Sentence examples for their incumbency from inspiring English sources

Mr. Weinstock's argument boils down to this: Since our incumbent legislators retain their incumbency by accepting what amount to enormous bribes to act on behalf of their moneyed constituents, why not let those moneyed interests bribe the challengers as well?

Incumbents, and movie studios are truly incumbents, never challenge their incumbency.

"Pirro and Spano can win just on their incumbency and financing".

At the latest count, 73 are retiring, around one-fifth of the total, and their incumbency effect retires with them.

Their incumbency feels like an unusually big advantage in an election likely to be devoid of strong national currents.

A number of politicians traded their incumbency in other offices to run for seats on the Council.

"Andrew will make a platform that is the substance of his governance, and that he can get others to sign on to because their own incumbency, their own futures, are at risk," said Hank Sheinkopf, a New York political consultant who worked on Mr. Spitzer's campaigns for attorney general.

When Republican legislators drew the new ones, they were trying to preserve their incumbencies.

This would entrench their incumbencies by leaving their challengers virtually inaudible.

So what Democrats did in this election extremely effectively was leverage their incumbencies to have huge financial advantages over their Republican opponents.

They insist that their decisions to oppose their longtime allies have nothing to do with the end of their own incumbency.