Western Kansas Democrat eyes governor bid and roots
Janis Lee a 10-year Kansas Senate Democrat from Kensington contemplates a 2002 gubernatorial run in a GOP stronghold. Her agrarian background, family political activity, and campaign lessons shape a cautious, issue oriented bid strategy as she weighs the Graves race. Her sons' ambitious careers underscore a life split between farming and public service.
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Topeka
Janis Lee
Kansas
Peter Nelson
McPherson
Ross E. Ferguson
Smith County
Senate
Lee
Lyn
Kensington
Halla Dale
Kansas State University
State Senate
Iowa
Kansas House
Keith Roe
Neil Arnsmith
Roe
Ross Coyen
Graves
Bill Graves
Skydivers honor fallen club members with memorial jump
About 200 people gathered in Independence as the Greater Kansas City Skydiving Club memorialized six victims of the March crash of a Cessna 206 near Grain Valley. The mournful yet celebratory event featured a skydiving display and a postjump gathering, while officials noted the NTSB may take up to a year to determine the crash's cause.
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Independence, Mo
Maureen Gorsuch
Greater
Kansas City
Daniel Stewart
Julie Douglass
Kansas
Grain Valley
Stewart
Rueff
Eric
Rita Bullock
John Schuman
Cathy Smith
National Transportation Safety Board
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