The Perils of an Incumbent Primary

Eric Medlin
3 min readJan 23, 2024

Fighting an incumbent is incredibly difficult, even in normal circumstances.

The New Hampshire State House. Source: Wikimedia

Ron DeSantis failed in his bid to succeed Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s next presidential nominee on Sunday. He announced that he was suspending his presidential bid amid a second-place showing in the Iowa caucuses and a likely drubbing in the New Hampshire primary.

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Eric Medlin

I’m a writer interested in the intersections of history, ideas, and politics. I publish every week. www.twitter.com/medlinwrites