By JUSTIN KENDALL
The Kansas Republican Party stripped 17 Johnson County precinct committee people of their voting rights for contributing to Democratic candidates. The Kansas City Star quoted state GOP executive director Christian Morgan saying the Kansas GOP's executive committee will determine whether the precinct committee people will get their voting rights back. Morgan said some would. Some wouldn't. But who gets to decide? The Kansas Republican Party's Web site offers the following lis
Ron ThornburghThe road to Cedar Crest just got a helluva lot easier for U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback. Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh announced today that he's out of the running for Kansas governor in 2010. Basically, he didn't think he could pull out the W. That leaves Brownback in the race for the Republicans. And if Sunday's bit of rumoring is true, maybe Bill Kurtis running as a Democrat will give Senator Sam a run for his money in the November election.
Ron ThornburghSam BrownbackKansas Republicans will have something to celebrate Thursday. U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback and Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh will make a "Brownback for Governor campaign announcement" at the Kansas Republican Party HQ at 11 a.m. Thursday. Is this the ticket? Will Thornburgh be the "Macho Man" Randy Savage to Sam Brownback's Hulk Hogan, forming an awesome-yet-combustible Mega Powers tag team? Or is Thornburgh merely offering his endorsement of Brownback's candidacy
Ron ThornburghSam BrownbackThe suspense is over. On Tuesday, Kansas Secretary of State, Ron Thornburgh, and U.S. Senator Sam Brownback primed the media pump, amping up intrigue for their joint announcement at the Kansas Republican Party headquarters this morning. Well, here's the big news. Thornburgh isn't going to be Brownback's running mate; he's going to co-chair the campaign. According to PrimeBuzz, the two men exchanged praise during the press event. Brownback complimente
