Mr. Glendening brushed off suggestions that he might face a challenge from his own party.

Neither faced a primary from their own party.

Last weekend Mr. Kohl, left, faced the first calls from his party to step down as honorary chairman because of financing questions.

Facing opposition to privatization from his own party, he made loyalty to postal privatization a prerequisite for winning a post in the cabinet shuffle.

Renzi faced no opposition from his own party in the Republican primary.

However, later he had to abort the mission as there were many influential land grabbers and faced opposition from his own party.

However, during the 2005 elections, he faced opposition from his party after he failed to support postal privatization.

Mrs. Whitman may face opposition from her own party within the Republican-controlled Legislature for some of her plans.

When he stood as a Home Rule League candidate in 1874, he faced opposition again, also from his own party.

After a disastrous second election defeat in 1985 Fälldin faced massive criticism from his party.