In our RED county in Maryland, the primary is when our votes count the most. I think we have four candidates for County Executive on the Republican side - none on the Democrat side. Whoever wins the primary, will win the general.
I suppose that I’d prefer to live in your county.
But I have always had the same fear of powerful political ‘parties’ that many of the Founders did, and have never wanted to belong to one.
(It’s sort of the same way that I feel about religious sects.)