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'Fixed Political Convictions' are Hurting Kansas Schools
According to a recent report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a think tank based in Washington, D.C., Kansas had the fourth biggest drop in per-student funding (total dollar amo ...
21 Oct, 2014
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Kansas U.S. Senate Race Hits Nationwide Primetime
Kansas used to be a solid red state. National politicians rarely make campaign stops and there is generally no national news coverage of Kansas races.Not anymore. Greg Orman, ...
15 Oct, 2014
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Mounting Evidence Suggests Kansas May Not Be The Same 'Red' State It Once Was
Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is in the fight for his political life in what was once one of America's deepest red states. In 2004, Brownback won election to the U.S. Senate with 69.2 percent o ...
14 Oct, 2014
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The Partisan Response: Independent Voters Support Greg Orman Because They're Dumb
The Managing Editor for Townhall.com, Kevin Glass, recently wrote an article about how independent candidate Greg Orman is winning the independent vote in Kansas. His argument could simply be summed u ...
13 Oct, 2014
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Top 5 Races Where Independent Voters Will Make The Difference
In an age where over 90 percent of elections are determined in the primary, it's a rare occurrence for candidates to focus on voters who are not affiliated with a political party during the gene ...
09 Oct, 2014
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Republicans and Democrats Both Losing Battleground States
Abysmal congressional approval ratings have become the norm in our hyper-partisan political environment and government dysfunction is now cited as the most pressing issue facing our nation. Problem so ...
01 Oct, 2014
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Debunking 3 Common Myths About Independent Candidates
This campaign has opened my eyes to the many and varied opinions that voters across Nebraska think about when they are deciding on their votes. Since I am working on an independent candidate’s campaig ...
29 Sep, 2014
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New Gallup Poll Shows Most Americans Want Alternative Choice in Elections
As the United States approaches the last month before the 2014 midterm elections, many analysts are spending considerable energy trying to figure out whether Democrats or Republicans will be able to c ...
25 Sep, 2014
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Just When You Thought The Madness Was Over, The Kansas Senate Race Gets Weirder
Kris Kobach, the Republican secretary of state in Kansas, has spent a good portion of his political career defending the "purity" of the election process. Kobach has been involved in numerous voting r ...
24 Sep, 2014
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Kan. Supreme Court Says Democrat Chad Taylor Will Be Removed from Senate Ballot
Update, 09/19/2014: Kobach backtracked from his initial statement and said ballots will meet federal deadlines and will be printed and mailed out without a Democratic candidate in the U.S. Senate race ...
19 Sep, 2014
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