# GOP 2020 primary challenger(s) to Trump

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-2020-primary-challenger-s-to-trump/829597>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 15, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-2020-primary-challenger-s-to-trump/829597 "2019-02-15T15:59:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-2020-primary-challenger-s-to-trump/829597/81 "2019-09-12T01:25:23Z")

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Would be interesting to see Charlie Baker mount a primary challenge to Trump. Baker, a Republican, won the gubernatorial election in deep-blue Massachusetts by a crushing margin of 33 percentage points.

(Not that I’m aware of any intent by Baker to do so; just saying it would be interesting. He might be the most electable Republican in the presidential general-election that there could be.)

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**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:** [September 12, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-2020-primary-challenger-s-to-trump/829597/82 "2019-09-12T02:30:40Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> Would be interesting to see Charlie Baker mount a primary challenge to Trump. Baker, a Republican, won the gubernatorial election in deep-blue Massachusetts by a crushing margin of 33 percentage points.

William Weld was also an extremely popular governor of Massachusetts. Somehow, New England variety Republicanism doesn’t seem to appeal Republicans in the rest of the country.

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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-2020-primary-challenger-s-to-trump/829597/83 "2019-09-12T02:38:40Z")

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> [@kirkrapine](#):
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> They’re all going to have Dem primaries; it costs almost nothing additional to provide a Republican ballot as well.

Well, it does free up Republicans to cross over and screw with the Democrats.

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