- Far-right activist wins Republican primary in Florida | Florida https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/19/laura-loomer-far-right-activist-wins-republican-primary-florida 12 comments politics
- Lauren Boebert, hard-right Republican, wins Colorado primary after moving districts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/25/colorado-primary-election-boebert 32 comments politics
- QAnon supporter, with Georgia primary victory, is poised to bring far-right conspiracy theory to Congress https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/11/marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia-qanon/ 41 comments politics
- Trump congratulates far-right activist Laura Loomer on GOP primary win https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/512650-trump-congratulates-far-right-activist-laura-loomer-on-gop-primary-win 10 comments politics
- After Vote for Gay Marriage, NY State Senator Roy McDonald (R) Faces Tough Primary Fight. “I’m in the party of Abraham Lincoln — I’m very proud of that,” he said. “I’m not in a party of a bunch of right-wing nitwits. It’s Abraham Lincoln. It’s everybody’s included. And I feel that’s very important” https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/nyregion/after-vote-for-gay-marriage-senator-roy-mcdonald-faces-gop-primary-fight.html?hp 8 comments politics
- How do you solve a problem like Ben Carson? His chances of victory are minuscule, but he and other hard-right candidates will still be a headache for the G.O.P. in the 2016 primaries. Can mainstream Republicans stop him? Should they try? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/magazine/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-ben-carson.html?smid=re-share 31 comments politics
- Five-term Colorado Rep. Scott Tipton loses GOP primary to far-right challenger https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/30/politics/scott-tipton-loses-lauren-boebert-colorado/index.html 62 comments politics
- Illinois GOP takes big right turn with primary victories https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/29/illinois-gop-takes-big-right-turn-with-primary-victories-00043128 24 comments politics
- Gov. Abbott's 'Parental Bill of Rights' gives parents primary power on children's education https://abc13.com/texas-news-greg-abbott-parental-bill-of-rights-access/11496926/ 199 comments politics
- Far-right candidate Laura Loomer wins GOP primary for district that covers Mar-a-Lago https://www.cbsnews.com/news/laura-loomer-wins-gop-primary-florida-district/ 11 comments politics
- Georgia Primary Sends Us a Warning — November Could Be a Voting Rights Disaster https://truthout.org/articles/georgia-primary-sends-us-a-warning-november-could-be-a-voting-rights-disaster/ 21 comments politics
- Sanders: 'Not sure' it makes 'a lot of sense' to hold primaries right now https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/487805-bernie-sanders-not-sure-it-makes-a-lot-of-sense-to-hold-primaries-right-now 152 comments politics
- Mobile phones will be banned in state primary and secondary schools during school hours in Victoria from the start of first term 2020, in a policy designed to stop cyberbullying, Education Minister says. The policy may not be universally popular, Mr Merlino said, but it was the "right thing to do". https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-25/victoria-to-ban-mobile-phones-in-public-schools-from-first-bell/11246414?pfm=ms&pfmredir=sm 21 comments worldnews
- Missouri Republican Who Said "Hitler Was Right" Wins State House Primary https://www.jpost.com//american-politics/missouri-republican-who-said-hitler-was-right-wins-state-house-primary-564637 768 comments politics
- Voting Rights Roundup: In June primary, Maine to become the first state to use instant-runoff voting https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/9/1747818/-voting-rights-roundup-in-june-primary-maine-to-become-the-first-state-to-use-instant-runoff-voting 4 comments politics
- Can I have the iPad split screen with primary app on the right side? https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/5knyyx/can_i_have_the_ipad_split_screen_with_primary_app/ 4 comments apple
- Donald Trump knows general election debates are different from primary debates, right? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/09/donald-trump-knows-general-election-debates-are-different-from-primary-debates-right/ 41 comments politics
- 538 includes an 80% confidence interval on their predictions for primary outcomes. Have they been right 80% of the time? http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/primary-forecast/new-york-democratic/ 20 comments statistics
- There were five-hour lines to vote in Arizona because the Supreme Court gutted the Civil Rights Act. Reducing the number of polling places in Phoenix had catastrophic consequences in the March 22 primary. http://www.thenation.com/article/there-were-five-hour-lines-to-vote-in-arizona-because-the-supreme-court-gutted-the-voting-rights-act/ 253 comments politics
- David Brooks is right: Primary turnout doesn't predict general election outcomes http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2016/mar/06/david-brooks/david-brooks-said-primary-turnout-doesnt-predict-g/ 19 comments politics
- "Today, America has evolved a Money Primary, which effectively excludes 99.9 percent of Americans from the right to participate in selecting the candidates who get to run in both the primary and general elections." http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/05/could-hillary-clinton-be-the-champion-campaign-finance-reform-needs/394238/ 79 comments politics
- With G.O.P. Turnover High, Texas Primaries Set Up Scramble to the Right http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/us/with-vacancies-high-gop-primaries-in-texas-set-up-a-scramble-to-the-right.html?smid=re-share 5 comments politics
- New right wing effort launched to eliminate moderate GOP reps in the primary. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/03/club-for-growths-primarymycongressmancom-escalates-gop-civil-war.php?ref=fpa 3 comments politics
