Posted on 07/15/2014 12:15:21 PM PDT by cotton1706
Several Republican former Kansas officials have endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paul Davis over GOP incumbent Gov. Sam Brownback.
Republicans for Kansas Values, a group of more than 100 former lawmakers and GOP officials, including two former lieutenant governors and a former congresswoman, announced their support for Davis on Tuesday.
“All of us are proud Republicans. We came together because of our common love of Kansas, our commitment to Kansas families, and our belief in moderate, commonsense leadership,” former state Sen. Wint Winter said in a statement for the group. "We are deeply concerned by the direction Sam Brownback is taking Kansas. Today we announce our opposition to his re-election."
Before the Tuesday endorsement and a recent poll showing him ahead of the GOP governor, Davis was a long-shot candidate for governor in a red state.
The group criticized the governor's support for tax cuts and reduced funding for public schools. Republicans may also be turning against the governor over his efforts in 2012 to rid the state legislature of moderate Republicans in favor of more conservative challengers.
While Kansas is a conservative state, voters there have elected Democratic governors in the past. Kathleen Sebelius served as governor for two terms before Brownback took office.
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Upsidedown world, again. I thought those things were part of the Pubbie platform.
Republicans may also be turning against the governor over his efforts in 2012 to rid the state legislature of moderate Republicans in favor of more conservative challengers.
Dear Leader has taught the RINO's well....paybacks are now standard MO with the DC establishment.
Take it from someone is from and lives in Kansas.
Uniparty Ping
People that continue to support and make excuses for the GOP are as much our enemy as an open Democrat. And should be treated accordingly.
We are past debating GOPe. box to check on a ballot between them. Support one, get the other. The sooner we accept that reality the better. People that want to keep debating it are protecting the problem. There are two sides. The GOP/Lib side and our side. Binary.
Pick one and go with it folks.
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We are past debating GOP/GOPe. There is no box to check on a ballot between them.
Yep! I’m sick of this “S”.
and he is too conservative for them? jeesh
I hope the Conservatives are mad as hell over this and will take it out on Pat Roberts in the Senate Primary.
A lot of these were probably part of the purge and this is their payback. Problem is that Brownback's plans haven't worked out as well as he'd hoped. Revenues aren't meeting projections, the legislature voted down his plan to meet the court required school funding, the state's credit rating was downgraded, and the more conservative members are introducing bills against fluoride and religious freedom acts. That's causing rumblings in Johnson county which is the most populous and where the more socially moderate Republicans are. They're the ones who elected Dennis Moore five times. They could well go against Brownback this fall.
I hope they’re mad as hell about it too.
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