Sentences with phrase «powerful incumbent»
A "powerful incumbent" refers to a person or company who currently holds a position of strength or influence in a particular field. They have established themselves as a leading force and may have advantages over others, such as experience, resources, or a large customer base. Full definition
Vasquez, who has successfully defeated the Queens County Democratic Organization and powerful political figures to maintain her district leadership, is now seeking an uphill fight in a city council race against powerful incumbent Peter Koo.
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In today's competitive landscape, this is not an acceptable tradeoff for a young company, for which speed is one of the few natural advantages over larger, more powerful incumbents.
Although Netflix was an early pioneer in online movie streaming, the company faces increasing competition, from powerful incumbent players, content companies and Internet rivals like Comcast, Verizon, Blockbuster / Dish Network, HBO and Amazon.
According to critics, that means the Democratic governor is approving «pork» spending that skews to support powerful incumbents: Republicans in the state Senate and Democrats in the Assembly — even after railing against spending for «pet projects» earlier this year.
Steam Machines are confronting powerful incumbents in the Xbox and PlayStation consoles.
Facebook isn't settling for feature parity with powerful incumbents like Craigslist, encouraging landlords to post 360 ° photos to provide a better sense for what a listing is like.
The left - wing Working Families Party (WFP) endorsed Cynthia Nixon in the governor's race rather than siding with Andrew Cuomo, the powerful incumbent.
«I've put up my money and am taking on a powerful incumbent and don't need a downstate guy to come in here and tell us how to do things in the 27th District,» he said.
Eliminating any of these Congressmen's districts could technically be done, but it would likely be de facto eliminating someone else's district by placing a powerful incumbent's electoral base in their seat.
He announced Wednesday he will seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Collins in 2018, setting up a potential battle against a powerful incumbent hampered by a congressional ethics investigation.