R-Minus-1 Wild Card — 3.13.14

1 Day & Counting (to affiliate with the Republican Party to vote in the closed GOPrimary in May): The deadline for candidate filings and for partisan Democrats, Libertarians and Constitutionalists to affiliate w/Republican Party to vote in GOPrimary is 5 p.m. Friday. I suspect there will be a lot of filings for GOPrecinct Committeeman positions over the next 30 hours or so. Meanwhile, the Dueling Republican Luncheons will break bread at noon today, with the Reagan Republicans featuring a panel discussion re: the primary and Bjorn Handeen’s Precinct 52 Republicans listening to Assessor Mike McDowell. Here’s your Thursday Wild Card …