primary elections

Primary elections are held prior to a general election to determine party candidates for the general election.

As you know, the primary elections are heating up here, and in a few months we'll have the real thing.

Primary elections will continue across the country. The general election is in November.

Once the primary elections or conventions conclude, the general election is held to determine who will be elected to hold office.

A representative chosen by primary elections to represent the party and vote for a particular candidate at the national convention.

Democrats in the United States cast their final ballots this week in primary elections for the party's presidential nomination.

The presidential nominating process involves States primary elections and party meetings known as Caucuses .

For elective offices at all levels, state-administered primary elections choose the major party nominees for subsequent general elections.

Kennedy and Humphrey began to compete in state primary elections, the first step in the nominating process.

Segal says he believes the early interest in each party's primary elections will bring voters to the polls in November's general election.

Candidates are often urged to withdraw from a presidential race after they lose several primary elections.

Transplanting the "open primary system" to Taiwan may not necessarily eliminate corrupt practices during party primary elections.

Seven states and the nation's capital held primary elections on Tuesday to choose candidates for the November elections.

Many voters supported Carte in the local Democratic primary elections before the party's nominating convention.

It is, says Sam Reed, Washington's secretary of state, the state's long tradition of holding non-partisan primary elections.

During the primary elections, McCain was Bush's leading opponent.

I would have gone to states where there were primary elections. I would have set up rallies and organized people.

Consequently, in 2000 then-Governor George W. Bush became the first major candidate to forego public financing in the primary elections.

In the past, other states held their primary elections in a cycle running through June.

a. m. : Polls open in New York City for primary elections.

They can support whichever candidate they choose, regardless of who wins the primary elections and caucuses.

Collected works in the contest after the closing of the voting sites for primary elections in accordance with the general public;