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primary

[prahy-mer-ee, -muh-ree] / ˈpraɪ mɛr i, -mə ri /


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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

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

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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