He was the only one of the three Republican incumbents from Connecticut who won re-election.

Fifteen Republican incumbents are now seeking re-election, and six to eight of them could be in doubt, depending on the opposition candidates.

In Queens, of the three Republican incumbents, two are running unopposed.

Several Republican incumbents who tried a similar strategy of touting their earmarks were unsuccessful.

As a result, more Democratic than Republican incumbents will face difficult campaigns this year.

In the 1874 elections, both Republican incumbents were initially declared re-elected.

One measure shows how seriously: 40 Republican incumbents gave her $41,000 last year out of their own campaign coffers.

And they are very optimistic about defeating five Republican incumbents.

By contrast, most Republican incumbents in the South - a dozen of whom were elected two years ago - are considered secure.

Democrats sought to spend enough money to give 13 Republican incumbents competitive races.

In Mississippi and Alabama, Republican incumbents cruised to re-election with hardly a peep out of the Democrats.

In two House districts, though, Republican incumbents held off Democrats who had been trying, despite Mr. Bush's coattails, to take away their seats.

With the Depression gathering force, the Republican incumbents had lost many seats in 1930, but had not quite lost majority control of the House of Representatives.

In Congressional district after district, Republican incumbents are finding that Mr. Dole is trailing their own popularity, in some cases by more than 20 points.

And Republican incumbents are seeking to distance themselves from fellow Republicans in Washington.

Two incumbents outside of California lost to Republican incumbents after being redistricted to the same district.

Like Mr. Lieberman, the Republican incumbents are all centrists who support the war in Iraq.

The Republican incumbents, Nelson A. Rockefeller and his No. 2, Malcolm Wilson, trounced them.

In the State Senate, Republican incumbents retained their lock on all nine seats.

Will Republican incumbents running in reapportioned districts worry that they'll go down with the Governor if they balk at a multiyear budget compromise or exact too heavy a price?