Mr. Schwarzenegger's election put more than incumbent politicians on notice.

The old friend, the known line of thought, the conventional attitude, the incumbent politician.

She held out her hand with the complete confidence of an incumbent politician ahead in the polls.

He added that incumbent politicians were not any more popular in Connecticut than elsewhere.

For an incumbent politician to launch an attack website over a year before the elections shows he is worried.

But my experience is that incumbent politicians are no different than any other group of successful leaders in midcareer.

Do you want to let incumbent politicians decide how much speech their opponents can have?

The reason was a powerful desire among incumbent politicians to protect their jobs.

All across the state, reform candidates for the legislature challenged the incumbent conservative politicians.

There are a few who seem to think that baby (democracy) can be thrown out with the bathwater (incumbent politicians).