Think of the primary as narrowing the field of candidates for a party. Going into the primary there are for instance 5 candidates all vying to be the democrat nominee. This includes the incumbent, if any.

Democrats have their primary. Republicans have their primary. This election may be on the same day, but as a voter, I can only vote for the republican slate of candidates OR the democrat slate of candidates for the primary, not both (at least thats how it is in my state). Republicans and democrats do not run against each other in the primaries.

The primary election is held. Only one candidate wins the election for their party and is put forward in the election process as that party's nominee.

To be "primaried", you are the incumbent that lost your bid to be a candidate for re-election. This is the main way this term is used.

All other candidates that lost in the primary are referred to as simply having lost not "primaried". Though technically, one could use the term for any candidate that lost in the primary, the impact of the term is generally used for incumbent candidates.

This happened to Liz Cheney as she did not win in the primary election even though she was the incumbent. This was quite the upset when she was primaried because she was an incumbent. Incumbents are tough to beat, but can be primaried and thus do not even appear on the ballot going in to the general election.

Also, please note, even if a candidate loses in the primary, the voters could still vote for that candidate in the general election by write-in. Total long shot to win as the canidate is NOT printed on the ballot.

Think of the primary as narrowing the field of candidates for a party. Going into the primary there are for instance 5 candidates all vying to be the democrat nominee. This includes the incumbent, if any.

Democrats have their primary. Republicans have their primary. This election may be on the same day, but as a voter, I can only for for the republican slate of candidates OR the democrat slate of candidates for the primary, not both (at least thats how it is in my state). Republicans and democrats do not run against each other in the primaries.

The primary election is held. Only one candidate wins the election for their party and is put forward in the election process as that party's nominee.

To be "primaried", you are the incumbent that lost your bid to be a candidate for re-election. This is the main way this term is used.

All other candidates that lost in the primary are referred to as simply having lost not "primaried". Though technically, one could use the term for any candidate that lost in the primary, the impact of the term is generally used for incumbent candidates.

This happened to Liz Cheney as she did not win in the primary election even though she was the incumbent. This was quite the upset when she was primaried because she was an incumbent. Incumbents are tough to beat, but can be primaried and thus do not even appear on the ballot going in to the general election.

Also, please note, even if a candidate loses in the primary, the voters could still vote for that candidate in the general election by write-in. Total long shot to win as the canidate is NOT printed on the ballot.