The incumbent will generally serve for at least five years, though this is only a developed convention, and the governor still technically acts at Her Majesty's pleasure ( or the Royal Pleasure ).

The incumbent governor is entitled to the use the style of His or Her Excellency, while in office.

In 2008 Luis Fortuño ( NPP ) was elected governor, giving the New Progressive Party its largest victory in history beating incumbent Gov.

The prerogative of the ministerial government and the House of Assembly were vested in the islands ' incumbent governor, Ric Todd, for a period of up to two years.

" In New York, the candidates for governor were John Jay, a Federalist, and incumbent George Clinton, who was allied with Jefferson and the Republicans.

The incumbent will generally serve for at least five years, though this is only a developed convention, and the governor general still technically acts at Her Majesty's pleasure ( or the Royal Pleasure ).

This flag is also, along with all flags on Canadian Forces property, flown at half-mast upon the death of an incumbent or former governor general.

In a landslide election, incumbent mayor Rudy McCollum was defeated by L. Douglas Wilder, who previously served Virginia as the first elected African American governor in the United States since Reconstruction.

In these cases, the former office of colonial governor was altered ( sometimes for the same incumbent ) to become Governor General upon independence, as the nature of the office became an entirely independent constitutional representative of the monarch rather than a symbol of previous colonial rule.

In 2005, the letters of credence and recall were altered so as to run in the name of the incumbent governor general, instead of following the usual international process of the letters being from one head of state to another.

The voters can then vote on whether or not to recall the incumbent governor, and on the same ballot, they can vote a potential replacement.

As is often the case when a one-term representative runs against a popular incumbent senator or governor, Walker was soundly defeated.

After winning four terms to the Massachusetts House of Representatives between 1962 and 1970 ( and winning the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1970 ), Dukakis was elected governor in 1974, defeating the incumbent Republican Francis Sargent during a period of fiscal crisis.

Dukakis, despite being the incumbent Democratic governor, was refused renomination by his own party.

As a move in the dispute, Ohio formally organized part of the disputed area as Lucas County, naming it after the incumbent governor of Ohio, Robert Lucas.

McCall was defeated in the election for governor by the Republican incumbent, George Pataki.

However, the position of governor was given then to incumbent Resident Commissioner Aníbal Acevedo Vilá who won by razor-thin margin in a highly controversial PR Supreme Court decision that many still hold was politically motivated.

* Alaska's Digital Archives – Photo taken May 29, 1982, as incumbent governor Jay Hammond and others celebrate his 99th birthday.

Thereafter follow three grades, which are, in order of precedence: Companion, Officer, and Member, each having accordant post-nominal letters that members are entitled to use ; each incumbent governor general is also installed as the Principal Companion for the duration of their time in the viceregal post.

The constitution of the Order of Canada also specifies that the reigning monarch, the incumbent governor general and, since 1971, his or her spouse, and former viceroys and viceregal consorts are to be included as Companions of the order, though these individuals also do not count towards the 165 person maximum.

She was the second woman and first Republican woman to defeat an incumbent governor in a general election in the United States.

Whitman ran against incumbent James Florio for governor in 1993, and defeated him by one percentage point to become the first female governor in New Jersey history.

The incumbent, Republican John Paul Hammerschmidt, defeated Clinton in the general election by a 52 % to 48 % margin.

The incumbent Chief Minister of the Northern Territory is Terry Mills, representing the Country Liberal Party since the 2012 general election.

Though in general the witan were recognized as the king's closest advisors and policy-makers, various witan also operated in other capacities ; there are mentions of þeodwitan, ' people's witan ', Angolcynnes witan, ' England's witan ', and an Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of York, Wulfstan II, wrote that " it is incumbent on bishops, that venerable witan always travel with them, and dwell with them, at least of the priesthood ; and that they may consult with them .. and who may be their counsellors at every time.

However, her attempt to block the election of Richard M. Daley, the son of her late mentor, to the prominent position of Cook County States ' Attorney ( chief local prosecutor ) in 1980 failed as Daley defeated Byrne's candidate, 14th Ward Alderman Ed Burke in the Democratic Primary and GOP incumbent Bernard Carey in the general election.

It was also the last election until 2008 in which neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president was his party's general election candidate.

When Margaret Thatcher, leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, won the 1979 general election defeating the incumbent Labour Party led by James Callaghan, Britain had endured several years of severe inflation, which was rarely below 10 % and by the time of the election in May 1979 stood at 10. 3 %.

In the general election campaign, Dewey crusaded against the alleged inefficiencies, corruption and Communist influences in incumbent President Roosevelt's New Deal programs, but avoided military and foreign policy debates.

In the 1981 general election, the incumbent CDA-VVD cabinet lost their majority.

Former Roanoke mayor Ralph Smith won the 2007 election in the neighboring 22nd Senate district after defeating incumbent Brandon Bell for the Republican nomination in the primary election and Democrat Michael Breiner in the general election.

In 2006, the incumbent Democratic Presiding Commissioner, Tony Crismon, switched parties but was defeated in the Republican primary by Tim Berrier, who was subsequently defeated in the general election by Bill Ransdall.

