In some towns her rival, who elsewhere was a close contender, secured precisely no votes.
But he said it was his rival who was responsible for the aggressive fund-raising schedule.
I remember lining up next to one rival who wore orange Converse hightops.
A rival, who fears his own world will be redundant, described it to me as "phenomenal".
"Mickey Patterson," she said, referring to a friend and rival, who died in 1996.
Its judgment, incidentally, was once unquestioningly accepted by a rival who was bringing suit.
One rival who found Ashley on his share register explains: "His modus operandi is pretty pitiful.
Despite being an incumbent, Bush lost to a rival who focussed relentlessly on the economy.
"It's amazing how quickly he recovers," said Ted Ligety, his American rival, who finished eighth in Sunday's slalom.
But throughout it all, Meares has been the rival who has dogged the 31-year-old's wheeltracks the most persistently.
But that does not mean the Romney campaign will treat Mr. Gingrich as the rival who cannot be named.
