primarying
(US, politics) Mounting a challenge to an incumbent office-holder in a party primary.
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Instead of punishing Democrats because you're too scared of Republicans, there really should be a greater effort to punish Republicans for not having a spine/going MAGA. Your Meemaws and Pawpaws are voting for this.…
DelBene too! Voting against the initial extension, putting out a statement, and then turning around and voting for this. But I'm primarying her. I could use your help. www.electhunter.com
Hi! I'm primarying Tom Suozzi this June! I am also running an entirely people-powered campaign and could reallybuse support! www.votewelch.com
they did, famously, friend. it was called the Tea Party. they lost a bunch of winnable races by primarying moderate republicans out of the party. the result was a party that actually had an agenda it sought to accomp…
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(US, politics) Mounting a challenge to an incumbent office-holder in a party primary.
“Instead of punishing Democrats because you're too scared of Republicans, there really should be a greater effort to punish Republicans for not having a spine/going MAGA. Your Meemaws and Pawpaws are voting for this. You obsessively primarying deep blue seats does nothing for IN.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“DelBene too! Voting against the initial extension, putting out a statement, and then turning around and voting for this. But I'm primarying her. I could use your help. www.electhunter.com”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hi! I'm primarying Tom Suozzi this June! I am also running an entirely people-powered campaign and could reallybuse support! www.votewelch.com”
— Bluesky· May 2026“they did, famously, friend. it was called the Tea Party. they lost a bunch of winnable races by primarying moderate republicans out of the party. the result was a party that actually had an agenda it sought to accomplish. it turns out thats a useful thing to have, in a democracy”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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