Beloved Quote by Harry Enten

What does seem to matter for winning a primary is when candidates get into the race compared with their competitors.

— Harry Enten

Listen, Al Gore is a very tough opponent. He is the incumbent. He represents the incumbency. And a challenger is somebody who generally comes…

— George W. Bush

History has shown that challenging an incumbent president in the primary almost inevitably leads to defeat in the general election.

— Mercedes Schlapp

I recognize primaries are difficult things. We had a field of outstanding candidates. And primaries get a little bit rough. And it takes some…

— Mike Pence

You look at these primaries so far, do you realize they don't like [Ted] Cruz either, Ted - Chris [Christie]. In fact, maybe they…

— Rush Limbaugh

Large incumbents become big and sometimes become lazy and set themselves up for failure in the future.

— Taavet Hinrikus

If you look at why do we end up with the nominees that we get often? It's because you have only a very small…

— Frank Bruni

As far as party primaries are concerned, both Republican - and Democratic - Party primaries are dominated by the most zealous voters, whose views…

— Thomas Sowell

Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress.

— Thomas E. Mann

There are not very many people who go out and vote in primaries. So to get elected in a particular district, you have to…

— Diana Taylor

Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are by nature…

— Ron Fournier

Beating an incumbent president isn't easy. The majority do win reelection when they run.

— Harry Enten