Primary election

An election to choose the final candidates to run for an office such as mayor or senator. 



Word Structure

PRAHY-meyr-ee

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ih-LEK-shuhn

Sentence Examples

The primary election comes first.

He ran in a non-partisan primary election.

He won his party's primary election.

Semantic Relatives

General Election

Political Party

Vote



Textbook

Explore American Democracy Chapter 10 by Attainment

Deeper Dive

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