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<span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ff0076; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #770377; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ff0076; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">The Power of the Incumbent Advantage<br />
Christa Concilla</span></span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="color: #770377; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"><u>Incumbent</u>: A congress person running for reelection.</span></li></ul><span style="color: #770377; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> </span><br />
<ul><li><span style="color: #770377; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Incumbents have a great advantage over those running in opposition to them.</span><ul><li><span style="color: #770377; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Great media coverage</span></li><li><span style="color: #770377; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Have money</span></li><li><span style="color: #770377; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Can use legislature they signed as a campaign bonus</span></li><li><span style="color: #770377; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Voting records</span></li></ul></li></ul><span style="color: #770377; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0076; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> </span><img src="/file/view/Incumbent_advantage_in_house.gif/93052024/Incumbent_advantage_in_house.gif" alt="" title="" /><span style="color: #ff0076; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Notice the high reelection rate for the House of Representatives. Incumbents use their experience as leverage to extend their time in Congress.</span><br />
<img src="/file/view/546-20080516-CONGRESS.large.prod_affiliate.91/93060444/546-20080516-CONGRESS.large.prod_affiliate.91" alt="" title="" /><span style="color: #ff0076; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"><strong><u>Two Links</u></strong><br />
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.cusdi.org/reelection.htm" rel="nofollow">Reelection</a><br />
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/incumbs.php" rel="nofollow">Funding</a></span>