incumbent

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AI “disrupts the certainty” of cash returns for incumbent tech companies and adds more volatility to earnings, note strategists at 22V Research.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Times/Berkeley IGS poll on L.A. mayor’s race shows incumbent Karen Bass in the lead.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

They point out that Aussie Broadband appears to have been unaffected by incumbent Telstra’s November price cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Each time, the incumbent remained chair until the successor was confirmed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Over her nurse’s scrubs, Mrs. Montgomery is wearing a sweatshirt with the incumbent county executive's name on it.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan