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brooklynite

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Thu Oct 18, 2018, 02:56 PM Oct 2018

Another former GOP governor of Kansas just endorsed Dem Laura Kelly over Kris Kobach

Source: Kansas City Star

A second former Republican governor of Kansas is spurning Kris Kobach’s run for the office in favor of Democrat Laura Kelly’s candidacy.

Former Kansas Gov. Mike Hayden, who served from 1987 to 1991, announced on Thursday that he is endorsing Kelly’s run for governor. He becomes the latest major GOP official along with former Gov. Bill Graves and former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum to support the state senator from Topeka.

Every living ex-governor of Kansas — except for Republican Sam Brownback — now supports Kelly over Kobach.

“After eight years of crisis, we cannot elect someone who wants to repeat the disasters of the past,” Hayden said in a statement. “Kris Kobach has promised to do just that — risking the future of our great state.”

Read more: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article220180385.html

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Another former GOP governor of Kansas just endorsed Dem Laura Kelly over Kris Kobach (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2018 OP
Outstanding, unexpected news. Thank you, brooklynite. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #1
When sammy brownbutt was running the 2nd time... Maxheader Oct 2018 #2
Cotton top Pence here last night to pimp for KKKobach. Looks like 100 or so showed up Bengus81 Oct 2018 #3

Maxheader

(4,373 posts)
2. When sammy brownbutt was running the 2nd time...
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 01:20 PM
Oct 2018

there were a bunch of past rightwinger kansaas politicos that got
together and pronounced him a disaster...and wouldn't support him.
I see that "after the fact" type of denouncing a lot....from them...
Those guys helped groom him and kobach...both worthless pos..and
they want to come down on them?

Bengus81

(6,932 posts)
3. Cotton top Pence here last night to pimp for KKKobach. Looks like 100 or so showed up
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 01:22 PM
Oct 2018

Scroll down to the article,you might be able to watch a short video without subscribing. Take a look at the sparse crowd.


https://www.kansas.com/

BTW,the aircraft in the background in DOC a totally restored B-29

https://www.b29doc.com/

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