I am a PC for AZ's Legislative District 23. Today there was a meeting in which a PC proposed creating a Caucus. This caucus would allow PCs to vote on up to 2 GOP primary candidates to run as Republicans and be sponsored by the AZ GOP. These votes can be done for ANY state or local races.

This is to try to help weed out RINOs and weak candidates, and to prevent too many candidates from running and potentially splitting the vote.

Candidates would be required to give a speech, answer questions, and debate in front of the PCs so that the PCs can learn about them.

I am curious what people on this board think of this. On one hand it gives the core of the AZ GOP party (PCs and politically active) power to select candidates, but it also prevents potential candidates from running as a Republican on a ballot unless the are approved by the PCs.

I am personally in favor of it. Candidates right now are propped up by media and big out of state money. The core of the state party having more control over this I think would help a lot.