OPINION: Say goodbye to dirty primary campaigns
Jim Jones
Ever since the Republican Party decided to close its primary elections in 2011, we have witnessed increasingly nasty, truth-deprived GOP primary elections.
The most extreme candidates learned that they could win by using ugly smear tactics against reasonable, pragmatic Republican opponents in the low-turnout GOP primary.
For instance, Sen. Brian Lenney won his District 13 seat in the 2022 primary election with just 12.7% of registered voters. Sen. Dan Foreman won his District 6 seat with only 8.8% of the vote. With the R behind their name, they then coasted to victory in the general election.
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