Letting the masses decide the party’s nominee for down-ballot offices is tantamount to letting the elites and special interests decide the outcome.
We are stuck with a uniparty because incumbents are rarely defeated in district races and are almost never defeated in primaries for statewide offices — including senator and governor. The only way to change the party in one election cycle is by transitioning from popular primaries to representative conventions where high-information delegates may separate the frauds from dedicated conservatives.
Money can buy you name ID in popular primaries, but it can’t buy you love from highly informed delegates and precinct captains.
If Utah would only return the glory to its convention system, it would stand as a model for the
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