"why did elizabeth dole lose her bid for reelection? consider the advantages of incumbency"

It is claimed that she fought a dirty battle which was more based on insults than on presenting your own plan and program. She had the incumbency advantage and instead of focusing on that, she defamed her opponents which even led to her being called to court in a defamation lawsuit.

1, as only 12 out of 13 delegates showed up to the meeting.