Posted on 09/01/2021 4:14:03 AM PDT by cotton1706
Next year's Republican primary for governor in Kansas took a truly unexpected turn on Monday when former Gov. Jeff Colyer announced that he was dropping out due to a recent diagnosis of prostate cancer. Colyer also endorsed Attorney General Derek Schmidt, who is now the only notable Republican challenging Democratic incumbent Laura Kelly.
Colyer's decision came as an especially big jolt because he'd spent years laying the groundwork to return to the office he lost in 2018 after then-Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach beat him in the primary by all of 343 votes. Schmidt, though, was in no mood to defer to Colyer, who had been elevated from lieutenant governor to governor only about six months before his defeat, and it appeared that Team Red was in for a nasty nominating battle. Indeed, Colyer welcomed the attorney general to the race by reminding voters that Schmidt had once worked for a pair of former GOP senators, Kansas' Nancy Kassebaum and Nebraska's Chuck Hagel, who have since turned on the party and supported Democrats like Kelly and Joe Biden.
It remains to be seen whether Colyer's departure will incentivize any other prominent Republicans to join the race, or whether Schmidt will now have an easy path to the GOP nod to face Kelly, who is the only Democratic governor up for re-election in a state that Donald Trump carried in 2020. Before Monday, though, there was just one potential entrant waiting in the wings: As recently as June, the Topeka Capital-Journal listed wealthy businessman Wink Hartman, who was the 2018 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor on Kobach's ticket, as someone who was "said to be weighing a bid." However, we've heard nothing new from Hartman since then.
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Don't know anything about Schmidt. Probably a similar pantywaist.
The real battle for the Republic is taking place in the States.
What the heck. Maybe Kobach will jump in the race again.
“Schmidt had once worked for a pair of former GOP senators, Kansas’ Nancy Kassebaum and Nebraska’s Chuck Hagel...”
Other way around. Schmidt worked for Kassebaum and Hagel.
Oh, total mis-read. Thank you. Then Kansas is doomed.
Oh, total mis-read. Thank you. Then Kansas is doomed.
Just skimmed through the first few comments.
I wonder how people here would respond/react to a diagnosis of probate cancer?
I wish him well and pay for a full recovery.
Free Republic has become heartless these days.
I know you mistyped but I wonder what Probate cancer would look like?
It would be tedious, and your siblings would all be fighting at the end. Lol.
Derek Schmidt was one of the state Attorneys General who joined with Texas on the election integrity lawsuit against PA. This is the case where the Supreme Court decided the states had no standing to sue. Unbelievable.
This is Kansas - I’d expect some “independent” or ex-democrat to now show up and cause the presumptive nominee to spend vast money and ad time trashing the other party nominee(s).
Violating Reagan’s 11th is the Kansas way.
What stage of prostate cancer does he have. If it was caught early enough and is a candidate for surgery. He’ll be around for a long time.
I was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer seven years ago with 8 bone mets. There is no cure, but I am doing very well with my treatment. Biggest problem is excessive fatigue which is greatly helped with Adderall.
Prayers for the man’s health. I don’t think i care that much about Kansas. Step up, people, and take care.
But to ignore a serious illness totally, SMH. Becoming as bad and uncaring as the We Care A Lot liberals.
Schmidt is a good conservative. Kobach is the reason that KS has a democratic gov.
We need to defeat Kelly and Schmidt the current attorney General is the right person to win in 2022.
Dr. Jeff is a surgeon so I am sure he knows whether it was right or wrong to leave the race for Gov.
“… wealthy businessman Wink Hartman, who was the 2018 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor…”
I don’t know why, but I just flashed on Cheech and Chong…
Wink Dinkerson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw1iXWr0WvU
The guy that lost to this bitch in the first place? He got 43%. Great idea.
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Colyer would’ve lost, too. That curse still remains in place for the KS Governorship that no one elected from the same party succeeds another at the next election. Not since 1964.
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