your patch – and then not only do you lose that but, by being in government, you're more unpopular than you've ever been.

The primary in the 68th Assembly District is being watched closely by politicians in Manhattan because it will test how firm a grip Mr. Denis has developed on incumbency.

For decades traffic was kept bearable by a rationing system, based on incumbency, with airlines claiming flights the way Columbus claimed America for Ferdinand and Isabella: they got there first.

Baston said: "The Liberal Democrats are likely to lose out more than the other main parties because their seats are yellow islands in a sea of red or blue; changing the boundaries is more likely to bring in hostile territories, their majorities tend to be smaller than Labour or Conservative MPs and their Lib Dems trade a lot on incumbency and constituency service.

On a nationwide level, OpenSecrets Blog has reported on the enduring value of incumbency: 97percentt of incumbent House candidates and 90percentt of incumbent Senate candidates won re-election this year.

On Wednesday, the advantages of incumbency were on full display, as Mr. Christie heaped still more praise on Mr. Obama, saying, "He has sprung into action immediately".

On Thursday, the advantages of incumbency were on full display, with the president meeting the emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, in the Oval Office to discuss the status of a coalition military operation in Libya, before taking Air Force One to Chicago in the afternoon.

He does not have any obvious rivals, and he has the power of incumbency on his side.

Using close election outcomes, we identify a personal effect of incumbency on the probability of seeking election, and seeking and winning office in subsequent elections for elected officials in an Open List Proportional System.