August ballot lineups set for Kansas primaries and race
Primary filing closed signaling Aug 1 contests across Kansas. Democrats trumpet rising strength and new leaders while Republicans voice unity. GOP fields include Barnett Canfield Crowell Hawver Jennison Pickell Rodewald for governor with Thornburgh vs O Connor in secretary of state race and Praeger vs Carter in insurance. Other races see Morrison Beattie Haley facing secretary, plus rematch for Ryan and Boyda in federal contest. Local races note Davis Sloan Ballard Holland Tafanelli Brown facing minor parties.
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Topeka
Democratic Party
Larry Gates
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Gates
Ron Freeman
Republican Party
State Board of Education
Jim Barnett
Emporia
Ken Canfield
Overland Park
Rex Crowell
Longton
Dennis Hawver
Ozawkie
Robin Jennison
Healy
Paul Davis
Dlawrence
Tom Sloan
Rlawrence
Davis
Marcus Kirby
Sloan
Reform Party
Jason Littlejohn
Barbara Ballard
D-Lawrence
Rick Davis
Lawrence
Tom Holland
D-Baldwin
Roy Dunn
Franklin County
Robert Garrard
Edgerton
Lee Tafanelli
R-Ozawkie
James Robert Faris
Anthony Brown
R-Eudora
Diane Bryant
Lenexa
Thornburgh
Kay O'Connor
Rolathe
Praeger
Eric Carter
Kline and Morrison Spar Over Jessica's Law Support
In Topeka, Atty Gen. Phill Kline sought re election and attacked opponent Paul Morrison over Jessica's law. Morrison defended his record on criminal sentences and stated his 25 years of experience in locking up sex offenders. The two Kansas candidates, unchallenged in August, meet in the November general election.
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Topeka
Phill Kline
Paul Morrison
Doug Mays
Morrison
Mays
Jessica
Kansas
Florida
Johnson County
Mark Simpson
Kline
U.S. Supreme Court
Single candidate seeks 1st District county commissioner seat
Only one county office in contention this year as filing closes. Charles Jones, 54, Democrat, is running for a third term as 1st District county commissioner in Franklin County. He faces no challenger, while clerks races in two townships see contests between Gerald Dwyer and Charles V. Williams in Wakarusa and Janet Ballinger and Don Johnson in Palmyra. Three Franklin County commissioner seats remain with multiple Republicans in each race. In Jefferson County one county office race exists, with incumbent Lynn Luck facing challenger Donald Edmonds. Staff writer Mike Belt.
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Charles Jones
Jones
Gerald Dwyer
Charles V. Williams
Wakarusa
Steve R. Brown
Palmyra
Janet Ballinger
Don Johnson
Eudora
Marion
Jamie Shew
Franklin County Commission
Donald
E. Waymire
Ottawa
Sue Farrell
Donald C. Hay
Larry L. Thurston
Princeton
Donald R. Stottlemire
Rantoul
Larry W. Skeet
Lane
Norm Wooge
Juanita P. Simms
Jefferson County
Lynn Luck
Donald Edmonds
County to upgrade with new voting machines for faster results
Douglas County will deploy 160 new voting machines, including 80 Model 100 Precinct Ballot Counters and 80 AutoMark Voter Assist Terminals, to speed tabulation and aid voters with disabilities. The upgrade, costing about 821000 with 460000 funded by the federal Help America Vote Act, will be used first on August 1 and again on November 7.
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House
Shew
Douglas County
Kansas
Election Systems & Software Inc
Omaha
Neb
Navy develops smaller faster ships BatH Maine
The Navy introduces Littoral Combat Ships to counter modern threats with speeds over 50 mph and shallow drafts. LCS uses waterjets, no propellers, enabling close shore operation and rapid turns. Core crew of 40 with berthing for 75, two versions under construction by Lockheed Martin and Bath Iron Works.
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Bath
Maine
LCS
Charles Hamilton
Washington
Navy
Jay Korman
DFI
Lockheed Martin
Bath Iron Works
Kennebec River
Coffee may cut risk of alcoholic liver cirrhosis
A Kaiser study of more than 125000 adults found one daily coffee cup lowered alcoholic cirrhosis risk by 20 percent, four cups by 80 percent, with benefits seen across genders and ethnic groups. Authors caution against drinking alcohol and note coffee does not guard against other liver diseases.
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Arthur Klatsky
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
Oakland
Calif
Klatsky
Blatsky
Justices ease DNA and lethal injection appeals in high court
The Supreme Court underscored that death row challenges to lethal injection and DNA evidence claims may proceed under civil rights law, while signaling caution on automatic execution delays. It reversed a lower ruling on Paul Gregory House, whose posttrial DNA evidence could influence juror views, though the majority called his case close and not exonerated.
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High Court
Kennedy
Paul Gregory House
House
Roberts
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