Incuumbent Democrat Circuit Court Clerk Rachelle Beasley was the only member of her party to win re-election for county office ; incumbent Republican Collector Terri Mitchell had no opposition in either the primary or the general election.

He received 114, 329 votes ( 1. 3 %) in his loss to incumbent Arnold Schwarzenegger in the general election.

In the 2011 general election, incumbent Councilmembers John Kashwick and David Barad were re-elected to three-year terms of office after running unopposed.

In the 2010 general election, incumbent Mayor Sophie Heymann ( 1386 votes ) was re-elected to a new, four-year term over former Councilwoman Linda Albelli ( 913 votes ) while Councilman John C. Glidden, Jr. ( 1402 votes ) and Councilwoman Victoria R. Amitai ( 1401 votes ) were elected to new, three-years terms over former Councilman Michael " Jack " Kelly.

In the November 2011 general election incumbent Vincent Barrella won re-election running as an independent after losing the endorsement of the Point Pleasant Beach Republican Party which went to Stephen Reid, while Republiocan William R. Mayer and Independent Bret Gordon won three-year terms on the Borough Council.

In the November 2011 general election, William Akers was elected to a four-year term as mayor and incumbent councilmembers Agnes Polhemus and Anthony E. Vaz were elected to three year terms on the borough council.

Vincent Mazzeo was re-elected without opposition for another four-year term in the November 8, 2011 general election, while New Republicans Lisa Brown and Jim O ' Neil defeated Democratic challengers to win seats representing Wards 1 and 2 respectively in the November 8, 2011 general election, after defeating incumbent Regular Republicans Cindy Kern and Brian Smith in the June Primary.

In the November 2011 general election, Democratic incumbent Randi Duffie and newcomers Austin Ashley and Hedy Grant won seats on the Council, knocking off incumbent Republicans Peter Rebsch and Celeste Scavetta.

As a result, Beatrix came to meet Hardwicke Rawnsley, incumbent vicar at Wray and later the founding secretary of the National Trust, whose interest in the countryside and country life inspired the same in Beatrix and who was to have a lasting impact on her life.

In some monarchies there may be liberty for the incumbent, or some body convening after his or her demise, to choose from eligible members of the ruling house, often limited to legitimate descendants of the dynasty's founder.

The post can also be abolished by constitutional change ; in such cases, an incumbent may be allowed to finish his or her term.

Marina Silva's Green Party in the Brazilian presidential election, 2010 won 19. 33 % of the vote of the first round taking enough votes from Dilma Rousseff of the incumbent PT party to stop her getting the 50 % needed to avoid a second round of which she went on to beat Jose Serra of the opposition PSDB party.

By the Interpretation Act of 2005, no incumbent appointee of the Crown is affected by the death of the monarch, nor are they required to take the Oath of Allegiance again, and all references in legislation to previous monarchs, whether in the masculine ( e. g. His Majesty ) or feminine ( e. g. the Queen ), continue to mean the reigning sovereign of Canada, regardless of his or her gender.

A previous wife will also become "< Alice >, Lady Bloggs " to distinguish her from the current wife of the incumbent baronet.

In the May 2012 elections, challengers Mike Bagnell ( with 1, 213 votes ) and Frank Sarno ( 1, 175 ) won seats on the commission, while incumbent Theresa Kelly won the third seat with 1, 164 votes, putting her two votes ahead of Albert Battaglia after provisional ballots were counted.

On November 2, 2010, Republicans Ed Trzaska and Patricia Graham defeated long-time Democratic incumbent Louise Wilson as well as her running mate, Neena Singh ( Brad Fay did not run for re-election ).

To her dismay, Ebsen supported her Republican opponent, incumbent Representative Bud Shuster, going so far as to tape an ad for Shuster that labeled Kulp as " too liberal.

Though earlier considered a safe incumbent, Whitman duplicated her 1993 result with a one-point victory and a plurality of the votes.

On June 7, 2005, with support from her new campaign advisors of Ed Rollins and Jim Dornan, Harris announced her candidacy for the 2006 Florida United States Senate election, challenging incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson.

The presidential election was due to be held in November but it was advanced by two months upon the early resignation by the incumbent, Mary Robinson, to assume her new appointment as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

But Clarke's takeover of the NPA and purge of its centrists was highly unpopular with Vancouver voters, especially her movement's deposition of the incumbent mayor, an ally of Campbell.

In August 1947, after three-term incumbent Wallace H. White, Jr. decided to retire, Smith announced her candidacy for his seat in the U. S. Senate.

This is so even if the incumbents have fewer seats – the incumbent prime minister still holds his or her commission for the duration of the writ period and immediately following an election.

In 2004, Norton was mentioned as a possible candidate for the U. S. Senate in her home state of Colorado, after the incumbent, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, decided to retire.

In September 2010, Saint Mary ’ s hosted the first U. S. Senatorial debate between incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer and her then Republican challenger Carly Fiorina.

He helped craft Christine Todd Whitman's plan for a 30 percent cut in New Jersey's income tax over three years, and this plan proved to be a major factor in her victory over incumbent Governor James Florio.