Sentence examples for primary contests that from inspiring English sources

And I was referencing those to make the point that we have had nomination primary contests that go into June.

She said she referenced the 1992 and 1968 campaigns "to make the point that we have had nomination primary contests that go into June".

Rubio had, in recent weeks, suffered bruising losses in key primary contests that placed the senator well behind rivals Trump and Texas senator Ted Cruz.

The half-dozen Southern primary contests that took place this week had all the tension of an election for a North Korean communist-party second secretary.

The races here are among the most high-profile — and costly — of the primary contests that will play out in 11 states on Tuesday, in one of the largest tests of voter remonstrance animating this midterm election cycle.

The poll represents a snapshot of the country's political mood as the campaign pivots from primary contests that have revealed deep divisions among Republicans into the general election, where the parties deliver their competing arguments to a wider audience.

But even Mr. Markowitz noted that the poll represented an extremely early reflection in a primary contest that is more than a year away.

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.

Think for a moment about the grim prospect of a 2016 G.O.P. primary contest that won't feature Bachmann, Rick Perry, or Herman Cain.

It is an old truism of American politics that while Iowa may winnow the field of candidates, it is New Hampshire's primary contest that has the power to truly anoint a party's presidential candidate.

One dirty little secret of the present system is that while it schedules primaries from January until June, the federal matching grant system does not provide money for a primary contest that lasts beyond April, when recent races have been over.