The primary election is the political parties voting on candidates for the general election in November. Winners will be determined by a popular vote and must also receive at least 35 percent of the vote.

This primary election, the U.S. senator and U.S. representative as well as state senator, representative, secretary of state, secretary of agriculture, state auditor, treasurer and attorney general at the state level and country attorney, recorder, supervisor and treasurer at the state and local level will be up for election.

Voters must be registered with either the Democratic or Republican parties to participate in the primary. Those that are not registered with a party will have to declare a party to vote.

An absentee ballot can be requested.