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Garret Graves: “Closed primaries, he said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.”

On the recordJune 12, 2026
Closed primaries, he said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

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Critiquing the effects of closed primaries on democracy.

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