Sentence examples for primary upset from inspiring English sources

A year later, it spearheaded P. David Soares's primary upset of the incumbent Democratic district attorney in Albany.

In 1984, she was campaign manager for Mr. Hart in his primary upset over Walter F. Mondale and John Glenn.

In her shocking primary upset of Nancy Pelosi's heir apparent, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just did Democrats a big favor.

Thirty years ago, it was Ms. Murkowski's father, Frank, who was the beneficiary of a primary upset.

His New Hampshire primary upset -- if replicated elsewhere -- suggests that he has an appeal that stretches broadly across the political spectrum.

NY1 was the only news station that had a camera at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's campaign event to chronicle her Democratic congressional primary upset in June.

In one of the greatest primary upsets in modern history, Sanders defeated Clinton in Michigan.

Recent statewide Republican primary upsets have more often occurred in smaller states, where reaching voters costs less.

Political polarization, primary upsets and the Tea Party movement have combined to make this a most unusual year.

The primary upsets of establishment politicians — including the victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a newcomer, over a longtime incumbent in New York — have thrown the future of the party into question.

8] by Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, who assured him that his liberalization campaign was "doing well" in spite of the New Deal primary upsets.