According to media reports and The Intercept’s investigation, the only incumbents AIPAC has targeted so far in this election cycle are CBC members.

Source: https://theintercept.com/2023/09/21/aipac-cbc-progressive-black-democrats/

Also challenging for Lopez will be the alderman’s anemic fundraising and the fact that Garcia will run with support from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which has a policy of supporting incumbents.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/10/3/23901394/ray-lopez-running-for-congress-jesus-chuy-garcia-4th-congressional-district-democratic-primary

And Nevada's three Democratic House incumbents held on against well-funded GOP challengers.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/senate-democrats-face-brutal-map/article_fb64a025-dee6-568d-9ee8-67a6fe3e5ae2.html

As a seasoned politician, Norton knows all incumbents have an Achilles heel of unfulfilled expectations from their own base.

Source: https://guyanatimesgy.com/new-year-musings/

As I’ve argued in past coverage, the threat of competition keeps rising, from both Tesla and the incumbents.

Source: https://investorplace.com/market360/2023/06/rivn-stock-tesla-charging-news-doesnt-change-the-story/

But the fact is that incumbents historically out-raise challengers by large amounts.

Source: https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/02/chad-blair-legislature-finally-seems-to-get-it-on-session-fundraising/

But unlike other past Democratic incumbents running for re-election, President Joe Biden isn't just pivoting to the center.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/benkoltun/2023/04/11/markets-should-prepare-for-more-populism-with-a-biden-re-election-campaign/

Change tends to be resisted by incumbents whose interests lie in the status quo.

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/389520/a-social-role-for-business-in-the-post-covid-eraimplications-for-business-strategy-and-management-education-part-2

Cuomo had a dire prediction for lawmakers in next year’s election when the state Legislature and Congressional incumbents are up for election.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/community/jewish-community/andrew-cuomo-vents-to-brooklyn-based-democratic-club/2023/09/27/

Freshman Anthony Colandrea beat out several incumbents and a portal jumper to win the starting job and has taken most of the snaps this season.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/09/28/bc-secondary-hits-the-reset-button-for-virginia/

Greensburg voters will have a choice among two incumbents, Randal Finfrock and Sheila Brumley, and challenger Gabrielle Stewart when nominating candidates for two open City Council seats in the Democratic Party primary.

Source: https://triblive.com/local/regional/2023-primary-day-election-guide-information-on-races-candidates-issues-in-western-pa/

His political operation built the war chests of his party’s most vulnerable incumbents — a hole that the new speaker is unlikely to be able to fill in the months leading up to next year’s crucial elections.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/us/politics/johnson-speaker-fundraising-mccarthy.html

In these circumstances, in a global economic context no more favored by abundant liquidity since most central banks are tightening monetary policy, the best choice available to incumbents like Viasat and SES S.A. is to consolidate.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4592591-ses-viasat-2-mergers-challenge-elon-musk-starlink?source=feed_all_articles

Investors who are familiar with ag tech probably know this well — the market has a few incumbents that have done well over the years, and if Phospholutions has an innovative take on this problem, it’ll be an obvious investment to say yes to.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/10/sample-series-a-extension-pitch-deck-phospholutions/

It’s used to talk about the dynamics between new startups that enter a market and the incumbents in that market.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/podcasts/hard-fork-sundar.html

Jeffries’s spokesperson Christie Stephenson declined to say whether Jeffries planned to endorse Lee and Bowman but said Jeffries would keep backing Democratic incumbents across the political spectrum.

Source: https://theintercept.com/2023/09/21/aipac-cbc-progressive-black-democrats/

Of the six wards, Wards 1 and 5 don't have any incumbents but rather, they both have all new candidates.

Source: https://newstalkkgvo.com/ixp/1098/p/missoula-council-races/

Other incumbents were on track to win outright or were unopposed.

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2023/04/04/denver-election-results-city-council/

Out of 28, 24 incumbents were voted in again, many of them, cutting across party lines, for over four to five terms, indicating a pro-incumbency trend in the city, which has characterised it for decades now.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/political-status-quo-in-bengaluru-refuses-to-budge/article67650330.ece

Popular incumbents Jeanne Cristiano (Ward 3) and Marcony Almeida Barros (Ward 5) were re-elected without opposition in their races.

Source: http://everettindependent.com/2023/12/27/2023-in-everett-the-year-in-review/