"It's was a little Rowdy at first," Jennifer Bollig said about the "necessary chaos" of her first Republican State convention.
More than 1,000 people showed up at Saturday's event, where state delegates chose the people to represent Arizona at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota this September.
The morning was a little hectic, but everything ran more smoothly than at Nevada's convention on April 26, which was recessed after Ron Paul supporters outnumbered McCain supporters in Nevada's delegation to the National Convention.
Amid speeches, campaigning Congressmen, suits, and white hair, young faces stood out of the crowd. Many were volunteers, from the Teenage Republicans, College Republicans, and Republican Professionals organization, but a few participated in the process.
"It's a little confusing," recent Arizona State University graduate Alseha Nicole Corey said. "You have to ask questions, because there's not really anyone here to explain it. There's the literature that sort of tells you what's happening, but unless you go seek the knowledge it's not really there."
Alesha was one of the youngest state delegates, and decided it was more important for her to participate in the process than walk in ASU's big graduation that morning.
"If there is enough passion with politics, you can make time for it," Corey said