One of the bigger congressional primary days on the summer calendar arrives on Tuesday with high-profile races in Florida and Arizona.
nytimes.com/travel OPINION THE CONVERSATION Primary Days of Yore David Brooks and Gail Collins reminisce about the season that has just passed and discuss what the future holds.
Mr. Romney, who said he did not get nervous on primary days, said he had a meal waiting for him as soon as he got home.
It would spread out primary days over a long enough time that a true campaign could emerge, rather than the near-national primary that is likely to occur next Feb. 5.
Like the rest of this strangest of primary days, the Democratic primary win for Mr. McCall, the state comptroller, in his bid to become New York's first black governor, was played out against a backdrop of sorrow.
On the next two biggest primary days, March 5 and March 12, however, Dole swept the contests, and he went on to win every contest throughout the remainder of the primary season, capturing the Republican nomination.
