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Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts) Wed May 15, 2013, 02:23 PM May 2013

I believe they're called Primaries. Aside from Presidential Primaries, they're hardly mentioned anymore.

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Who Remembers "Watergate Babies"? There ARE elections before the General Elections.... (Original Post) Junkdrawer May 2013 OP

Trust me, I am painfully aware of them nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #1

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1. Trust me, I am painfully aware of them

Wed May 15, 2013, 02:25 PM

May 2013

We cover them, all the way down to judges...

Is it that time again?

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2. In our "Winner takes all" system, it's the only out for "The Lesser of Two Evils"....