Mr. Sharon has thus extended an invitation to a leaderless opposition party that will be distracted by internal primaries, thinking as much about its own future as about the country's.

In the first internal primary of a National political party, the new slate of statehooders, headed by Franklin Delano López took control of the local Democratic party chapter.

He should immediately propose to Congress his substitute, which in no surprise, is the party member that "tied" with him in the internal primaries for that spot.

It looks like a combination of a beauty contest between myself and Sharon combined with internal primaries in Labor between myself and Peres.

Ehud Barak won the internal primaries, and was nominated as the Labor candidate for Prime Minister.

Nonetheless, Ríos was defeated in the internal presidential primaries by Pedro Aguirre Cerda, who got the nomination and then went on to win the presidential election of 1938.

Nevertheless, two days before the internal primaries, Gabriel González Videla returned to Chile to oppose him for the nomination.

Now they have internal primaries to determine party direction.

While she won the internal primaries, she was only placed second on the list after Gunnar Axén, but comfortably reached re-election as the party went from three to four seats from the county.

(synonyms: internal primaries, party primaries) In the case of closed primaries, internal primaries, or party primaries, only party members can vote.