"primary" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The prospect of a divisive Democratic primary has many party leaders uneasy.
- With the divisive primaries over, there are signs that things are improving for Republicans.
- He was selected as the candidate to run for mayor against city council president John Street who withstood a negative advertising barrage to win a divisive Democratic primary.
- "We cannot afford divisive primaries that force Democratic nominees to limp to Election Day."
- The state leaders are trying to avoid divisive and expensive primaries by uniting behind candidates for governor, senator and attorney general.
- It just proves that Democrats don't have a monopoly on divisive primaries.
- That might allow a consensus candidate to avoid a costly and potentially divisive Republican primary.
- Some top party officials have quietly been supporting Mr. Spitzer's candidacy, hoping to head off a divisive Democratic primary like the one last year.
- His challenger was battered in a hard-fought, divisive Democratic primary, whereas Mr. Santorum had no primary opposition.
- Republicans, on the other hand, have avoided divisive primaries and, to boot, have mostly nominated centrists, a good ideological fit in Illinois.
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