This event involves an administration official merely 'mulling' or considering a primary challenge - no actual action taken. While political retaliation against dissenting officials represents norm erosion, the speculative nature ('considers', 'mulls') combined with single-state scope and narrow population impact yields low constitutional damage (A=3.78). Election interference driver scores 2.5 for potential intimidation of elected officials, but mechanism_modifier of 0.6 reflects norm_erosion_only without concrete institutional damage. Separation scores 2.0 for executive branch attempting to influence state-level governance. The B-score of 17.31 reflects moderate media appeal (intra-GOP conflict, Trump defiance narrative) but lacks viral characteristics. Primary challenges are routine political mechanisms; the constitutional concern is the retaliatory intent, but without execution this remains speculative. The distraction differential (D=-13.53) suggests more hype than substance, but both scores fall below thresholds. Classification: Noise due to A<25, speculative nature, routine political process, and insufficient mechanism strength.