- The danger of an endless GOP primary: No, it won't make people realize how crazy the GOP is. It will just shift the debate even farther right http://politics.salon.com/2012/02/22/the_danger_of_an_endless_gop_primary/singleton/ 54 comments politics
- "The Primary function of the independent juror [...] is to protect fellow citizens from tyrannical abuses of power by government." September 5 is Jury Rights Day. Here's how you can help spread the word about the power of "Jury Nullification." http://fija.org/jury-rights-day/ 5 comments reddit.com
- Energy on the Right? Voter Turnout in the California Primary was 25%, Lowest in 96 Years http://www.pensitoreview.com/2010/06/10/energy-on-the-right-voter-turnout-in-the-california-primary-was-25-lowest-in-96-years/ 5 comments politics
- !7yr old Maryland teen campaigned to restore voting rights to 50,000 teens who will turn 18 between the Feb. 12 primary and the Nov. 4 election http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/20/ar2008012002366.html?hpid=topnews 9 comments politics
- [Gibbs] Among 62 corners with 250+ snaps in coverage, Steelers rookie Joey Porter Jr. ranks FIRST in completion percentage allowed as the primary coverage defender. JPJ’s 12.6% target per coverage snap rate sits right between Sauce Gardner (11.9%) and Marshon Lattimore (13.4%). https://twitter.com/jagibbs_23/status/1730222397712687296?s=46&t=d324wuw4f1OqNfy_H8U8UQ 52 comments nfl
- ‘I Refuse Not to Be Heard’: Georgia in Uproar Over Voting Meltdown | Long lines and malfunctioning voting machines marred statewide primary elections in Georgia, renewing attention on voting rights there. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/us/politics/atlanta-voting-georgia-primary.html?campaign_id=56&emc=edit_cn_20200609&instance_id=19253&nl=on-politics-with-lisa-lerer&regi_id=68337520&segment_id=30504&te=1&user_id=b6e55f6f6979146395b2946f4fb0e01e 3 comments politics
- These two House Democrats oppose abortion rights. It could cost them their seats. - Primary challenges against Dan Lipinski and Henry Cuellar raise questions about future for anti-abortion Democrats https://www.rollcall.com/2020/02/20/these-two-house-democrats-oppose-abortion-rights-it-could-cost-them-their-seats/ 49 comments politics
- Paul Ryan's primary opponent Paul Nehlen retweeted alt-right celebrations of Charlottesville rallies, embraced Pizzagate http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/paul-ryans-primary-opponent-paul-nehlen-retweeted-alt-right-celebrations-of-charlottesville-rallies-embraced-pizzagate/article/2631612 39 comments politics
- The victory of François Fillon in France’s center-right presidential primary is the latest sign that a tectonic shift is coming to the European order: toward accommodating, rather than countering, a resurgent Russia. https://np.reddit.com/r/worldpolitics/comments/5ft4bz/the_victory_of_fran%C3%A7ois_fillon_in_frances/ 4 comments russia
- Hillary Clinton cannot wrap up her party’s nomination because a sizable minority of Democratic primary voters simply doesn’t like her. They don’t trust her. They believe she’s corrupt. That she’s part of the moneyed and powerful. That she doesn’t really care about them. And they’re right. http://www.goupstate.com/article/20160522/opinion/160529942?p=1&tc=pg 2265 comments politics
- New Texas textbooks downplay role of slavery in Civil War: "Textbooks [fail] to quote from key primary sources: the Southern states’ declarations of secession, which made clear that they were leaving the union to protect white citizens’ right to own slaves" http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/150-years-later-schools-are-still-a-battlefield-for-interpreting-civil-war/2015/07/05/e8fbd57e-2001-11e5-bf41-c23f5d3face1_story.html 5 comments history
- New Texas textbooks downplay role of slavery in Civil War: "Textbooks [fail] to quote from key primary sources: the Southern states’ declarations of secession, which made clear that they were leaving the union to protect white citizens’ right to own slaves" http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/150-years-later-schools-are-still-a-battlefield-for-interpreting-civil-war/2015/07/05/e8fbd57e-2001-11e5-bf41-c23f5d3face1_story.html 183 comments history
- "Textbooks [fail] to quote from key primary sources: the Southern states’ declarations of secession, which made clear that they were leaving the union to protect white citizens’ right to own slaves" http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/150-years-later-schools-are-still-a-battlefield-for-interpreting-civil-war/2015/07/05/e8fbd57e-2001-11e5-bf41-c23f5d3face1_story.html 217 comments politics
- Ted Cruz — the perfect representative of dive-bombing GOP primary voters who would rather flame out trying to destroy Obama than actually govern — has Mitch McConnell on a leash. This means that the farthest right of the GOP now effectively has control of the Senate and much of the government. http://www.nationalmemo.com/lol-of-the-week-ted-cruz-hijacks-the-senate/#.usiigxm54im.reddit 107 comments politics
- Far-Right Extremist Laura Loomer Wins Florida Republican Primary | She is looking to unseat Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel in a district that includes President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/laura-loomer-wins-primary_n_5f3d105dc5b6835236047902 37 comments politics
- With re-election hopes fading, Bob Good cries election fraud - The far-right congressman from Virginia is trailing by a thin margin in his primary race against a Trump-backed opponent. So he’s using a trick Trump taught him: crying about nonexistent election fraud. https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/bob-good-virginia-trump-election-fraud-rcna158633 20 comments politics
- Mitt Romney and Rand Paul Are Going to Make Climate Change a Real Issue in the GOP Primary. The 2016 GOP primary won't feature the climate-change debate that the country needs, but it step in the right direction—away from ignorance, toward reason. http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120829/mitt-romney-rand-paul-make-climate-change-2016-gop-issue 15 comments politics