In both cases, he lost a number of Republicans along with almost all Democrats.

The number of Republicans bruised by the affair is growing.

"Wisconsin was the only open primary, and you saw a very large number of Republicans come over to vote," he said.

I'm confident a good number of Republicans feel the same way.

And a small but growing number of Republicans are doing the same.

Polls show that a large number of Republicans support impeachment.

Actually, there were a fair number of Republicans on that jury.

A number of Republicans are thinking about running for his seat.

The number of Republicans available for the work is more than adequate.

Although the number of Republicans did not actually increase, the voters simply responded to the political world.