I think this is the year of chaos, uncertainty and breaking all the political rules.

GOP strategist Brendan Steinhauser, summing up the 2016 election cycle

I was fearful of this for Lon because he has a name that not a lot people can relate to. All he had was the qualifications. That’s the tragedy.

Former ag commissioner candidate Hugh Fitzsimons to the Texas Observer on former state Rep. Lon Burnam's third-place finish in the Democratic primary contest for railroad commissioner

No, I wasn't being held hostage, no, I wasn't sitting up there thinking 'Oh my God, what have I done?'

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, responding to social media ribbing about his facial expressions caught on camera after introducing Donald Trump at his Tuesday night election watch party

Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. He's playing the American public for suckers: He gets a free ride to the White House and all we get is a lousy hat.

Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney in a Thursday speech urging Republicans to back anyone but Trump

Put a big sign on Main Street. Small town.

Todd Beckett, Presidio County's GOP chair, on how he planned to get out a message on the last minute decision to set up a polling place for the Tuesday primary election