primaries

State elections of delegates to the nominating convention that chooses a major party's presidential candidate. In some states, delegates are elected by popular vote; in other states, party caucus es or miniconventions choose delegates.

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Primaries occur at different times during the presidential election year, a situation that drags out the process by which parties nominate candidates but allows wide public exposure to candidates and issues.

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But Musk also has near limitless resources to respond, including by funding insurgent challengers to Republicans in next year's elections and primaries.

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Worse, the party allows dark money in its primaries and is heavily reliant on it in general elections.

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Instead of being scared of primaries, we need to be welcoming people like me into the fold, who are sticking our heads up to lead and engaging new people.

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His own run for president in 2024 drew tepid support and ended months before Republican primaries began.

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One of the things I'm thinking about is that in the primaries in the Democratic Party last year, we saw significant spending against Democrats like Jamal Bowman or Cori Bush.

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