In his only attack on the Republicans, Hughes said, `` The three Republican candidates for governor are tripping over their feet for popular slogans to win the primary.

" Also during the 2000 Republican primary campaign in South Carolina, Richard Hand, a BJU professor, spread a false e-mail rumor that John McCain had fathered an illegitimate child.

With the fundraising help of friend Oliver North, Rohrabacher was able to win the Republican primary with a plurality of 35 %.

On January 6, 2008, Kemp endorsed McCain in the 2008 Republican presidential primaries shortly before the New Hampshire primary, which surprised conservative Republican tax cutters.

In 1972, Ashcroft ran for a Congressional seat in southwest Missouri in the Republican primary election, narrowly losing to Gene Taylor.

In the Republican primary, Ashcroft defeated Marc Perkel.

As a result of that effort, the Puerto Rico Legislature approved a law regulating presidential primaries in 1979, the first of which was held in 1980, with George H. W. Bush winning the Republican primary and President Carter beating Senator Edward " Ted " Kennedy in a hard-fought Democratic primary.

The 2008 Republican presidential primary was slated to be held in February, while Democrats held their primary in June.

The primary Republican policy was that slavery be excluded from all the territories.

Buchanan's New Hampshire win alarmed the Republican " establishment " sufficiently as to provoke prominent Republicans to quickly coalesce around Dole, and Dole won every primary starting with North and South Dakota.

U. S. Virgin Islands residents, however, are able to vote in presidential primary elections for delegates to the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention.

When prompted, Harding agreed to run for Burton's seat against his mentor, " Fire Engine " Joe Foraker, in the Republican primary, and he emerged victorious.

** Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to South Vietnam, wins the New Hampshire Republican primary.

** Senator Barry Goldwater receives more than 75 % of the votes in the Texas Republican Presidential primary.

* May 26 – Nelson Rockefeller defeats Barry Goldwater in the Oregon Republican primary, slowing but not stalling Goldwater's drive toward the nomination.

** Senator Barry Goldwater wins the California Republican Presidential primary, making him the overwhelming favorite for the nomination.

* April 10 – " Pineapple Primary ": The U. S. Republican Party primary elections in Chicago are preceded by assassinations and bombings.

* March 28 – Republican Jules Ferry makes primary education in France free, non-clerical ( laique ) and obligatory.

Pucinski went on to defeat Byrne in the primary and Vrdolyak — by then a Republican — in the general election.

Although winning the Democratic primary is normally tantamount to election in heavily Democratic Chicago, after his primary victory Washington found that his Republican opponent, former state legislator Bernard Epton ( earlier considered a nominal stand-in ), was supported by many white Democrats and ward organizations, including the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party, Alderman Edward " Fast Eddie " Vrdolyak.

Washington defeated former mayor Jane Byrne in the February 24, 1987, Democratic mayoral primary by 7. 2 %, 53. 5 % to 46. 3 %, and in the April 7, 1987, mayoral general election defeated Vrdolyak ( Illinois Solidarity Party ) by 11. 8 %, 53. 8 % to 42. 8 %, with Northwestern University business professor Donald Haider ( Republican ) getting 4. 3 %, to win reelection to a second term as mayor.

In 2005, Governor Ernie Fletcher appointed Republican Randy Thompson as County Judge Executive-the county's first Republican Judge Executive.

Republican Ernie Fletcher defeats Democrat Ben Chandler to become Governor of Kentucky.

In 2007, Republican governor Ernie Fletcher called the Assembly into session to consider a long list of items.

Ernie Fletcher, elected in 2003, was the most recent Republican to hold the office.

He went on to defeat his Republican opponent Arthur Fletcher and two other minor candidates in a landslide general election in November.

Fletcher won the Republican primary, but lost in the general election to Democrat Steve Beshear.

She then ran for governor, losing by 15 points to embattled Governor of Kentucky Ernie Fletcher in the Republican primary election for the 2007 Kentucky gubernatorial election.

After a lengthy scandal and investigation during his first term involving alleged abuses of the state's merit-based hiring system, many believed incumbent governor Ernie Fletcher, who sought re-election, no longer had sufficient support from either the Republican Party leadership or voters.

On May 22, 2007, Northup was defeated in the Republican primary by Fletcher.

Ernest Lee " Ernie " Fletcher ( born November 12, 1952 ) is a Republican politician from the U. S. state of Kentucky.

After turning back a challenge in the Republican primary by former Congresswoman Anne Northup, Fletcher lost the general election to Democrat Steve Beshear.

Through his church ministry, Fletcher became acquainted with a group of social conservatives that gained control of the Fayette County Republican Party in 1990.

Fletcher accepted an invitation to become a member of the county Republican committee.

Fletcher won the Republican primary for Baesler's seat by a wide margin.

Within months of arriving in Washington, D. C., Fletcher was selected as the leadership liaison for the 17-member freshman class of Republican legislators.

During the debate over the proposed Patients ' Bill of Rights legislation, Fletcher opposed a Democratic proposal that would have allowed individuals to sue their health maintenance organizations ( HMOs ), favoring instead a more limited bill drafted by Republican leadership that expanded the patient's ability to appeal HMO decisions.

Many doctors in the Republican legislative caucus felt their party's bill did not go far enough ; Fletcher and Tennessee Senator Bill Frist were notable exceptions.

In 2002, Fletcher was encouraged by Senator Mitch McConnell, the leader of Kentucky's Republican Party, to run for governor and formed an exploratory committee the same year.

Due to the funding from the Republican Governors Association, Fletcher held a two-to-one fundraising advantage over Chandler.

Fletcher also called for the firing of state Republican Party chair Darrell Brock, Jr. due to Brock's role in the merit scandal.

Republican Senate President David L. Williams asked Fletcher to include tax breaks for other businesses as well, but Fletcher insisted on a sparse legislative agenda.

Anne Northup challenged Fletcher in the 2007 Republican gubernatorial primary.