Clacton was UKIP's first
ever general election victory but MP Douglas Carswell had a spectacular break - up with the party and quit Westminster.
Not exact matches
But as Conservative MPs grow
ever more confident of
victory in the next
general election, the question of who will rise up the ranks looms larger by the month.
had in his opening remarks stated that «notwithstanding the apparent
victories we achieved at the last
general elections in the zone, it is glaring that our party now faces more challenges than it has
ever experienced since its formation».
The primary was a major hurdle, but McLaughlin's path to a
general election victory is not assured — even though no Democrat has
ever been elected Rensselaer County executive.