“This style served the party badly in the last years of its incumbency and especially in opposition.”

“But I say further, that, even if this were possible, it would ruin an incumbency to appoint a stipendiary Curate under these conditions.”

“So why should a respect for incumbency overwhelm the actual opinions of her constituents?”

“The very idea of the present incumbent supporting a factory occupation is laughable.”

“The sum of the above-mentioned stock was duly transferred to the incumbent of Chapel Allerton in accordance with the terms of the bequest.”

“The rest have been gerrymandered into permanent incumbencies.”

“Around this time in every midterm election cycle, the vultures of political prognostication begin hovering over incumbents in trouble.”

“But we cannot just resort to blaming the present incumbents for our circumstances.”

“In each of the last two cycles, stability prevailed, with only six House incumbents losing general elections.”