major party

noun

: a political party having electoral strength sufficient to permit it to win control of a government usually with comparative regularity and when defeated to constitute the principal opposition to the party in power

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The charity dinner is a traditional campaign stop for both major party candidates, but Vice President Kamala Harris became the first major party candidate since Walter Mondale in 1984 to skip it. —

Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Oct. 2024 The event is a benefit for the Alfred E. Smith Foundation, named for the first Catholic nominee on a major party presidential ticket, Al Smith in 1928. —

Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024 The race for an open U.S. House seat in a mid-Michigan district anchored by Lansing continues to generate a lot of fundraising by the two major party candidates who are running and even more spending by outside groups determined to play a role in the outcome. —

Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2024 Ohio Issue 1 on the ballot this November would replace that process with a 15-member commission of five independents and five members from each of the two major parties, currently Republicans and Democrats. —

Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for major party