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primaryAn election to decide which of a
party’s
members will be
nominated
by the party to contest an
election as the party’s
candidate
is called a primary
election, or simply a primary. Primaries can be
organized by a party to select its candidates, or primaries can be
run as part of the official election process and regulated by
legislation. This is the case for presidential
elections in many states of the United States.
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