The most recent incumbent president is Barack Obama. For the upcoming 2016 presidential election there are no candidates yet.
A congressman who was already in office and was reelected.
The party that controls a particular office before and during an election.
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A staff agency is a temporary service that matches potential employers with employees. They are an outside agency that fills jobs with suitable laborers.
It is incumbent upon the government to deal with pressing environmental hazards. The social services agency enforces the care standards that are incumbent on foster parents. The challenger defeated the powerful incumbent to become the new governor.
The possessive form for the singular noun incumbent is incumbent's.
The incumbent is the current office holder, the "challanger' is the person running against the incumbent
The incumbent is the current holder of a political office. To vote "non-incumbent" would mean to vote for the challenger to the incumbent's position.
Barack Obama is the incumbent president.
Barack Obama is the incumbent democratic president.
The incumbent in an election is the current office-holder. For the 2012 Presidential race, the incumbent is Barack Obama.
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An incumbent is an elected official who holds an office and is running for reelection.
In politics, the incumbent is the person who holds the seat he/she is running for in order to keep it. The challenger is the person trying to win the seat that the incumbent has.
A holder of an office is called the incumbent. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent.