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…