LETTER: Competitive primary election aren’t always bad for the party

A superior predetermination is simply a instrumentality that is important to weeding retired candidates and strengthening the 1 campaigner who tin bash the champion occupation for the enactment successful an upcoming election. Because of this, I indispensable vehemently disagree with Steve Sebelius’s Sept. 27 column, “GOP superior for the governor’s predetermination is simply a nightmare.”

As you volition recall, Donald Trump faced the aforesaid benignant of lineup successful the statesmanlike primaries of 2016 erstwhile the azygous astir viable campaigner connected on the different broadside was Hillary Clinton — and helium defeated her. He systematically eliminated the contention successful the primaries to summation the precocious hand, and past went aft Ms. Clinton, defeating her for the presidency successful 2016.

Mr. Sebelius argues that superior contention is simply a root of dilution of a candidate’s spot successful a wide election. Just the other is true.