Campaign '82: Lawrence voters set to choose local and state leaders
Voters in Lawrence and across Kansas go to the polls Tuesday to decide state representatives from the 43rd through 47th districts and a U.S. House seat from the 2nd District. Douglas County voters will pick a replacement for retiring County Commissioner Walt Cragan in the 1st District. Statewide races include governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, and insurance commissioner. The Journal-World provides candidate questionnaires for nine local races. Polls run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with early tallies after 8 p.m. Call 843-1000 for election returns.
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Lawrence
U.S. House
Douglas County
Walt Cragan
The
Journal-World
Kansas House 43rd District candidates favor severance tax
Democrat Davis age 42 of DeSoto mayor seeks his first Kansas House term. He supports a gas and minerals severance tax to fund education and highways and proposes senior utility bill relief. Republican Miller age 33 of Hudora, broker for Paul Revere, backs a statewide severance tax to fund education, favors local control, and argues for a balanced annual budget and limited new programs.
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Davis
DeSoto
Kansas House
Miller
Hudora
Kansas
Paul Revere Companies
Kansans weigh severance tax and capital questions in district race
Mrs. Branson, 61, homemaker and state representative from 44th District, Lawrence resident for 28 years, debates severance tax as equity for mineral removal and highway and education funding. She cites opposing death penalty, pledges cautious cuts, and backs KU and K-State research to foster high‑tech jobs and keep youth in Kansas.
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Broadview
Kansas House
Vernon Branson
Lawrence
Kansas
Mid
K-State
Kansans discuss taxes and crime policy for Kansas
Bob Schulte, a KLWN radio announcer and carpenter, outlines views on severance tax to broaden the tax base, a presumptive sentencing plan with no parole, reducing state payroll waste, and attracting new business to grow Kansas revenues and education funding.
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Schulte
Westwood
KLWN
Gene Fritzer Construction Co
Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas University
Robert Stephan
46th District Candidate Platforms From Kansas House Race
The excerpt presents statements from Mrs Charlton a Lawrence resident and former appointed legislator detailing tax reform positions severance tax on oil and gas preference death penalty opposition and budget priorities for 1984 legislative planning including education privatization welfare and crime reform. It also includes responses from Goodwin a KU student Libertarian candidate outlining tax abolition opposition to severance tax and death penalty and privatization aims.
Local Legislator Profiles and Policy Positions Summary
Kansas resident Doug Lamborn 28, a painting contractor and KU alumnus with National Merit and Summerfield scholarships, discusses severance tax revenue use, crime deterrence, budget cuts affecting KU, and two key bills: tougher penalties for crimes against the elderly and removing city power to levy natural gas taxes. He cites Lawrence’s 5 percent gas franchise tax and supports targeted tax relief if conditions improve.
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Lamborn
Kansas University
Summerfield
Jeanie
Lawrence
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House
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Topeka
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Jessie Branson
Bob Schulte
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Carlin
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Mrs. Charlton
Betty
Charlton
Ind
Mike Glover
Robert S. Charlton
Charlton-Manley Insurance Agency
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Doug Lamborn
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