1.   It has the earmarks of a Democratic primary fight, the kind of struggle that invariably leaves the victor wounded.

2.   Analysts rate the race a toss-up, but Bunning faced a much less rigorous primary fight and has more money to spend in the general election.

3.   Another Republican freshman, Jim Bunn, faced a strong challenge, having already survived a primary fight against two Republicans running to his right.

4.   A primary fight forces both to take clear stands on fiscal and social issues.

5.   A year later Tucker survived a bitter Democratic primary fight and was easily elected to Congress.

6.   After a divisive primary fight, Klink has had trouble raising the television money he needs for the expensive Philadelphia and eastern state markets.

7.   But conservatives in the district waged a bitter primary fight against Sweeney.

8.   But drawing him back into a potentially loud and contentious primary fight would seem a rather daunting challenge for now.

9.   But the focus Tuesday was on the Wheat-Murphy Democratic primary fight, a contest whose outcome remained uncertain until late into Tuesday evening.

10.   But then Cheney called, warning that a Pawlenty-Coleman primary fight might be too divisive.