That political tack has not been lost on Mr. Haytaian, who is a candidate for the Republican senatorial nomination.

California, the most populous state, has fifty-three members of the House and two Senators, therefore becomes the most competitive in seeking a senatorial nomination to an academy.

Former governor James B. McCreary challenged Beckham for the senatorial nomination, but Beckham won by more than 11,000 votes.

Barbara Bush claimed that the John Birch Society was behind much of the opposition to her husband for the senatorial nomination.

He lost a bid for the Republican senatorial nomination to succeed Joseph McCarthy in 1957.

He never held political office, although he was a candidate for the Republican senatorial nomination against Senator Thomas C. Platt in 1897.

In terms of the tradeoffs of the campaign, Bush and his handlers were confronted with the following configuration: There were three competitors for the Republican senatorial nomination.

New Jersey Republicans have now fielded six candidates for their party's senatorial nomination, the latest being Robert W. Ray, the former Whitewater independent counsel.

He defeated the incumbent Edwin S. Broussard of New Iberia for the Democratic senatorial nomination, then equivalent to election in Louisiana.

Singel sought and lost the Democratic senatorial nomination in 1992 to Lynn Yeakel, who went on to narrowly lose the general election to incumbent Arlen Specter.