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To: Viennacon
When is the last time that an incumbent senator (from anywhere) was defeated in a primary?

Has it ever been done?

I'm just trying to judge the magnitude of the task...

/johnny

73 posted on 06/03/2014 6:02:54 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Ummm.... 2012? Dick Lugar was ousted by the state treasurer in Indiana. Others have lost at conventions, like Bennett in Utah


75 posted on 06/03/2014 6:04:25 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: JRandomFreeper

Castle in Del 2012 by Christine McDonald.


77 posted on 06/03/2014 6:10:18 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: JRandomFreeper

It happens, Luger lost his to Murdock.


78 posted on 06/03/2014 6:11:50 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
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