Garret Graves: “Based upon my read, I think that there was potentially a geographic expansion that occurred here that perhaps wasn't…”

Closed primaries, they said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.

The reason that we purchased Alaska was largely the geography, as well as the natural resources, and the abundance of that State is profound and just critically important.

Closed primaries, they said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.

All of these groups are supporting this bill and urging a ``no'' vote on the other bill, H.R. 5342.