We got hosed here in MI because we have "open" primary elections. You don't have to show your voting preference to vote any way you want. Which is fine, unless what happens here happens to you.
We had 2 fairly solid (R) candidates for Governor, (Cox and Hoekstra) and 1 guy who's views were totally unknown, probable RINO (Snyder, who has a clever campaign and nothing else).
The Dems in MI saw the writing on the wall after 8 years of our mongoloid idiot (D) governor, and knew that even the fence sitters would vote (R) in the actual election in November, so they decided to vote for the (R) that they could live with easiest. Which is Snyder. So we had the chance to get a great guy in office (Cox), or even the next-best thing (Hoekstra), but instead we Conservatives get hosed.
The reason I bring it up is because I'm concerned about the possibility that some of the Tea Party winners were voted up so they could get slaughtered in November by the (D)s.
Food for thought.