Competitors Quote by Harry Enten

I think a primary always makes the other candidate a better candidate because you're battle-tested and you have to think in ways that other…

— Nancy Pelosi

A competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us and we will win.

— Mitt Romney

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

The point is that you see candidates running in these different kinds of contests. A primary shows you something that's different from a state…

— Michael Beschloss

The good thing about having a Republican primary is that the voters will decide our nominee - unlike the Democrats.

— Carlos Lopez-Cantera

Winning Democratic primaries is not a qualification or a sign of who can win the general election. If it were, every nominee would win…

— Mark Penn

Typically, the view of party leaders is that primaries are best avoided. Better to coalesce around a consensus candidate early, help that candidate amass…

— Steve Kornacki

There is a reality to the primary process, and you don't win primaries by being ahead in national polls. You win them by winning…

— Rudy Giuliani

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 rarely face major primary challengers. Those who even get one do so because they're not beloved within at least part of their party.

— Harry Enten

I don't really think it's appropriate for me to be picking and choosing in the primaries. It's pretty dumb politics for a Republican to…

— John Cornyn