Sentence examples for a primary loss from inspiring English sources

A primary loss would essentially ensure her marginalization on the very policy issues about which she cares.

The rest said they found it insufficiently ruthless, fearing a primary loss if they seemed the slightest bit soft.

But a primary loss would create a far more difficult three-way race in which Mr. Golisano would have the financial advantage, and Mr. Pataki would be under high-volume assault from the left and the right.

Sensing a primary loss, Crist abandoned his primary bid and ran as an Independent.

Make no mistake, Bernie Sanders' campaign is a political revolution for the people, not for him, and one that will not be extinguished with a primary loss.

Rather starts in, suggesting that Clinton needs a "change in dynamic" here in New Hampshire, but fittingly notes that a primary loss should not be seen as a death knell for her hopes.

Even after a (close) primary loss, our political class was not ready for the Clintons to leave the stage.

Marshall was a state-level organizer for Clinton in 2008 and would become one of a handful of key staffers who joined Obama's campaign after Clinton conceded a bitter primary loss to him. .

A little-known, under-financed tea party challenger crushed seven-term Congressman and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in an unusual primary loss.

Virginia's Cantor was the first to fall, toppled in a surprise 2014 primary loss to a tea party newcomer, Rep. David Brat, who is now part of the influential House Freedom Caucus.

Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, recovered from a stinging presidential primary loss in 2000 to become a Senate force by leading a bipartisan coalition able to control the balance of power on tough issues like judicial nominations.