With the polls showing a close race, incumbent Conservative candidate launched an attack ad against Duncan.

The proposal would allow the mention of incumbent candidates, supposedly to avoid stifling "true issue ads."

Like an incumbent political candidate, though, it has a track record to run on, not just promises to improve.

While student housing in the area was a main issue, the incumbent candidates stood firmly on a platform of their track records.

For the first time since the early 1980's, the Republicans will not have an incumbent candidate in the supervisor's race.

There is another group of incumbent candidates who, while not being seriously challenged, warrant special notice.

Statistically, the initial edge for the incumbent candidate is 2-4 percent of the vote.

Could we be headed toward the day when an incumbent candidate silently runs solely on his or her record?

In the elections for party officials, 70 percent of the incumbent candidates - many tied to the old Ahidjo regime - were thrown out.

His relationship with the incumbent presidential candidate, Bill Clinton, was testy.