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With only a handful of precincts reporting, Phill Kline appears to be going down in the Republican primary. We can only hope and pray that the second "l" continue to stand for "loser."
In the Board elections, the excellent Mary Ca Ralstin has the edge in the race to replace Sue Gamble, subtle creationist Robert Meissner is whopping rabid wingnut creationist Al Detrich, incumbent lunatic creationist Kathy Martin has a healthy lead over sane opponent Bill Pannabacker, and, in the race to replace Steve Abrams, David Dennis has the barest of leads (12 votes of 180 counted with 10 of 266 districts reporting). If David Dennis wins that race, and Ralstin wins hers, a pro-science majority is probable. Assuming Meissner wins (likely), the race to replace Bill Wagnon as the representative for Lawrence and eastern Topeka is likely to be the most vigorous race. Carolyn Campbell will surely appreciate any help you can give her.
If Kenig beats Ralstin, that'll be a race to watch. Kenig has been very cagey about science education, and some observers are calling him a stealth creationist. He could just be clueless about the issue, but that's not a vast improvement.
In other news, Lynn Jenkins has a slight margin over Jim Ryun in his bid to rematch against Nancy Boyda. Apparently Ryun hasn't figured out that Kansas voters don't care for him. Phill Kline is currently losing to Steve Howe by a rather impressive margin. Steve Abrams is likely to be the nominee in his Senate race, while Sue Gamble is in a tight race.
Will update this post after the counting is done.
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It was nice to see Kline go down in flames once again. Surely he's gone for good this time....right?
I voted today but as a Democrat the only competitive race on my ballot was the Senate seat and I still can't bring myself to switch to a Republican for the primary yet.
Posted by: Ben | August 5, 2008 10:20 PM
Let's honor the constitution and keep religious teaching out of the public schools. I do not want my kids to have your religion shoved down their throats in public schools that are paid for with my tax money.
Posted by: JayMagoo | August 5, 2008 10:49 PM
Bob Meissner is fair and open minded and would be a consenus builder. Please go to www.drbobmeissner.com to find out how you can help get him elected or www.drbobmeissner.com/contribute.html to help combat the big money voice suppressing democrat money machine in Kansas.
Posted by: Smarty Pants | August 6, 2008 1:51 AM
SP: I'm all for vigorous debate, but are you really going to tell me that KANSAS DEMOCRATS are the big money voice? Honestly, the large donations from John Calvert and Jack Cashill in 2004 tell me all I need to know about Meissner.
Calvert was the leader of the creationist circus in 2005, and Cashill is one of the loudest voices for creationist silliness in the state. Meissner also got money from a PAC which was used to launder KRA money to creationist candidates. That's not fair, it's not open-minded, and it's not how one builds consensus. Meissner would be bad for Kansas schools.
Posted by: Josh Rosenau | August 6, 2008 12:53 PM