The proportion of incumbents who seek reelection is high and remarkably constant from election to election.

在各个选举中，要求改选的现任者的比例总是很高很稳定。

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Someone who currently holds elected office. Incumbents have the advantage of name recognition and experience when they seek reelection. Rarely an endangered species.

以前选出的在职党人。连选时有名望及经验的优势，风险不大。

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In nineteen sixty-eight, President Johnson surprised the nation by announcing that he would not seek reelection as president.

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He also announced he would not seek reelection to the Senate in nineteen seventy.

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Frank Lautenberg, a Democrat, looks likely to retire rather than seek reelection in 2014.

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