The longtime Republican incumbent, Abe Seldin, is not seeking re-election.

Brian Norris, a longtime Republican, wondered what country Mr. Dole was talking about.

Then he beat a longtime incumbent Republican, with the considerable help of Lyndon Johnson's coattails.

She was defeated by John Mica, the longtime Republican incumbent.

I was a longtime Republican.

Although he lost to the longtime Republican incumbent, Roy M. Goodman, an unexpected opportunity emerged in the groups' legal cases.

She is a longtime Republican and voted for George Bush in 1992.

A longtime Republican, he was the party's Wisconsin state chairman from 1955-58.

He lost fairly handily to longtime Republican incumbent John Saylor.

Some longtime Republicans will wonder, 'Well, how do I get her on the phone?'