Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ornithology, having primaries (of the kind or to the number specified by a qualifying term): as, long-primaried; nine-primaried.
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Examples
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Who was the last sitting president to be successfully primaried from the center?
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DeMint is up for re-election in 2010, and might be primaried from the even-further-right unless he acts like it’s 2004.
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I don't see anyone here reacting as you claim screaming for dissenters to be 'primaried'.
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If someone argues that people should be wary of getting "primaried" if they vote against the wishes of their consituents, why was that argument only being made to black politicians who supported Hillary?
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McLeroy was recently "primaried" off the school board and, as with every single member of the school board, is not an accredited expert in history, sociology or economics.
Brilliant at Breakfast jurassicpork 2010
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Our first winner of the Most Disappointing Democrat Of The Week is not technically a Democrat any more, because Joe Lieberman got successfully "primaried" by a real Democrat, and had to run as an independent.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Foreign Policy Issues Reappear Chris Weigant 2011
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Republicans have learned that if they don't actively court the Tea Party voters, they can quite easily be removed from office -- even if that means losing the seat to a Democrat -- by being "primaried" by a Tea Party candidate.
Chris Weigant: Mad as Hell Chris Weigant 2011
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Republicans have learned that if they don't actively court the Tea Party voters, they can quite easily be removed from office -- even if that means losing the seat to a Democrat -- by being "primaried" by a Tea Party candidate.
Chris Weigant: Mad as Hell Chris Weigant 2011
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Pelosi that stripped Jefferson of his committees, and the Louisiana Democratic Party that primaried him.
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Our first winner of the Most Disappointing Democrat Of The Week is not technically a Democrat any more, because Joe Lieberman got successfully "primaried" by a real Democrat, and had to run as an independent.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Foreign Policy Issues Reappear Chris Weigant 2011
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A primary challenge occurs in U.S. politics when an incumbent elected official is challenged in an upcoming primary election by a member of their own political party. Such events, known informally as "being primaried," are noteworthy and not frequent in the United States, as tradition dictates that members of a political party support officeholders of the same party, both for party unity and to minimize the possibility of loss of the seat to an opposing party.
Primary challenge - Wikipedia Contributors to Wikimedia projects 2022
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What Would It Take For Trump To Get Primaried?
What Would It Take For Trump To Get Primaried? Perry Bacon Jr. 2019
john commented on the word primaried
Most lawmakers represent safe districts, giving them little incentive to tack to the center and work together. Indeed, many incumbents worry more about ‘being primaried,’ as they put it, drawing a primary challenge from within their own parties for being insufficiently orthodox.�?
The New York Times, Tom Davis Gives Up, by Peter Baker, October 3, 2008
October 5, 2008