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  • 1primary election — primary (def. 15a). [1785 95] * * * Electoral device for choosing a party s candidates for public office. The formal primary system is peculiar to the U.S., where it came into widespread use in the early 20th century. Most U.S. states use it for… …

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  • 2Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution …

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  • 3List of Oregon ballot measures — Elections in Oregon Federal offices Presidential elections 2000 · 2004 · 2008 Presidential primaries …

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  • 4Open primary — In the United States of America, an open primary is a primary election in which voters do not need to be a member of a particular political party in order to vote for partisan candidates in the primary election. The earliest Open Primaries in the …

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  • 5Bull Moose Party — Progressive party Progressive party (U. S. History) The political party formed, chiefly out of the Republican party, by the adherents of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912. The name Progressive party was chosen at the meeting …

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  • 6Progressive party — (U. S. History) The political party formed, chiefly out of the Republican party, by the adherents of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912. The name Progressive party was chosen at the meeting held on Aug. 7, 1912, when the… …

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  • 7Progressivism in the United States — Part of the Politics series on Progressivism Schools American Progressivism Modern liberalism Progressive education Ideas Anti racism Civil liberties …

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  • 8New York state election, 1921 — Elections in New York Federal offices Presidential elections 1996 · 2000 · 2004  …

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  • 9John Coit Spooner — Infobox Senator name=John Coit Spooner jr/sr=United States Senator state=Wisconsin party=Republican term=March 4, 1885 ndash; March 3, 1891 March 4, 1897 ndash; April 30, 1907 preceded=Angus Cameron William F. Vilas succeeded=William F. Vilas… …

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  • 10Haley, Margaret Angela — ▪ American educator and labour leader born Nov. 15, 1861, Joliet, Ill., U.S. died Jan. 5, 1939, Chicago, Ill.       American educator, a strong proponent and organizer of labour unions for Chicago public school teachers.       Haley attended… …

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