A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated for his or her party nomination at the primary election, is ineligible for nomination as an independent candidate.
Cal. Elec. Code § 8301
General Provisions
Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
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