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solarstorm
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« on: February 23, 2015, 06:57:18 PM »

It is often discussed if a presidential candidate could lose his home state in the general election, or why he lost it, respectively.
But has it ever happened that a presidential candidate, who had won the nomination process, had lost his home state during the primaries?
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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2015, 06:40:51 AM »

Richard Nixon lost his home state of California in 1968 to Ronald Reagan, who was also from California.

Ah ... that makes sense. But it's a very unique situation where the top-two candidates lived in the same state. I'd guess it has never happened that the winner lost his home state against a candidate with a different home state.
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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2015, 07:26:06 PM »

1932 Republican Maryland Presidential primary- Hoover beat challenger Senator Joseph France.

Erm ... no, that's not what I meant.
Had Hoover, however, been beaten in his home state of Iowa, then that primary were a perfect example of what I'm looking for.
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« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2015, 12:30:56 PM »

Sorry to bump this old thread, but reading up on the '76 primaries between Reagan and Ford, I discovered both of them lost their birth states so that's something.

That's perhaps the best answer to my question.
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« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2015, 06:56:14 AM »

If the primaries were held today, Bush would lose his home state...
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