Nominations for all other partisan offices are decided in a separate primary election.

A closed primary was used to elect the presidential, legislative, and local partisan offices.

If he runs for a partisan office, the decision of party will likely be based on an electability calculation.

However, he never held nor was he ever a candidate for any partisan office.

In this system, a candidate for partisan public office can be nominated by up to three political parties.

Justices of the Peace are elected every two years to these partisan offices.

The role of President has generally been a partisan office, filled by the governing party of the time.

But the legislation would have left the ban on running for partisan political office and soliciting money from the public.

Running for nomination or as candidates for partisan political office.

Each candidate for partisan office can state a political party that he or she prefers.