GOP Senate Primary: Dole Seat Spurs Three Republicans
U S Senate primary in Kansas focuses on Frahm Brownback and Campbell-Cline to fill two year term after Bob Dole resignation. Frahm backs $500 child tax credit and capital gains cut. Brownback seeks 15 percent across the board tax cut. Campbell-Cline pushes 15 percent spending cut. winner faces Democratic nominees Finney or Docking in November.
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Bob Dole
U.S
Topeka
Bill Docking
Wichita
Frahm
Brownback
Kansas
Nancy Kassebaum
Campbell-Cline
Roberts in Kansas GOP race for Kassebaum seat
U S Rep Pat Roberts seeks the Kassebaum senate seat after her retirement, facing three newcomers Thomas Oyler Richard Cooley and Tom Little. He is considered the frontrunner with Sally Thompson the sole Democratic challenger for November. Libertarian Steve Rosile also appears on the fall ballot.
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U.S
Pat Roberts
Dodge City
Kassebaum
Roberts
Thomas Oyler
Wichita
Richard L. Cooley
Augusta High School
Tom Little
Mound City
Brownback's Senate bid reshapes Kansas 2nd District race
In eastern Kansas the 2nd District GOP field includes Jim Ryan Olympic track star, ex Topeka mayor Doug Wright, and Cheryl Brown Henderson daughter of the Brown v. Board of Education plaintiff. Democrat John Frieden seeks the seat as the district spans 24 counties plus part of Douglas County. Key issues include abortion and name recognition. Ryun is a leading pro life candidate with Olympic heritage. Wright and Henderson run as pro choice rivals. Henderson directs the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity. All 435 House seats are on the ballot with Kansas’ two districts featuring open races in the Lawrence area.
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Sam Brownback
Kan
Bob Dole
Topeka
Jim Ryan
Doug Wright
Cheryl Brown Henderson
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GOP
John Frieden
Kansas
Douglas County
Ryun
Lawrence
Wright
Henderson
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House of Representatives
Douglas County GOP faces key primary for 2nd District seat
In Douglas County, Republican Glen Grosdidier, dairy farmer from Eudora area, tackles fellow Republican Tom Taul of Baldwin in a bid to face Democrat Jim Jesse, Lawrence attorney, in November. Taul, a 48 year old vet, has long served on zoning appeals and roots in the county. Grosdidier, KSU graduate, has been Eudora Township treasurer for seven years.
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Lawrence
Douglas County Commission
Glen Grosdidier
Eudo Ta
Tom Taul
Jim Chappell
North Lawrence
East Lawrence
Jim Jesse
Jesse
Republicans nominate two for Douglas County 3rd District seat
In Douglas County, Republican voters will choose between Don Dalquest a 911 consultant and former undersheriff and Dean Nieder longtime Farmers Co op South Elevator manager for the 3rd District County Commission race Both stress finishing the South Lawrence Trafficway with an $85 million eastern bypass plan Dalquest cites local routing concerns while Nieder highlights completing the nearly half finished project The primary winner will face Democrat Larry Kipp or Bev Worster in the November 5 general election The district covers southwest Lawrence and western parts of the county
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South Lawrence
Don Dalquest
Jefferson County
Dean Nieder
Farmers. Co-op
South
Louie McEhaney
Larry Kipp
Bev Worster
Lawrence
Lion
Nieder
Farmer's Co-op
Dalquest
3rd Congressional District GOP Primary Faces Ed Eilert
The 3rd District nominating contest features Overland Park Mayor Ed Eilert and Kansas House Majority Leader Vince Snowbarger as the main race in a six-candidate Republican field. Other candidates include Greg Schools, Richard Rodewald, Bonnie Rahimian, and Anne Lyddon. The GOP winner meets the Democratic prize from Judy Hancock and Preston Conner. The district covers Johnson, Miami, Wyandotte counties and parts of Douglas including Lawrence, Eudora and Baldwin.
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U.S
Jan Meyers
R-Kan
Overland Park
Ed Eilert
Kansas House
Vince Snowbarger
Olathe
Greg Schools
Prairie Village
Meyers
Richard “Rode” Rodewald
Eudora
Bonnie Rahimian
Anne Lyddon
Judy Hancock
Preston Conner
Johnson
Miami
Wyandotte Counties
Douglas County
Lawrence, Eudora
Baldwin
Kansas 19th District GOP primary pits Glenn vs Ledbetter
In Kansas State Senate race 19th District Republicans in western Douglas County choose Tuesday which candidate can challenge incumbent Democrat Anthony Hensley of Topeka, who has held the seat since 1992. Wes Glenn, a Lecompton factory worker, and Joe Ledbetter, a Topeka real estate agent, vie for the nomination while Hensley runs unopposed in the Democratic primary. Glenn has previously sought GOP nominations in 1992 and 1994.
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Douglas County
Anthony Hensley
Topeka
GOP
Wesley Glenn
Lecompton
Joe Ledbetter
Hensley
Glenn-Ledbetter
Glenn
Walter Myers
Tom Sloan
Glenn Ledbetter Seek Seat in 19th District Race
Glenn, a Goodyear production control worker in Topeka, aims to keep local jobs and push economic development and higher education standards. Ledbetter, 41, previously ran for Shawnee County Commission in 1988 and campaigned for Glenn in 1992, favoring state highway funding and a plan to widen and refurbish unsafe roads. He also seeks protection of the Kansas River west of Lawrence from further sand dredging.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Topeka
Ledbetter
Shawnee County
Kansas River
Lawrence
Two Republicans contend for Douglas County treasurer post
Connie Daniels a Lawrence banker and Thom Hepford a 911 dispatcher vie to replace retiring Nancy Hempen. Daniels emphasizes customer service and streamlined lines drawing on Johnson and Jefferson county treasury experience. Hepford focuses on public budget transparency tax payment express line longer hours and a satellite office.
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Johnson and Jefferson Counties
Daniels
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