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This hot and bothered campaign season has strained the patience with its dirty politicking, third-party meddling, push-polling and robocalling. At least voters will put a stop to it on Tuesday – those who remember to bring their photo ID to the polls, that is.
Statewide, the big question is whether the moderate Republican state senators will survive a coordinated assault by conservative candidates handpicked and bankrolled by entities aligned with the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, Americans for Prosperity and Gov. Sam Brownback. If not, the Senate’s traditional temperance and needed independence from Brownback and the conservative-controlled House could be history as well.
In Sedgwick County, Republicans alone will pick the next district attorney and decide five judicial races and one County Commission contest – putting special pressure on them to choose wisely, while regrettably denying any say to the nearly 60 percent of registered Sedgwick County voters who are not Republicans.
Even with the numbers of campaign mailers at deforestation levels this year, it can be hard to know where candidates stand. The 2012 Primary Election Guide that appeared in the July 29 Eagle contained lots of background on the races and candidates. So does the Voter Guide available online at Kansas.com.
A list of The Eagle editorial board’s endorsements in the contested Republican and Democratic primaries follows (full endorsements can be read online at Kansas.com/opinion).
Please exercise the right to vote. And don’t forget that photo ID.
Eagle editorial board primary endorsements
U.S. House
District 4
Democrat: Robert Leon Tillman
Sedgwick County Commission
District 3
Republican: Jeff Longwell
Sedgwick County sheriff
Republican: Jeff Easter
Sedgwick County district attorney
Republican: Marc Bennett
State Board of Education
District 8
Republican: Kathy Busch
Sedgwick County District Court
GOP primary
Division 1: Phillip B. Journey
Division 2: Dave Dahl
Division 14: Jama D. Mitchell
Division 20: Charles Steve Osburn
Division 23: William S. Woolley
Kansas Senate
District 25
Republican: Jean Kurtis Schodorf
Democrat: Perry Schuckman
District 26
Republican: Dick Kelsey
District 29
Democrat: Oletha Faust-Goudeau
District 31
Republican: Carolyn McGinn
Kansas House
District 83
Republican: No endorsement
District 84
Democrat: Gail Finney
District 85
Democrat: Barry D. Stanley
District 86
Democrat: Jim Ward
District 88
Democrat: Patricia M. Sloop
District 89
Democrat: Roderick A. Houston
District 91
Republican: Robin Salem Clements
District 93
Democrat: Sammy K. Flaharty
District 96
Republican: Rick Lindsey
District 97
Republican: Jeff Blubaugh
District 100
Republican: Daniel R. Hawkins
District 101
Republican: Jamey Blubaugh
District 103
Democrat: Ponka-We Victors
