All three challengers were shown to have lost even in their own home regions, despite strong local loyalties and the expectation of state largesse from having sons in high places.

另外三位竞选者在他们的家乡甚至也失败了，尽管有着强烈的当地忠诚意识和儿子至上的国家期许。

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Even for challengers with deep-pocketed governments to support them, that is quite some barrier to entry.

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Lance, however, would have won the primary even if two of his challengers had thrown their support behind the third.

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Would-be challengers have difficulty reaching even the lowest rungs of the competitive ladder, and have no chance of building the global networks clients want.

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