an election in which members of a political party choose delegates to represent them at the national nominating convention

a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

a first stage in the public process by which voters elect candidates to public office

an election in which a candidate is chosen to represent a political party for a particular office in an election

an election that happens to take place before the main election

an election that may take place within each of New York State's official political parties

(see also Blanket primary), Closed primary and Open primary An electoral contest held to determine each political party’s candidate for a particular public office. Primaries may be held at all levels of government, including local contests for mayor, district races for the U.S. House of Representatives, statewide elections for governor or U.S. senator, and president of the United States. Primaries for presidential candidates are held at the state level to indicate who the people of that state prefer to be the parties’ candidates. Depending on state law, voters cast ballots directly for the presidential candidate they prefer or for delegates who are “pledged” to support that presidential candidate at convention time. State primary elections, if early enough in the political season, can occasionally stop leading presidential candidates in their tracks and create a surge of support for a lesser-known candidate.

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An election held among candidates of the same party to decide which one will represent the party in the general election.

A state-level election in which voters choose a candidate affiliated with a political party to run against a candidate who is affiliated with another political party in a later, general election. A primary may be either "open" -- allowing any registered voter in a state to vote for a candidate to represent a political party, or "closed" -- allowing only registered voters who belong to a particular political party to vote for a candidate from that party. See also Blanket primary, Closed primary and Open primary.

A state election in which party members vote for a candidate from within their party. The vote determines how many of that state's delegates each candidate gets.

Election: An election held to decide which candidates will be on the November general election ballot.

A statewide election for selecting nomination delegates.

An intra-party election for the purpose of determining the party's nominee in the general election.

process by which members of a party elect candidates to run for office as the representative of the party. Primaries are held in national presidential elections, as well as more local elections.

Primary is a 1960 cinéma vérité documentary film. It covers the 1960 primary election between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey for the United States Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States.