Preparations for the 2022 Illinois primary election are ramping up, as the June 28 election day nears. But what is a primary election? Here is an explanation detailing the democratic process ...

First, primary elections are ignored by most voters. ... Nearly 20 candidates are competing to replace U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, for example, even as she tries to win re-election.

In seven months of primary contests before Election Day, Republicans and Democrats waged internal fights over electability, ideological purity and, in the case of the G.O.P., loyalty to former ...

In partisan primary elections, voters choose the parties’ candidates to face off in the general election. The candidate who receives the most votes wins. An example is the presidential ...

"So, if you don't vote in the primary, you may not have an opportunity to make your voice heard on your school board and county judges." RELATED: Florida voter registration deadlines to mark in ...

Adelita Grijalva beat back charges of “legacy” and embraced the memory of her father, Raúl Grijalva, to win the Democratic ...

For example, those measures would have prohibited third parties from nominating their own candidates for the general election outside of the top-two open primary, which this bill allows.

It’s primary election day in Illinois, Colorado, New York, Oklahoma and Utah. There are also primary runoffs in Mississippi and South Carolina, and a special election to fill an open US House ...

Proposition 131 — Colorado’s open primary and ranked-choice voting ballot measure — would be a seismic change for state elections. Here’s how.

Happy Election Day, Michigan! Today is Michigan's August primary election. On the ballot today are Republican and Democratic primaries for one of Michigan's U.S. Senate seats, congressional ...

It’s officially Election Day for Virginia primary races. After weeks of early voting, voting precincts will welcome in-person voters Tuesday. While more than 200,000 voters have cast ballots in ...