Primary

Meanings

A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's endorsement to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
First or earliest in a group or series.

Primary: Look up primary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Primary or primaries may refer to: Primary (band), from Australia Primary (musician), hip hop musician
Primary election: Primary elections or primaries determine which candidates will run for an upcoming general election. In Party primaries, a political party selects a candidate
Primary source: In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called an original source) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography