A day after Tea Party-backed candidates lost U.S. Senate primaries in Mississippi and Oklahoma, two major conservative groups appear to be split about what to do in the upcoming Kansas primary between Sen. Pat Roberts and challenger Milton Wolf. That split comes in the context of a new ...
Tea Party-backed candidates did not fare well in U.S. Senate primary elections on Tuesday, leaving some to wonder whether the movement has enough momentum left to exert any influence in the upcoming Kansas primaries. "With (Mississippi Sen. Thad) Cochran's win the national 'tea party' groups ...
Many Kansas Republicans will have their eyes focused on Mississippi tonight, awaiting results of a primary runoff race between incumbent U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran and his Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel. Chief among those watching is Milton Wolf, the Tea Party-backed candidate who is trying ...
GOP incumbents performed well in a straw poll over the weekend at the annual Olathe Republicans picnic in Johnson County. The event, which is usually dominated by conservatives, is viewed as a fairly reliable indicator of how Republican primary candidates are doing, at least in the Kansas ...
Dennis Anderson, the Democratic candidate for insurance commissioner, said Tuesday that if he is elected he will hold town hall meetings statewide to discuss insurance claims reimbursements. Anderson, 57, said that during his campaign travels across Kansas he is hearing from Kansans about ...
The stunning Republican Party primary defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia has many wondering how it happened and what happens next. U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, who serves with Cantor on the House GOP leadership team, said she considers Cantor a good friend. "He ...