So it will be hard to tell if his votes are enough to keep him in the race beyond the early primaries.

"This race may not be decided in the early primaries," he said hopefully.

All say they have enough money to compete in early primaries next month.

But he pulled his organization together and handily won the early primaries.

Much of it seems especially shallow in comparison to the earlier primaries.

He sought the Democratic nomination for president in 1984, but dropped out after losing several early primaries.

In preparing for the convention, the students were thrown by the early primaries.

This kept him in business - and on the air - through the crucial early primaries.

Even so, an early primary would not rule out an underdog.

She won't get through the early primaries if she cannot do this much better.