1.   An incumbent black mayor of a major black-majority American city has never been upset by a white opponent.

2.   Are all critics of the incumbent mayor free of political baggage?

3.   As things stand now, that would leave Mark Green, the public advocate and second in succession, as the incumbent Democratic mayor.

4.   As the mayor and Gross often say, the Giuliani campaign has raised more money going into an election year than any other incumbent mayor.

5.   After the spring turmoil, the incumbent mayor, Frances Gibbs, decided not to seek re-election.

6.   But most political experts seriously doubt that Jackson would make such a run, especially against an incumbent mayor as popular as Richard M. Daley.

7.   He was painted as a dangerous radical by the incumbent mayor, Sam Yorty, and lost.

8.   In their campaigns, many incumbent mayors touted their cities declining crime rates and improved economies.

9.   On the other hand, Miringoff said, the mayor must cling to his role as the incumbent mayor and campaign as a can-do leader.

10.   She noted that many incumbent mayors and presidents were ahead of their challengers a year before the race, only to be defeated.