INCUMBENCY is key.
Incumbency IS key.
Incumbency is KEY.
Incumbent
Individual who already holds office. Sometime during each term, the incumbent must decide to run again or retire voluntarily. They enter their party's primary, almost always emerge victorious, and typically win in the November election as well.
Individual who already holds office. Sometime during each term, the incumbent must decide to run again or retire voluntarily. They enter their party's primary, almost always emerge victorious, and typically win in the November election as well.
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Thomas Evert Petri is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, serving since 1979. He has been reelected 14 times. Petri is a member of the Republican party. |