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[–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

? If incumbent wins the primary its the same as if they didn’t have one but at least the party members chose.

primaries are separate by party.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    It's not a thing that happens often, but as far as I can find every single time the incumbent president has had someone try to primary them, the incumbent's entire party lost the seat.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_challenge

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