Word: cumbent
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...more slimy candidate jumps into the fray. In the race for county commissioner in Lawrence, Kans., Agnes T. Frog, a frog, won 27.4% of the votes in a valiant effort to unseat In- cumbent Nancy Hiebert. Agnes was a write-in candidate sponsored by opponents of a proposed highway that, they contend, would threaten the habitat of the northern crawfish frog. Despite the loss, Agnes' spokesman, John Simmons, a herpetologist (one who studies amphibians), was practically jumping up and down at her showing: "Agnes leapt into the contest with all four feet. The frognosis was good when we took...
...Boston mayoral candidate Melvin H. King, the only Black candidate in an expected field of six challengers to in cumbent Kevin H. White, the issue of race is integral to his campaign and to Hub politics as a whole...
Last week, after a six-week delay, In cumbent Romero was at last declared the winner. He received 47.2% of the votes to Hernandez Colon's 47.1% - a margin of 3,503 ballots...