Wealthy Candidates Quotes



At the beginning of the 21st century, the Republican party had many closely contested primary contests—often with more than 2 candidates. Though not always, most of the Republican incumbents and challengers in the primaries were very rich. The Republicans had been so successful against the Democrats by attacking opponents viciously and crudely, truthfully and otherwise, that they brought that style of campaigning into their primary elections and often these primary election debates were very nasty fights.