Sentence examples for primary challenge and from inspiring English sources

Ms. Tauscher had a token primary challenge and faces only a Libertarian candidate in November.

Five months later, she beat back a primary challenge, and then defeated two other candidates in the general election.

The Democratic incumbent faces no serious primary challenge and his re-election campaign already is well under way.

She won votes from nearly ninety-six per cent of the delegates, preventing a primary challenge, and she struck a defiant note.

That's why senior Democratic aides argue that McConnell is most concerned about a primary challenge and will vote against any deal.

Mr. Hanger, who is not up for re-election until 2015, has already survived one Republican primary challenge, and Ms. Long would like to see him face another.

Yet a number of Republican incumbents -- including 35-year state Senate veteran Robert Littell, face primary challenges, and conservatives have decided to field candidates in an array of races.

One decided not to seek re-election, and two fended off primary challenges and will be up for re-election in November.

In recent years, Mrs. Roukema has become a target for the conservative wing of her party, which almost unseated her in two primary challenges, and an outsider in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

Organizations like Justice Democrats and #AllOfUs are oriented around primary challenges and bullet-pointed agenda; Sanders's own Our Revolution is providing a national donor network progressives in often-ignored local races.

As the 2018 nomination season gets underway, analysts anticipate a network of insurgent candidates and activists to seek a liberal purification of the Democratic Party, in the same way that Tea Party members took aim at a detested Republican "establishment" via a series of formidable primary challenges and congressional leadership battles.