Moderates gain edge in Kansas Board of Education race
In tight races across Kansas districts 7 9 and 5 moderates led or won key seats: Ken Willard Hutchinson and Jan Shaver Independence led tallies while Sally Cauble Liberal defeated Connie Morris in district 5 and John Bacon held District 3. Democratic Janet Waugh unopposed.
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Torpeka
State Board of Education
Kansas
Ken Willard
Hutchinson
Jack Wempe
Lyons
Willard
Jan Shaver
Independence
Charles Kent Runyan
Pittsburg
Sally Cauble
Tim Cruz
Garden City
Cauble
Con
Nie Morris
St. Francis
John Bacon
Don Weiss
Olathe
Janet Waugh
Kansas City
Sue Gamble
Shawnee
Carol Rupe
Wichita
Bill Wagnon
Topeka
Republi
Praeger Wins Second Term as Kansas Insurance Chief
Topeka voters re-elected Sandy Praeger a Republican from Lawrence to a second four year term as Kansas insurance commissioner. Praeger touted a record driven tenure and claimed recovering 40 million for Kansans while overseeing 1690 licensed insurers. Her victory followed a low key campaign against Bonnie Sharp with support from GOP leaders including Nancy Kassebaum Baker and Bob Dole.
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Topeka
Sandy Praeger
Kansas
Praeger
Lawrence
House
Senate
Bonnie Sharp
Kansas City
Eric Carter
L Sandy Praeger
Sharp
Carter
Richard Todd
Douglas County
Republican Party
Todd
Patrick Wilbur
Dwyer wins Wakarusa Township clerk seat as Democrat
Gerald Dwyer, 61, a rural Lawrence farmer and Democrat, was elected Wakarusa Township clerk over Republican Steve Brown, 47, a Douglas County sheriff's lieutenant, by an unofficial 449 to 350. Dwyer carries strong local recognition while other township clerk races mostly went unopposed with write-ins and scattered unofficial tallies across Clinton Grant Kanwaka Lecompton Palmyra Willow Springs Eudora Marion townships.
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Gerald Dwyer
Dwyer
Wakarusa
Steve Brown
Lawrence
Brown
Douglas County
Palmyra
Janet Ballinger
Willow Springs
Jerry E. Smith
Eudora
Jim Gabriel
Marion Township
Frank Rhodes
McLouth Liquor Store Keeps Open After Vote
McLouth residents vote 276 no and 100 yes on a ballot measure to bar liquor sales in original package form. Charles Karmann opened his store after Kansas law changes allowing liquor stores in cities, with opponents hinting at another petition drive in spring elections. Dee Hornback noted voters spoke at the polls.
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McLouth
Charles Karmann
Kansas
Karmann
Kansas Cities
Dee Hornback
Thornburgh nets fourth term as Kansas secretary of state
Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh decisively won a fourth term defeating Democrat David Haley in a rematch. He carried 72 percent in the primary against Kay O Connor, who resigned, while Haley’s campaign centered on alleged office shortcomings. Other on ballot were Rod Hodgkinson and Joseph Martin.
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Topeka
Ron Thornburgh
David Haley
Kansas City
Thornburgh
Kay O’connor
Olathe
O’connor
Haley
Secretary of State
Ille
Kansas
Wichita
Robert Beattie
Rod Hodgkinson
Stilwell
Reform Party
Joseph Martin
St. Marys
Douglas County Commissioner Charles Jones wins third term
Douglas County Commissioner Charles Jones secured a third term in the 1st District after a clear election night victory. The Democrat captured 5,637 votes across 21 precincts with 206 write-ins. Jones, 54, said he plans this may be his last term and named priorities including rural development rules and redeveloping the Farmland plant site with the City of Lawrence.
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Charles Jones
Douglas County
Jones
Mass
Bob Johnson
Jere McElhaney
Lawrence
Jenkins wins second term as Kansas state treasurer
AP reports Lynn Jenkins, Republican, secures a second four year term as Kansas state treasurer by defeating Shawnee County Treasurer Larry Wilson. The race was low key with Jenkins campaigning statewide and stressing her role managing about $18 billion in funds and directing the Unclaimed Property Division which returns roughly $8 million annually.
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Lynn Jenkins
Topeka
Shawnee County
Larry Wilson
Jenkins
Fletcher Bell
Tim Shallenburger
Senate
House
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