Showing posts with label Trump Primary Challenge: Many Republicans Would Welcome It. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trump Primary Challenge: Many Republicans Would Welcome It. Show all posts

Saturday, January 26, 2019


By National Review, Jan. 23, 2019

It’s getting to the point where it’ll be easier to list the Democrats who are not running for president in 2020. But the roster on the Republican side remains a minority of one.

That may change. As Jonathan Last of The Bulwark notes, primary challenges of sitting presidents are more normal than many think. Of the nine sitting presidents who’ve sought re-election since 1964, five faced opponents from their own party.