n. A defeated incumbent politician.
2012
The Conservative Reader is doing a District Of The Day kinda thing on the hot Senate races. Here's two, both with Republican uncumbents — hey! That was a typo but it's a great new word to describe a defeated incumbent.
2010
Jess Wagner, a Republican from the Phoenix area, said he’s happy to call Sen. Russ Feingold the "uncumbent" after three terms in the U.S. Senate.
1990 (earliest)
The lesson was clear as Hernando's votes came in Tuesday night: pity the poor incumbent.
Or maybe we should say the UNcumbent.
Without exception, the incumbents are gone.
Or maybe we should say the UNcumbent.
Without exception, the incumbents are gone.