You can sustain a Republican primary race for quite a while on the basis of ultra-conservatism and religion.

She lost a Republican primary race for state senator in 2010, receiving 12,494 votes, or 45.4%.

Republican race: Romney shows rare signs of unsteadiness during debate, raising fresh hopes among party's Right.

Republican primary race In 2007, Olson announced he would run for the Republican nomination in the 22nd District.

Rick Perry to withdraw from Republican presidential race 5.

Republican presidential races benefited from the black majority in the county.

In spite of his protestations, the Tea Party has been largely invisible in the 2012 Republican presidential race.

With two Mormon candidates in the 2012 Republican presidential primary race, will it be easier or harder for one of them to win the nomination?

Mitt Romney entered the 2012 Republican presidential race as the presumed frontrunner.

When you are in a Republican primary race against a bunch of right-wing ideologues, there is very little benefit (and sometimes a large cost) to recognizing reality.

The Republican race really is Pythonesque.

Over all, the Republican race seems more volatile now than it did a few months ago.

The Republican race was a little more settled, but even there many of the pundits were stumped.

On Tuesday the Republican race drew some 870,000 voters and the Democratic total dropped to 1.4 million.

The Republican race, like the Democratic one, turned personal, although the damage did not seem to run as deep.

For instance, the Republican race demonstrated how launching a televised offensive against a well-liked foe can sometimes backfire.

The Republican races got a little crazy in the last days before the primary on Sept 12.

The Republican race is being taken somewhat more seriously.

However, the Republican race was quite unsettled, with none of the top-tier candidates dominating the race and all of them possessing major vulnerabilities.

The Republican race, for example, is already taking on a clear ideological coloration.