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open primary

noun as in nonpartisan primary election

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We should welcome a raucous, open primary to thrash out who we are and what and who we’re going to fight for.

In Illinois, you don't register under a party, so it's kind of an open primary.

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Had Pelosi gotten her way, Harris would have had to duke it out with Democrats in an open primary.

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An open primary would have involved a number of Democratic candidates competing to be elected by party members to succeed Biden as their White House nominee.

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Colorado Voters First’s initiative would open primary elections to all candidates.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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