primary (verb) — sense 7

To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's nomination to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.

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Example
In the New England town where he ran a “couple of night clubs” . he was “primarying the mayor."
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7
Part of speech
verb

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