Sentences with phrase «entirely by incumbents»

And the most crucial reform is public financing for campaigns — the best way to inject competition into legislative races now almost controlled entirely by incumbents.

Not exact matches

After aggressively campaigning against GOP Congressman Bob Turner only to see his district emerge as one of the two eliminated by the court's congressional map, Assemblyman Rory Lancman turned his attention to a new Asian - plurality district contained entirely in Queens, which would have set him up against incumbent Congressman Gary Ackerman, who has a long history in the district despite living outside of it.