caucus race

caucus race
a) The competitive process in which a political party selects their candidate, especially presidential; a primary election via caucus.

1993: Mr. Gingrich, who is now the minority whip, announced last week that he had rounded up more than 100 commitments from House Republicans for the caucus race to come after the election next year. (New York Times, October 16, 1993, [ "Solomon Drops Out of Race To Be G.O.P. House Leader"]<!by anon)

1993: [...] she was backing southern moderate John Spratt in his strong but unsuccessful caucus race for Budget Committee chairman. (M. Barone, G. Ujifusa, R. E. Cohen, The Almanac of American Politics 1994, National Journal, 1993, p. 176)


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