Dan Glickman is returning to the 4th Congressional District to campaign for Democrat Raj Goyle. http://hutchnews.com/latestregionalnews/Glickman-campaigning-in-his-old-district-for-Goyle- This is a story on the Colorado governor’s race where The Associated Press tries to unravel the murky past that Republican candidate Dan Maes has with Liberal, Kan.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/01/politics/p130452D68.DTL&type=business Shawnee Mission school district considering closing ...
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Sept. 2, 2010
The Salina Journal catches up to Joe Miller, a former Kansan who has stunned the political world by leading Alaska GOP incumbent Lisa Murkowski in U.S. Senate race. http://www.salina.com/news/story/Miller2010-08-29T03-02-07 The Associated Press analyzes political forces propelling "movement" conservative Republican Tim Huelskamp in the race against Democrat Alan Jilka in the ...
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Aug. 30, 2010
Two years ago today, Democrats were flying high in Denver with the nomination of Barack Obama for president. The Kansas City Star analyzes what happened to that enthusiasm. Here’s the link http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/24/2173082/enthusiasm-gap-confronts-democrats.html Republican gubernatorial candidate Sam Brownback got the bus that he used on his “Road Map for Kansas” campaign ...
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Aug. 26, 2010
Joe Miller, the tea party and Sarah Palin favorite who leads incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Alaska Republican primary, is from Kansas. His website states: “He grew up in a working class family in Kansas.” U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., quoted in the Topeka Capital-Journal this morning on ...
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Aug. 25, 2010
An analysis by Kansas State University political science professor Joe Aistrup says two Democratic underdogs at the top of the ticket could spell trouble for three Democratic incumbents farther down the ballot. http://www.hutchnews.com/Columns/Aistrup-insight-kansas8-23--1 Wichita State University professor Edward Flentje tallies up the results from the primary and finds the Kansas ...
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Aug. 24, 2010
Here's a fun read from Kansas City Star's Steve Kraske on the decision by Alfred Murguia, whose family has deep, deep Democratic Party roots, to back Republican Sam Brownback for governor. http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/entries/kraske-you-just-wont-believe-whos-backing-sam-brownback/ U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, was quoted in the Wichita Eagle at the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas ...
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Aug. 23, 2010
The Kansas State Troopers Association announced Friday its endorsement of Republican Sam Brownback for governor. Brownback faces Democrat Tom Holland in the election. "In our conversations with Senator Brownback it is clear that he understands the needs of the troopers out patrolling the highways of Kansas," said Eric Haskin, chairman ...
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Aug. 20, 2010
