1.   All the action was in the spring primaries, residents said.

2.   Clements benefited from a Democratic Party rift slow to heal after then-Attorney General John Hill defeated Gov. Dolph Briscoe in the spring primary.

3.   In the Vermont Republican presidential primary last spring, Tuttle received write-in votes from all over the state.

4.   The low turnouts in the party primaries last spring already had signaled that Gonzales had his work cut out for him.

5.   The native son from Russell is so popular that the state Republican Party skipped holding a presidential primary this spring.

6.   The officials had filed charges against See because of accusations he made about a challenger during a primary last spring in a race for chief justice.