Ragnar issues the challenge to Earl Haraldson who initially declines on the grounds Ragnar is a criminal. He remembers what the soothsayer told him however and decides to accept. A pregnant Lagertha, fearing that Ragnar is too weak to win, thinks they should just run away.
Incumbent. The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent.
Candidates standing for office are affiliated with political parties which both define a candidateâs ideology and policy position while reflecting a list of issues with which the electorate can identify based upon a political party platform as mirrored in the candidateâs election promises to the public.