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Phil Boas: How A Top-Two Primary System Would Benefit Arizona

Phil Boas
Phil Boas
Phil Boas

The Show regularly checks in with the Editorial Board of the Arizona Republic to talk about current issues facing the state and the region — featured in columns on the newspaper’s op-ed pages.

Some prominent members of Arizona’s Republican Party — including Chair Kelli Ward and Congressmen Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar — were vocally supportive of the attempts to overturn the results of November’s election and keep Donald Trump in the White House.

The GOP also recently voted to censure Gov. Doug Ducey and Cindy McCain — ostensibly because the two of them believed the election outcome was accurate.

Those actions have led to a renewed push for Arizona to adopt a so-called top two primary system, which is intended to give voters a choice of their two favorite candidates — regardless of party affiliation.

The Show spoke with the Republic's Phil Boas about the concept, which Republic columnists Bob Robband Laurie Roberts both wrote about over the weekend.

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