Sentence examples for a primary was held from inspiring English sources

And the 2008 Republican contest in Puerto Rico offers little guidance: only 208 voters participated when a caucus rather than a primary was held.

State party officials for the Democrats and the Republicans said that if a primary was held on May 29, their state conventions, both set for early June, would proceed, although Republican leaders said they would have to change how they picked delegates and would need a court order allowing them to do that.

Establishment influence is even less apparent on the Republican side, a stark contrast to 2000, when party chieftains anointed George W. Bush as the Republican nominee, locking down important endorsements and donors before a single primary was held.

This primary was held in a white and comparatively wealthy state in a generally prosperous time.

The first primary was held in 1901.

But that primary was held in March.

Florida's delegates have been barred because the state primary was held before party rules allowed.

The Democratic primary was held on September 14.

In 2008, Washington's presidential primary was held on February 19.

If the primary is held, a follow-up election will be held Oct. 30 with the 446 politicians casting the final votes for the three top vote-getters in the primary.

New Hampshire's laws require that the state's primary be held on a Tuesday, that it occur before any other primary (but not necessarily any other caucus), and that there is a full week's buffer between it and the next nomination contest.