In May he lost the Republican primary to a police detective endorsed by Sheriff Catron's widow.
Anthony Aurrichio, chairman of the Conservative Party, also wanted to move on and likened the primary to a ballgame.
In Idaho, the candidate in question, Vaughn Ward, lost his primary to a more steadfast anti-17ther.
His top strategists often compare the Republican primary to a college basketball championship, with two separate brackets.
This time he was less successful, losing in the Democratic primary to a challenger from the left.
Political experts this week were focused on how the Florida Legislature has advanced its presidential primary to a very early date: Jan . 29 , 2008
The ads battered Mr. Riordan, who lost the primary to a conservative neophyte, Bill Simon Jr., and the unpopular Mr. Davis pulled out a win in November.
Then, on June 10 , 2014 Cantor lost a primary to a poorly funded and largely unknown challenger, who focussed his campaign on Cantor's alleged softness on illegal immigration.
Details of the dispute offer a glimpse into the machinery and growing pains of a presidential campaign as it switches from a primary to a general-election footing.
After the incumbent, Representative Merrill Cook, lost in the primary to a big spending conservative, Derek Smith, Mr. Matheson never trailed in the polls.
His stance cost him a year later when he lost the Democratic primary to a segregationist, Judge John R. Rarick, who went on to win the election.
