A governor already in office.
The incumbent is the current office holder, the "challanger' is the person running against the incumbent
Barack Obama is the incumbent president.
An incumbent is an elected official who holds an office and is running for reelection.
The mayor who is in office and running for reelection.
An elected official who is running for another term in office.
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The phrase incumbent governor would be referring to the current governor. As of June 2014, Terry Branstad of Iowa is America's longest serving governor.
The incumbent governor of the state of Ohio is John R. Kasich. The city of Cincinnati's incumbent mayor is Mayor John Cranley. Cincinnati is the third largest city of the state of Ohio.
Gary Herbert is the current incumbent of that role.
The Texas Government is headed by the state governor. The current incumbent governor of Texas is Rick Perry.
It is incumbent upon the government to deal with pressing environmental hazards. The social services agency enforces the care standards that are incumbent on foster parents. The challenger defeated the powerful incumbent to become the new governor.
The word "incumbent" refers to the person who is currently in office. So, the incumbent president refers to President Obama. His challenger in the 2012 election was Mitt Romney. In politics, the incumbent is the one who holds the job-- whether it's the governor or mayor or president; the person trying to win that job in an election is the challenger, who is trying to defeat the incumbent.
The first female governor was Joan Finney, from 1991 to 1995. She was the first female candidate in the US to defeat an incumbent male governor in a state general election.
Dr. Duvuri Subbarao is the Governor of RBI from September 2,2008 till now. He succeeded Yaga Venugopal Reddy
JAY NIXON is serving his first term as governor of Missouri. Garnering the highest margin of victory for a non-incumbent governor in 44 years, Nixon was overwhelmingly elected by Missourians as their 55th Governor on Nov. 4, 2008
Maharashtra is India's second most populous state. It has a population of 110 million people and its capital is Mumbai, world famous for its movie industry. The incumbent governor of Maharashtra is Kateekal Sankaranarayanan, who has served as governor of Nagaland and Jharkhand also.
Perhaps a bit confusing. New Jersey will put in place a new Governor in 2010, Chris Chritie (R) who unseated the incumbent Governor Jon Corzine (D).