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They were running against incumbents in a lot of cases.

But 91 other incumbents were already out of the picture.

Job incumbents should know their jobs better than anyone else.

But that's because these incumbents have been in office for only 20 months.

At the same time, most of the people making the calls use the incumbents.

Incumbents are much more likely to win, especially with a little help from friends.

In 1986 and 1988, more than 98 percent of House incumbents who were running won.

That, of course, is also good news for Democratic incumbents.

Two of the six incumbents are on the school board in District 12.

Part of the incumbents' advantage has to do with money.

The change in the law did not affect the incumbents.

The return rate was 90 percent in 1996, with 23 incumbents losing.

It also may put the incumbents into conflict with one another.

In two of the districts, the incumbents are not running.

It is a hard, if not impossible, case for incumbents to make.

In no other state will so many incumbents be placed at risk.

For the first time in this century there were no Republican incumbents.

As one who made his early political living asking the incumbents, "Why?"

"The incumbents have nothing to worry about and no reason for them to do any work."

Six incumbents and one open seat were up for election.

The last three incumbents have been, each in their own way, particularly poor political leaders.

And both campaigns are against incumbents who they said had been in office too long.

Incumbents often find that simply being in office gives them the power to stay there.

On the opposite wall is a list of incumbents from the year 1306.

Party organizations are often a major source of support for incumbents.

It is incumbent upon all of us to work for human rights.

He felt it incumbent on him to say a few words.

You may even think it is incumbent upon your country to do so.

The incumbent board members are not going down without a fight.

Worse, many do not want to give when an incumbent President is running.

I think it's also incumbent on those of us who believe in this, though, to level with the American people.

It is incumbent of the Council to do so too.

"He's an incumbent President with the entire weight of the state and national party behind him."

It is the first time since 1973 that there has been no incumbent running for the office.

The incumbent management, however, can offer all of these immediately.

And in both years, the incumbent party was thrown out.

Membership in the incumbent party is open to those who hold office.

Several members of the party in power had challenged the incumbent President.

This particular case looks more like an incumbent protection plan.

However, elections can be called at any time by an incumbent government.

And when you're out there on the street nobody's thinking about incumbent value.

"For an incumbent President, the chief of staff's role is always going to be important in a campaign," the official said.

In each of these special elections, the incumbent party won.

"It is incumbent upon us not to allow that to happen."

If the future looked better than the present, the incumbent party kept the presidency.

What's an incumbent to do if running on his record is a bust?

"Therefore, I believe it is incumbent upon us to be ready for anything."

I felt it incumbent on me just to give you a hint.

This proposal was never followed through when the incumbent government lost office.

The meeting with incumbent President lasted for more than two hours.