Can anyone come up with a previous example of success in what Senator Lieberman is preparing to do if he loses his primary?
By this, I'm looking for an incumbent senator losing their party primary and running as an independent and winning in the General Election. I know that Senator Javits is sort of an example of it NOT working (He lost the Republican Primary and ran in the General on the Liberal line) but New York's electoral fusion isn't typical.
Any ideas?