Both judgments reflected the attention those factors drew during the nomination contests.
A nomination contest, in Canadian politics, is the process by which a political party chooses their candidate for the next general election.
Each nomination contest is held by the party's local riding association.
Gardner appears to have dropped out of the nomination contest before a vote was held.
Is a long nomination contest a bad thing?
In 2003, the act was extended to cover the nomination contests of registered parties.
In the nomination contest, four states held primaries to select national convention delegates.
On September 22, 2012, he won 213 of 342 ballots cast in the party's nomination contest, defeating three other candidates.
It also has fewer short-term members who are signed up to influence nomination contests.
Wilder's withdrawal meant that for the first time since the 1980 nomination contest the Democratic campaign would be fought without a major black contender.
