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Miller previously said his love for music began accidentally, after becoming "hooked" on singing following an audition for a primary school show.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Daniel J. Sullivan received 4,107 votes in the primary, roughly 2.5% of the total.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The Constitution gives states primary responsibility for running elections, while Congress has the power to regulate federal elections.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
At an estimated national population of 9.7 million, Native Americans represent roughly 3% of the country and could swing key states like Arizona and New Mexico in a competitive primary and general election.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
On top of his other responsibilities, Barack lived with a ticking clock, one that incessantly reminded him of the minutes and hours remaining before the March primary.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Petersen said Unite Here had the largest ground operation of any union in the state during primaries in June and knocked on more than 300,000 doors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
It didn't respond to a request for comment, but it has rejected suggestions that its influence is collapsing, saying hundreds of candidates it backed have won their primaries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Here’s what to know about the unlikely victor, along with more takeaways from yesterday’s primaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
And in June, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed a trio of progressive Democrats in the regions' US House races, all of whom won their primaries.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Ekman recalled the first time he saw Bill Clinton, during the 1992 Democratic primaries.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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One former lawmaker, Dallas’ Jason Villalba, knows what it’s like to be primaried by a GOP rival backed by insurgent groups.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
Manchin brushed off the warning, saying, “I’ve been primaried my entire life. That would not be anything new for me.”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2022
He was primaried by another Republican last year and left office on Jan 3.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
He will die a senator or be primaried and spend the rest of his life just hanging out around the Capitol.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2015
"Right now Cantor is impregnable, but if we can make him vulnerable then he can be primaried," Hurd said.
From Reuters ● May 17, 2011
If he does, though, good luck to whichever next-big-thing in Massachusetts politics chooses to end their career by primarying him.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
In 1998, the Working Families Party began testing the strategy: primarying the worst incumbents, endorsing the best and running third-party races only when it made sense.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2019
In Rhode Island, it is former secretary of state Matt Brown and Bernie Sanders-organizer Aaron Regunberg primarying Raimondo and her lieutenant governor.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2018
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