---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 9032.7"
title: "11"
number: "9032.7"
heading: "Primary election."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/9032.7"
---

# §9032.7. Primary election.

- (a) Primary election means an election held by a State or a political party, including a run-off election, or a nominating convention or a caucus—
  - (1) For the selection of delegates to a national nominating convention of a political party;
  - (2) For the expression of a preference for the nomination of Presidential candidates;
  - (3) For the purposes stated in both [paragraphs (a)](#a) (1) and (2) of this section; or
  - (4) **To nominate a Presidential candidate.**
- (b) If separate primary elections are held in a State by the State and a political party, the primary election for the purposes of this subchapter will be the election held by the political party.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 9032 and 9039(b).

### Source

Source: 56 FR 35929, July 29, 1991, unless otherwise noted.