Kurita ought to be outraged. There is no party affiliation registration in Tennessee, anyone can vote in either primary.
Rosalind Kurita is a long-term liberal DEMOCRAT that got angry about the dictatorial tactics of the State Senate Majority Leader, who in Tennessee automatically becomes the Lieutenant Governor.
The Democrats had been in charge forever, but the vote was going to be close - and the Leader had offered a Kurita’s committee chairmanship to a RINO member in exchange for his vote. But Kurita found out, and voted for the Republican leader, Ron Ramsey, giving repubs control for the first time. The RINO voted with his party in the end, but his treachery was known and he lost his committee positions in the realignment.
Getting rid of Wilder was worth a lot, but we still have Democrat Jimmy Naifeh as State House Majority Leader, and he is even more of a crook.