Easy promise for an incumbent governor in an election year?
An incumbent governor also was defeated by a woman in a primary.
"There are now no legal means for the opposition in this or that region to beat the incumbent governor."
"No one else has the fund-raising capacity of an incumbent governor."
He was the only incumbent governor to be defeated in the November 2006 elections.
In 1981, the last time there was no incumbent governor running, the turnout exceeded 64 percent.
He was one of only two incumbent Democratic governors in the country that year to win reelection.
By law, the party cannot favor one candidate in a primary, but it can begin running ads against the incumbent governor.
In the spring, the incumbent Governor seemed to be fumbling and vulnerable.
He is running against an incumbent governor who has already gathered the support of most Republican Party officials.
