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Primary Vote Means Defeat for at Least 15 GOP Incumbents
Topeka reporting that at least 15 Republican incumbents in Kansas state government faced defeat in the August primary. The piece lists defeated Senate members Dillard B. Croxton LaCygne Wilfrid Cavaness Chanute Sam Lawrence Brookover Eureka J. E. Nickell Smith Center and E Bert Col ard Leavenworth, plus several House members. Several incumbents won renomination, including Don Hults Leonard Rude Jr Paul Wunsch Vernon Stroberg Shriver and Ralph Rinker. Only two Democratic incumbents faced opposition and none were defeated.
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Topekap
Kansas
House
GOP
Senate
Dillard ‘B. Croxton
LaCygne
Wilfrid Cavaness
Chanute
Sam
Lawrence
Brookover
Eureka
J. E. Nickell
Smith Center
E. Bert Colard
Leavenworth
Republican House
John E. Buehler
Atchison
Ebvin Niemann
Nortonville
P. Everett Sperry
Howard Bentley
Kinsley
Robert D. Riegle
Waterville
John’ R. Hildebrand
Fowler
T. E. Smith
Independence
C. T. Henderson
Atwood
R. C. Williams
Russell
Don Hults
Leonard Rude Jr
Parsons
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Vernon Stroberg
Newton
Shriver
Wichita
Ralph Rinker
Great Bend
Lawrence Daily Journal-World