It is generally required that the petition for nomination be filed after the primary election
After the primary election
The nomination and party primary.
Nomination is the word you are seeking. It comes from the Latin for "naming"
to research a candidate's chances of winning the party nomination and the general election.
the third party candidate for the 1960 election was Governor George Corley Wallace of Alabama
They are both running for the nomination of the Democratic party. The winning nominee will face Republican candidate John McCain in the election.
James Knox Polk won the presidential election of 1844 because he was the "candidate of expansion".
George Wallace
known as a primary election or a party primary. In this type of election, party members choose their preferred candidate from a field of candidates who are running for the same party nomination. The winner of the primary election then becomes the official candidate for the party in the general election.
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an independent voter
The conventions are now later because of campaign finance laws, which forbid fundraising after the election.
minor parties are placed on ballot by petition