Incumbent Republican State Senator Bill Campbell of California's 31st State Senate district decided to resign.

Incumbent State Senator Paul Horcher of California's 60th State Assembly district was recalled.

Incumbent State Senator Prescott Bloom died in a home fire after the filing date for the primary had passed.

Incumbent Democratic U. S. Senator Lawton Chiles decided to retire.

* David R. Craig, Incumbent appointed County Executive, former Mayor of Havre de Grace, former Delegate and State Senator, from Havre de Grace.

Incumbent Republican Governor Mark Sanford was running for re-election against Democratic State Senator Tommy Moore and became only the third Republican governor in South Carolina to win a second term ( Robert Kingston Scott and Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. were the others ).

Incumbent Republican U. S. Senator Rick Santorum ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Bob Casey, Jr. Casey was elected to serve between January 3, 2007 and January 3, 2013.

Incumbent Democratic U. S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton ran for and would win a second term representing New York in the United States Senate.

Incumbent Republican U. S. Senator Olympia Snowe won re-election to a third term.

Incumbent Democratic U. S. Senator Bill Nelson won re-election to a second term.

Incumbent Democratic U. S. Senator Robert Byrd won re-election to a ninth term.

Incumbent Republican turned independent Senator Jim Jeffords decided to retire, and Bernie Sanders was elected to succeed him.

Incumbent Republican U. S. Senator Mike DeWine was running for re-election.

Incumbent Democratic U. S. Senator Jeff Bingaman won re-election to a fifth term.

Incumbent Republican U. S. Senator Conrad Burns was running for re-election to a fourth term, but was defeated by Democrat Jon Tester by a margin of 0. 87 %, or 3, 562 votes out of 406, 505 votes.

Incumbent Democratic U. S. Senator John Kerry won re-election to a third term.

( Incumbent Whig President John Tyler — a former Democrat — had become estranged from the Whigs and was not nominated for a second term.

Incumbent president Franklin Pierce was defeated in his effort to be renominated by the Democratic Party, which selected Buchanan of Pennsylvania instead.

Incumbent President Cleveland was renominated unanimously without a formal ballot.

Incumbent President William Howard Taft was renominated by the Republican Party with the support of its conservative wing.

Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt was still working to push the provisions of his New Deal economic policy through Congress and the courts.

Incumbent president, Yahya Jammeh, was reelected.

Incumbent Chuck Vasquez was re-elected in second place with 3, 533 votes, ousting the other incumbent by 365 votes.

Election was won by Incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt of the Republican Party.

Incumbent leadership of MCA was elected by general assembly delegates at 28 March 2010.

Incumbent president Barack Obama only faced minor opposition in the Democratic caucus and received 98 % of the vote, but the Republican caucus was heavily contested between several challengers.

Incumbent President Vladimir Putin was seeking a second full four-year term.

Incumbent governor Joseph E. Brennan was term limited and could not run again.

Incumbent Prime Minister and acting President Vladimir Putin, who had succeeded Boris Yeltsin on his resignation on 31 December 1999, was seeking a four-year term in his own right and won the elections in the first round.

Incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri was second with 26 %, ahead of former armed forces chief Wiranto on 22 %.

Incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri was the PDI – P's top nominee.

Incumbent Vice President Hamzah Haz was the presidential nominee of the PPP.

It was also a major point made by CLECs ( Competitive Local Exchange Carriers ) preventing customers from leaving ILECs ( Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers ), thus hindering competition.

In the 2008 federal election, Di Ianni was the Liberal candidate in the federal riding of Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, however he lost the race to NDP Incumbent Wayne Marston by a margin of 6, 464 votes.

Incumbent Miguel Trovoada was constitutionally barred from participating in the election having served the maximum of two five year terms.

Incumbent Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia, who had succeeded Toafa for the office in 2006, was not returned to second term.

Incumbent Republican Governor David F. Cargo was ineligible to run for the first four-year gubernatorial term in the history of the state.

Incumbent New South Wales halfback Ricky Stuart was not selected due to his club Canberra's affiliation with Super League.

Signed by 62 parishioners, it states that parishioners ‘ have suffered above these twelve months last past their want of a preaching minister of the Gospel, by reason that John Bragge the last Incumbent by his delinquency agt State was sequestrated unto the time of his death which happened about half a year since ’.

Incumbent stations were permitted to apply for the new licence under Section 73 of the Broadcasting Services Act, 1992, however only if the Australian Broadcasting Authority, at the time, felt that there was no other operator who would be interested or able to operate a new station in the area.

In these cases, the Government that is " deemed to have resigned " to become an interim gorevnment, and with the absence of a Prime Minister in office, requires a cabinet vote on one of its members ( either the Acting Prime Minister or else ) who must be a knesset member and ( from the 2001 law ) a member of the Prime Minister's Party as well, to assume office as an Interim Prime Minister, until a new government is placed in power ( the 1968 law did not impose time limit on a " temporarily incapacitation " period of the Incumbent Prime Minister, but rather pending the return of the incumbent to resume his duties, and separately addressed only the event of death of the incumbent, while failing to address Permanent incapacitation or criminal conviction of the Incumbent Prime Minister ).

Incumbent Taoiseach Brian Cowen called him one of the " finest and most able barristers of his time ", while former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said Brady was " a great Dubliner who had a strong affinity with his native city " and described him as " my closest and most trusted colleague at the cabinet table.