Sentences with phrase «election primary»

An election primary is the first step in the process of selecting a candidate for a political party in an election. It allows party members to vote for their preferred candidate from among a selection of individuals running for the same position. The winner of the primary then becomes the party's official candidate for the general election. Full definition
The Peoples Democratic Party has vowed to resist any attempt to disrupt or cause crises at the governorship election primary of the party, coming up on Tuesday.
They premised their opinion on how the governor led the voice against the National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, when he attempted to impose his stooge, Dr. Segun Abraham on APC before the party governorship election primary in September 3, 2016.
Dawn Euer came up big in the special election primary on Tuesday, July 18.
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McEwen took 26 percent in the GOP special election primary last year — second only to Schmidt's 31 percent.
Rahm Emanuel, a staunch opponent of banks in real estate, won a hard - fought congressional election primary in Illinois.
Five candidates will participate in election primaries on Tuesday.
The midterm elections are coming up in November, but before that happens, we need to get through the midterm election primaries.
In Alabama's 1st District, Republican Dean Young lost the 2013 special election primary to Bradley Byrne, 52.5 - 47.5 percent.
Her first was «Hot for Hillary,» a satirical love song for Hillary Clinton during the 2007 election primaries.
Umar who was a guest on Channels Television's Sunrise on Saturday, gave details of how the election primaries ran hitch - free, especially because of efforts by the police, and how the conduct of the main election would be in like manner.
But only five days earlier, another top female prospect, Florida Senate Majority Leader Lizbeth Benacquisto lost her special election primary to a self - funding businessman.
Last month, officials made clear that the bill wouldn't be voted on until after the Sept. 12 election primary.
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