...his tireless campaigning, Specter's irascible independence caught up with him in 2004. Specter barely survived a GOP primary challenge by Toomey by 17,000 votes of more than 1.4 million cast. He went on to easily win the general election...
...over the conservative Republican base. We've yet to detect his moorings. And that's a significant shortcoming in a GOP primary.As long as the process is, Romney is running out of time to fix what's wrong. This could be a make-or-break...
...up for a likely presidential run. He has been courting religious and social conservatives who would be critical in a GOP primary.Gingrich said Wednesday that if he runs for president, he will likely announce in early May outside Independence...
...He has seen his standing in some polls grow in the months since he first dangled a presidential candidacy before a GOP primary electorate looking for a leader to aggressively challenge the Democratic president.Many rank-and-file Republicans...
...pay $128 in restitution to the campaign of state Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, a Republican who defeated Dylan Glenn in a GOP primary runoff in Georgia's 8th Congressional District. Hydrogen bomb causes stir at Tybee Island Just when you thought...
...planned-growth advocate Ed Giobbe filed Monday to run against Councilman Don Sprawls for the District 3 seat, which will force a GOP primary Sept. 9. Monday was the last day a candidate could file to appear on the ballot. No one stepped up against Republican...
...elected May 13, I'm ready to go when sworn in May 15," said Lt. Hunt, who beat interim Sheriff Jody Rowland in a GOP primary battle and is the prohibitive favorite in this GOP-dominated part of South Carolina. "I don't want folks thinking...
ATLANTA - John Linder defeated Bob Barr on Tuesday in a GOP primary battle in which only one incumbent could return to Congress. With 112 of 170 precincts reporting, Mr. Linder had 38,328 votes...
...polls in 1992 when he began his challenge to U.S. Sen. Wyche Fowler, D-Ga. He had the courage to wade through a GOP primary to obtain his party's nomination, and then admirably girded his loins for the fall slugfest with Fowler. Coverdell...
...political mix is somewhat different. Incumbent Joey Brush, R-Appling, is pro-Schrenko - but is still fending off a GOP primary challenger. Brush emphasizes that he works with Harbin to return extra grants to Columbia and the other counties because...
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