Kobach secures GOP nomination in hotly contested Kansas governor's race

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a staunch ally of President Trump, has secured the GOP nomination for Kansas governor after his rival conceded Tuesday night following a hotly contested Republican primary.
The state's sitting governor, Jeff Colyer, conceded to his hardline conservative rival a week after the race remained too close to call with all precincts reporting before counting provisional ballots.

Colyer trailed Kobach by just 345 votes out of 315,000 cast, after several counties finished tallying provisional ballots on Tuesday. Koback ended the day with 128,543 votes while Colyer claimed 128,198 votes.

Kobach added to his narrow advantage on Tuesday after critical Johnson County ballots gave him a few more votes than Colyer. Overall, Colyer won Johnson County, his home base and the largest vote center in the state, but by just 6 percentage points.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/401876-kobach-secures-gop-nomination-in-hotly-contested-kansas-governors-race?userid=229233

[Garrett78]

1. Kansas electing another Democratic Governor is within the realm of possibility.

[TlalocW]

8. Do you think so?

I'm a Kansan, and I'm worried. I'm all for hearing another perspective though.

TlalocW

[Garrett78]

9. And you probably should be worried, but here's a bit from the Kansas City Star:

Kobach will face Democratic state Sen. Laura Kelly of Topeka, who captured her party’s nomination with 52 percent of the vote in a five-way race, and independent Greg Orman, provided that Kobach’s office certifies the signatures collected by the Johnson County businessman’s campaign.

Kansas law requires independent candidates for governor to collect 5,000 signatures for a spot on the ballot. Last week Orman’s campaign delivered 10,000 to Kobach’s office, where they are being reviewed.

Kobach maintained that what he ran on in the primary will carry over to the general.

“I’ve said from the beginning that I tell voters who I am and what I stand for,” Kobach said. “And I don’t change my tune either from primary to general or from general to being in office. I think voters appreciate that about me.”

Patrick Miller, a professor of political science at the University of Kansas, said he sees the race leaning for Kobach because Orman will draw votes from Kelly.

“It’s pretty clear that Kobach was perhaps not as strong of a nominee as Colyer,” Miller said. “To an extent, that doesn’t matter because you have Orman acting as a spoiler in the race. He casts himself as a centrist but he is a liberal.”

A poll by Remington Research Group published in July indicated that a Kelly-Orman-Kobach race would put Kelly and Kobach in a statistical tie — 36 percent for Kelly and 35 percent for Kobach. Orman fetched 12 percent of the vote in the poll, leaving 17 percent undecided.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article216702595.html

[TlalocW]

10. I'm not sure how that's supposed to cheer me up

They're saying Orman will draw votes from Kelly.

TlalocW

[Garrett78]

11. It also says Kelly and Kobach are in a statistical tie in spite of Orman's presence.

As I said, Kelly winning is within the realm of possibility. Had Colyer won, that probably wouldn't be the case.

[Bengus81]

13. Yeah...but maybe Kelly will draw some former Colyer voters..........

People in Kansas already know what KKKobach is all about. They also know FULL WELL he's going right back to the Brownback DISASTER trickle down that about BK Kansas just as soon as he's in office. We don't have to wait and guess how those zero % tax rates for Corporations will turn out--we saw it first hand for YEARS starting in 2013.

They also know how everything from schools to roads will suffer. And..as usual the ONLY way to offset disasters like that is once again raise the sales tax and usage taxes.

If a Dem were proposing to do that and a Republican running opponent wasn't I'd be voting for the Republican.

[kimbutgar]

2. You'd think after the disaster of Brownback, Kansas would learn their lesson..

Now they will go even lower into the sinkhole of repuke hell!

[Garrett78]

5. Kelly might win. Kansas did have a Democratic governor prior to Brownback.

From the Kansas City Star:

Kobach will face Democratic state Sen. Laura Kelly of Topeka, who captured her party’s nomination with 52 percent of the vote in a five-way race, and independent Greg Orman, provided that Kobach’s office certifies the signatures collected by the Johnson County businessman’s campaign.

Kansas law requires independent candidates for governor to collect 5,000 signatures for a spot on the ballot. Last week Orman’s campaign delivered 10,000 to Kobach’s office, where they are being reviewed.

Kobach maintained that what he ran on in the primary will carry over to the general.

“I’ve said from the beginning that I tell voters who I am and what I stand for,” Kobach said. “And I don’t change my tune either from primary to general or from general to being in office. I think voters appreciate that about me.”

Patrick Miller, a professor of political science at the University of Kansas, said he sees the race leaning for Kobach because Orman will draw votes from Kelly.

“It’s pretty clear that Kobach was perhaps not as strong of a nominee as Colyer,” Miller said. “To an extent, that doesn’t matter because you have Orman acting as a spoiler in the race. He casts himself as a centrist but he is a liberal.”

A poll by Remington Research Group published in July indicated that a Kelly-Orman-Kobach race would put Kelly and Kobach in a statistical tie — 36 percent for Kelly and 35 percent for Kobach. Orman fetched 12 percent of the vote in the poll, leaving 17 percent undecided.

[AlexSFCA]

3. Let's hope for roy moore 2.0

[Demovictory9]

7. yes

[comradebillyboy]

4. On the bright side the Dem has a better chance.

But if Kobach is elected Governor, fuck Kansas they deserve what they get.

[Garrett78]

6. Except for all those who won't vote for Kobach.

Kobach will probably get less than 50% of the vote even if he wins, so I have a hard time saying everyone in Kansas will "deserve what they get."

[Bengus81]

14. I didn't vote for Trump,yet there he is at the top,do I deserve what we're getting?

[beachbum bob]

12. Democrats have a real chance of winning the Govenorship in Kansas

lots of (educated) republicans have no use for Kobach and will vote for Kelly or not vote at all....