Sentence examples for a primary contest from inspiring English sources

And of course, being Democrats, we have a primary contest.

But the reality remains that he has yet to win a primary contest.

Having a primary contest go through June is nothing particularly unusual".

In an ordinary election, parties put up a single candidate selected in a primary contest.

His power waned steadily, and he lost a primary contest for his seat in 1966.

It is his wealth that heightens interest in the race for lieutenant governor, a primary contest that usually draws yawns.

The president remains obsessed with it, Democrats are still wrangling over a bitter primary contest and a shocking loss in the general election, and analysts are still trying to understand better exactly how it all happened.

When asked if the heated back-and-forth was a preview of a 2016 primary contest, Paul's response was noncommittal.

But Mr. Hilliard suddenly finds himself battling for his political life against a lawyer, Artur Davis, in a Democratic primary contest that is getting dirtier by the day.

The race for Miller's 13th congressional district features a Republican primary contest between George Holding, a former U.S. attorney, and former Raleigh mayor Paul Coble.

He thinks it awful that 44 didn't much believe in his "own war", that Hillary was political during a presidential primary contest, that Biden is a dunce.