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Former KS Republican Gov. Bill Graves supports Democrat Kelly over Republican Schmidt, his former staffer
kansascity.com ^ | 9/8/22 | KATIE BERNARD

Posted on 09/08/2022 1:08:00 PM PDT by cotton1706

Former Republican Gov. Bill Graves is once again supporting Democrat Laura Kelly for Kansas governor.

Graves, a moderate Republican who served from 1995 until 2003, opted to endorse Kelly over Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the Republican nominee and one of Graves’ former staffers.

Early in his career, Schmidt worked as legal counsel to Graves’ office.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: assistantdemocrat; assistantdemocrats; billgraves; derekschmidt; elections; electionz; electionzzz; elekchunz; gopestablishment; graves; kelly; laurakelly; rino; rinos; schmidt; uniparty
Always eager to help out, those moderate Republicans!
1 posted on 09/08/2022 1:08:00 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

People like this are colluding in the destruction of this country.


2 posted on 09/08/2022 1:11:54 PM PDT by djpg
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To: cotton1706

This explains much of the change in Kansas in the last 10 years.
How deep does the McCain-Romney rabbit hole go?


3 posted on 09/08/2022 1:12:20 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Zathras

Deep!!!!


4 posted on 09/08/2022 1:13:26 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: Zathras

Graves was essentially a dem; I wouldn’t even call him a RINO.


5 posted on 09/08/2022 1:16:49 PM PDT by mykroar (Democrats support both types of allowed thought: Marxist and Leninist.)
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To: cotton1706

The Republican party needs to purge the RINOs. They do far more damage than Democrats.


6 posted on 09/08/2022 1:22:52 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: cotton1706

Who didn’t see this coming?


7 posted on 09/08/2022 1:26:58 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Dan in Wichita

Arnold blew off Tom McClintock his Lt. Gov candidate. W blew off Bill Simon Jr. in the 2002 Calif. Gov. election. The Bush klan voted for Hillary. What’s there to know? Those with a future in GOP politics should know better and they will.


8 posted on 09/08/2022 1:31:43 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: cotton1706

I’ve given up on KS. After Kelly and Davids were elected, I threw in the towel. My county is blue and my city, The Republic of Prairie Village, is as left as you can go.


9 posted on 09/08/2022 1:33:54 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: cotton1706
… Graves, a moderate Republican RINO who served from 1995 until 2003, opted to endorse Kelly over Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the Republican nominee and one of Graves’ former staffers. Early in his career, Schmidt worked as legal counsel to Graves’ office.

Fixed it!

10 posted on 09/08/2022 1:45:20 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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To: cotton1706

I detest these transpublicans.


11 posted on 09/08/2022 1:46:34 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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To: cotton1706

FU Graves. When he ran for re-election in Kansas, he promised if re-elected, he would eliminate personal property tax on vehicles. As soon as he got re-elected, he totally forgot that promise. To this day, Jansas still has the highest personal property tax in the country. And to this day, probably 40% of Kansas residents continue to tag their vehicles in other states.


12 posted on 09/08/2022 2:17:06 PM PDT by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.l)
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To: mykroar

More like a DIABLO-Democrat In All But Label Only. Also, the media calls Liberal Republicans, “moderate”.


13 posted on 09/08/2022 3:01:43 PM PDT by Jacob Kell ("I would rather go hunting with Kyle Rittenhouse....than make a movie with Alec Baldwin")
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To: immadashell

Replace “RINO’, with “DIABLO”, might be even more accurate.


14 posted on 09/08/2022 3:02:31 PM PDT by Jacob Kell ("I would rather go hunting with Kyle Rittenhouse....than make a movie with Alec Baldwin")
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To: cotton1706

Funny how you never see a democrat pol trash a fellow democrat and support a Republican.


15 posted on 09/08/2022 3:43:35 PM PDT by oldbill
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