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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] incumbent-, incumbens, present participle of incumbere to lie down on, from in- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to cubare to lie. While encumber is derived from the [[root]] cumber, most appropriately defined: To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders [[freedom]] of [[motion]] or [[action]]; to burden, load.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
*2: one that occupies a particular position or place
==Description==
The '''incumbent''', in [[politics]], is the existing holder of a [[political]] office. This term is usually used in [[reference]] to [[elections]], in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent(s). For example, in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election 2004 United States presidential election], George W. Bush was the incumbent, because he was the president in the current term while the [[election]] sought to determine the president for the following term. In open-seat races (that is, where no incumbent is running), the phrase "incumbent" is sometimes used to refer to the nominee of the party currently holding the office.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incumbent]
[[Category: Politics]]
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] incumbent-, incumbens, present participle of incumbere to lie down on, from in- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to cubare to lie. While encumber is derived from the [[root]] cumber, most appropriately defined: To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders [[freedom]] of [[motion]] or [[action]]; to burden, load.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
*2: one that occupies a particular position or place
==Description==
The '''incumbent''', in [[politics]], is the existing holder of a [[political]] office. This term is usually used in [[reference]] to [[elections]], in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent(s). For example, in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election 2004 United States presidential election], George W. Bush was the incumbent, because he was the president in the current term while the [[election]] sought to determine the president for the following term. In open-seat races (that is, where no incumbent is running), the phrase "incumbent" is sometimes used to refer to the nominee of the party currently holding the office.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incumbent]
[[Category: Politics]]
[[Category: General Reference]]
