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Barack Obama is the incumbent US President, now campaigning for election to a second term.
Barack Obama is the incumbent US President, now campaigning for election to a second term.
The only person currently (2012) running who is an African-American is the incumbent president, Barack Obama, who is running for re-election.
Incumbent Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware and Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin
Ronald Reagan won the 1980 presidential election defeating incumbent President Jimmy Carter. Incumbent President Ronald Reagan won reelection in the 1984 presidential election defeating Walter Mondale.
Yes, President Obama is running for reelection in the 2012 election.
The incumbent is the current holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent
They are called running mates when they are running for election.
where there is no incumbent running in an election. Like when a president leaves office after his second term. another example is when a senator, like Ted Kennedy, dies and so the seat is "open"
The incumbent, Gerald R. Ford, ran for another term in 1976. Bob Dole was his running mate.
In the 2008 US Presidential Election, none of the candidates was an incumbent President or Vice-President. President George W. Bush completed his second term of office, and Vice-President Cheney didn't seek nomination.The Republican candidates were John McCain, US Senator (R-AZ), and Sarah Palin, (R) then-Governor of Alaska.The Democratic candidates were Barack Obama, US Senator (D-IL), and Joseph Biden, US Senator, (D-DE).
He ran against the Republican incumbent President Gerald Ford.