# An “Eisenhower Republican” is challenging Scott Perry in PA **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 29, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eisenhower-republican-is-challenging-scott-perry-in-pa/996819 "2024-01-29T15:21:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eisenhower-republican-is-challenging-scott-perry-in-pa/996819/1 "2024-01-29T15:21:00Z")
He’s hoping independents and disaffected Republicans will back him up. Here’s hoping he Al least bleeds votes from Perry. > **[An anti-Trump Republican is challenging Scott Perry in GOP primary](https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/john-henry-newman-scott-perry-trump-20240123.html)** > > John Henry Newman, who is disturbed by U.S. Rep. Scott Perry's role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election, plans to challenge the congressman in the Republican primary. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eisenhower-republican-is-challenging-scott-perry-in-pa/996819/2 "2024-01-29T16:04:37Z")
I don’t think Eisenhower himself could win a Republican primary. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eisenhower-republican-is-challenging-scott-perry-in-pa/996819/3 "2024-01-29T17:26:44Z")
Dwight Eisenhower running for office today would be branded a flaming liberal and a socialist for being interested in civil rights and national infrastructure. Nixon would probably be considered a ‘Marxist’ for imposing wage and price controls. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eisenhower-republican-is-challenging-scott-perry-in-pa/996819/4 "2024-01-29T19:59:54Z")
What % of the vote would he need to at least convince moderates the tide is turning? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eisenhower-republican-is-challenging-scott-perry-in-pa/996819/5 "2024-01-29T21:20:21Z")
Independents can’t vote in the 2024 primaries in PA so Perry is in pretty good shape in a primary. This area in PA around Hershey and Harrisburg is not going to be a solidly pro-MAGA in the party, if this challenger has money and support from some local GOP leadership he might have a chance, but I doubt Perry would still be there if the leadership wasn’t solidly behind him. It’s a party matter in a closed primary, the result is the decision the party has already made. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eisenhower-republican-is-challenging-scott-perry-in-pa/996819/6 "2024-01-30T02:58:17Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > He’s hoping independents and disaffected Republicans will back him up. Here’s hoping he Al least bleeds votes from Perry. As a former Republican, I might do just what he is asking if I was in his district (change registration back to vote for him). News earlier this month concerning the same race: [A liberal activist asked a Pennsylvania court on Tuesday to bar U.S. Rep. Scott Perry from the state’s primary ballot, arguing that Perry isn’t eligible because of his efforts to keep President Donald Trump in office and block the transfer of power to Democrat Joe Biden.](https://apnews.com/article/scott-perry-election-lawsuit-trump-jan-6-eecb31cae4ee3bb74d529e8513264bdb) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eisenhower-republican-is-challenging-scott-perry-in-pa/996819/7 "2024-01-30T03:09:55Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > I don’t think Eisenhower himself could win a Republican primary. But the guys he fought in WWII probably could. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eisenhower-republican-is-challenging-scott-perry-in-pa/996819/8 "2024-01-30T04:19:06Z")
Wait, you think today’s Republicans rate the candidates on the basis of policy? OK, boomer. (I love finally getting an excuse to say that at my age.)