Rep. Jimmy Hayes of Louisiana switched from Democrat to Republican in 1995 and then failed to win a runoff primary in the following campaign.
Recent polls show him with a 10-point lead over his opponent in the Republican primary runoff scheduled for April 2.
Lincoln, who faces a primary runoff in June, inserted the proposal at the last minute earlier this year, catching many by surprise and unleashing a fury of bank industry lobbying.
Sanford and his wife Jenny divorced, and the ex-governor is now engaged to his former mistress, Maria Belen Chapur, who even appeared at his victory speech after the GOP primary runoff.
Most agreed that the addition of a well-known, well-funded candidate would make it much harder for the current front-runner, Ms. Quinn, to win the 40% of the vote necessary to avoid a runoff after the primary.
On Tuesday, it appeared that his push for political redemption was working, as he took a 13 percentage point lead in a Republican primary runoff for the seat, according to early, unofficial reports from the South Carolina State Election Commission.
If Weiner makes it at least to a widely expected Democratic primary runoff, as many feel he could, "then he will dramatically show that he's back and that he has a viable political career, even if he doesn't win, " said George Arzt, a veteran Democratic political consultant who isn't working with any mayoral candidates this year.
For the first time this election season, Marist examined how Ms. Quinn would fare in a potential runoff, triggered when no primary candidate wins 40% of the vote or more in the Sept. 10 primary.
Landrieu was elected in the primary (there will be no runoff) with 66 percent of the vote, including 63 percent of African-Americans and 70 percent of white voters.
If Weiner does enter the race, he could hurt Quinn's chances of getting the 40 percent of the primary vote she would need to avoid a runoff, Carroll said.
When Caraway did well enough in the primary election to earn a spot in a runoff (which he lost), I wrote a column lamenting that the candidate found a market for his fear mongering and noting that the same was true for George Wallace.
Former Charlotte Mayor Richard Vinroot, the 2000 Republican gubernatorial candidate, led the field in the July 20 primary with 31 percent of vote and was headed to a runoff with Ballantine, who garnered 29 percent.
But less than a month before the runoff, Vinroot opted out, giving the nomination to Ballantine and avoiding a potentially divisive primary fight.
The candidates were vying in the GOP runoff after they finished as the top two vote-getters in a 16-way GOP primary last month.
In 1997, Sharpton lost the New York City mayoral primary, but he did receive 32 percent of the vote, nearly forcing a runoff.
Greuel and Garcetti emerged from a March primary in which no candidate secured the majority needed to win outright, leading to Tuesday's runoff.
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