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Political drama is usually reserved for critical swing states in national politics, but this year's U.S. Senate race in Kansas continues to have surprises at every turn. On September 3, Chad Taylor (D) announced his withdraw from the race and requested that his name be removed from the ballot. Taylor's senate bid was desperately underfunded and the three-way race was giving the Republican incumbent Pat Roberts a substantial lead by plurality. Several local Democratic leaders had already endors

The first debate in the Kansas race for U.S. Senate was held at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Kansas on Saturday. In the first face-to-face meeting, Republican incumbent Pat Roberts continued his attempts to characterize independent candidate Greg Orman as a liberal Democrat. Orman called into question Roberts' voting record, particularly issues where Roberts sided with Democrats on appropriation bills. In the span of about 45 minutes, Roberts attempted to associate Orman as a "Harry Rei

Meanwhile, here in Kansas. . . . Just a week ago, it was a forgone conclusion that incumbent Senator Pat Roberts would win an easy plurality in a three-person race with Democrat Chad Taylor and well-funded Independent Greg Orman. Roberts, who recently fought off a strong primary challenge, is unpopular in Kansas, but being the only Republican on the ballot here is usually enough to win.But last week Taylor announced his withdrawal from the race, leaving the unpopular Roberts in a two-person ra

Update 9/4/14, 1:20 PM PDT: Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach announced Thursday that Chad Taylor must remain on the ballot because he failed to declare that he would be unable to perform the job if elected. Ironic, is it not? As reported on IVN, Democrat Chad Taylor announced on Wednesday, September 3, that he was dropping out of the U.S. Senate race in Kansas. As reported on many networks, including IVN, this is huge news for independent Greg Orman because he is now a much bigger thr

In late August, economists, scholars, and central bankers from across the world gathered in Jackson Hole, Wyoming to make sense of current economic indicators and to plot a path forward for monetary and economic policy in both the United States and the rest of the world. Speaking at this summit was Janet Yellen, the new chair of the Federal Reserve, who reflected on the state of the labor market and how the bank may revise its current policy of monetary stimulus through both historically low in

Wednesday, September 3 was a day of good news for independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman. Orman picked up a key endorsement from the Traditional Republicans for Common Sense, a moderate Republican group. This endorsement adds to Orman's collection of Republican and Democratic endorsements for Senate -- demonstrating his overall viability as someone who can cross the political divide. The biggest news for Orman was that his Democratic opponent, Chad Taylor, dropped out of the race late in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiGd3pDiItM Upon receiving his official endorsement from Women for Kansas, independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman spoke before the group on why he entered the race and about the major themes of his campaign. "I believe the only way we can get Congress back to working again is to cast off partisan labels and preconceived notions and focus on problem solving," Orman exclaimed. "I believe we need to reject the notion that there are only two solutions to every

When major party candidates are faced with the prospect of running against an independent candidate, they are often faced with a dilemma they are not prepared to deal with. Our political system has evolved (or devolved) to the point where it encourages the two-party system, and campaigning is generalized by popular battleground issues. Independent candidates challenge this paradigm, as many have political views that do not fall within the traditional "left-right" scale. Greg Orman's independen

The Kansas secretary of state announced on Friday that independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman is officially certified for the November ballot.Kansas law requires independents to gather at least 5,000 petition signatures to qualify for the ballot. Running for office in Kansas is very difficult because of this requirement, and county-specific forms (there are 105 counties) must be used to gather signatures. Orman's focus has been on meeting the petition requirement, but now he will work on

There are three methods of proportional representation advocates most commonly present: cumulative voting, limited voting, and ranked-choice voting. Each has been used in the United States, mainly in local and county elections, with decent success. The first two systems only simulate proportional voting while ranked-choice can fully incorporate proportional voting. Cumulative voting is a system used in multi-seat elections where the voter is given a number of ballots equal to the number of sea