Kansas third district Archives

Oct

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday October 13, 2010

FactFinder 12: Goyle campaign ad. From KWCH Television: "FactFinder 12 found no evidence Sentry International directly outsourced manufacturing work, only that it partners with companies in China and many other countries to purchase foreign made products." What's not talked about in regard to this issue is that U.S. companies don't manufacture products overseas just for the heck of it. Competitive pressures force them to. The energy future will look familiar. George Will takes a look at the future of energy in America. But a reminder of the past, in case you forgot: "In 1977, Jimmy Carter said mankind could 'use…

Jul

By Bob Weeks

Kansas Republican Assembly endorsements announced

The Kansas Republican Assembly has released its endorsements for federal and state offices. The list of endorsed candidates may be viewed here. In the race for Republican Party nomination for United States Congress from the first district of Kansas, the KRA endorsed farmer and Kansas Senator Tim Huelskamp of Fowler. In the fourth district of Kansas, centered around the Wichita metropolitan area, the KRA endorsed Wichita businessman Mike Pompeo. Of note, the KRA issued no endorsement in the second and third Kansas Congressional districts. This is because no candidate achieved the two-thirds majority necessary to earn the group's endorsement. For…

Jun

By Bob Weeks

Olathe Republican straw poll produces wins by Tiahrt, Yoder

Yesterday's Olathe Republican Party picnic featured a straw poll that provided insight into statewide and local races as Kansas nears its August 3rd primary. The annual event is very popular, and this year 430 people paid the $2 fee to participate in the straw poll. Martin Hawver, dean of Kansas Statehouse reporters, describes the importance of the event: "The picnic/poll has been closely watched in recent years because Olathe is a conservative bastion and it tends to bring Republican politics into a comfortably conservative venue from which the party’s internal strife can be measured." Voters vote only once in the…

Nov

By Bob Weeks

Kansas news digest

News from alternative media around Kansas for November 30, 2009. Parkinson balances budget as promised, but now gearing up for tax hike (Kansas Liberty premium article) Analysis of the governor's budget cuts, with a look forward: "Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson released a column yesterday illustrating how Monday’s cuts have devastated various state agencies. Parkinson argued that any possible inefficiency within state agencies has been eliminated through the latest round of allotments. ... Parkinson, in addition to some legislators, have already started to lay the foundation for tax increases and so-called 'revenue enhancements.'" Also from Kansas Liberty see Agencies react to…

Nov

By Bob Weeks

Moore decision not to run causes waves

The news that Kansas third district congressman Dennis Moore has decided not to seek reelection is a week old now, but the ramifications will take a while to shake out. As Martin Hawver put it in a recent Capitol Rail: "We don’t know who, but we’re imagining, somewhere in Johnson County, there is a poor, embarrassed and sullen Republican who isn’t yet on the list of someone’s exploratory committee for the 3rd District congressional seat." I imagine there are both Democrat and Republican candidates who have already declared for statewide office that would like to be able to have a…