jungle

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In California, the state's "jungle primary" system picks the two contenders with the most votes to proceed to the general election regardless of party affiliation.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Fearing the worst, however, voters who normally couldn’t tell a “jungle primary” from a jungle gym began thinking a lot like gimlet-eyed political strategists.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

It’s a jungle primary, in which the top two finishers advance to a head-to-head general election this fall.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Not only that, but he would go hard after criminals of all stripes and embark on a prison-building spree to house them in the Amazon jungle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The children thought it all a great game; by turns they pretended they were moles in dark tunnels, or explorers charting an unmapped jungle, or Postal Tygers delivering the mail along an unfamiliar route.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood