KS-Sen: Taylor drops out

[SamInTheSouth]

It would be great to see another independent candidate elected.  Republicans and Democrats need to be put on notice.  Hell, I may even donate to Orman now.

[Tender Branson]

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/216603-legal-questions-complicate-democrats-exit-from-kansas-senate

If his name remains on the ballot because of the election law §§§, it would certainly lower the chances of Orman defeating Roberts.

[free my dawg]

Roberts' campaign manager says Roberts' "home" is in Virginia.

[SWE]

Sabato moves this to Lean R

[Never]

Rothenberg Political Report/Roll Call moves KS-Sen to from Republican Favored all the way to Tossup/Tilt Republican and declares that Pat Roberts is the most vulnerable Republican senator up for reelection this year.

[Never]

National Republicans are taking control of Roberts' campaign.

[RogueBeaver]

Kobach has ruled Taylor stays on the ballot. Hasen examines the legalities here.

[Vega]

Kobach has ruled Taylor stays on the ballot. Hasen examines the legalities here.

Damn it.

[Never]

Kobach has ruled Taylor stays on the ballot. Hasen examines the legalities here.

Wow.

[King]

It would be hilarious if Kansas elected it's most liberal Senator since the Depression all because he didn't have that big bad "Dem" next to his name.

[Badger]

Kobach has ruled Taylor stays on the ballot. Hasen examines the legalities here.

Lawsuits and appeals will likely follow.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Kobach has ruled Taylor stays on the ballot. Hasen examines the legalities here.

Damn it.

What else did you expect from Kobach?  Also what Badger said.

[Keystone Phil]

Oh no! The Dems new favorite last hope just flew out the window. But don't worry: HILLARY WILL STILL WIN THE STATE BY 12 IN 2016!!!!!

[NHLiberal]

Kobach has ruled Taylor stays on the ballot. Hasen examines the legalities here.

Wow. That's pathetic. This is why more states should handle the position of Secretary of State like Maine and New Hampshire, where it's elected by the legislature and isn't part of the partisan fray. A rabid partisan with likely motives for higher office really shouldn't be making this sort of decision.

[SteveRogers]

Kobach has ruled Taylor stays on the ballot. Hasen examines the legalities here.

Lawsuits and appeals will likely follow.

Wow. This might be the only case in U.S. history of a candidate fighting a court battle to keep their name off of the November ballot.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Oh no! The Dems new favorite last hope just flew out the window. But don't worry: HILLARY WILL STILL WIN THE STATE BY 12 IN 2016!!!!!

Are you all right Phil? You seem a bit tense these last days.

[Lief 🗽]

The Democrat's name being on the ballot won't affect anything. He'll win maybe 2-3%. Voters aren't complete idiots and at the very least are aware which candidates are actually running for election. Anyone who votes for Taylor in November is either 1) so out of the loop that they wouldn't know they were supposed to vote for Orman anyway or 2) so blindly partisan that they wouldn't have voted for an independent anyway.

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Kobach has ruled Taylor stays on the ballot. Hasen examines the legalities here.

Taylor had gotten an OK from the SOS office before he turned his letter in.
This is why you should never have a Republican Secretary of State.

[Indy Texas]

Kansas doesn't seem like the kind of state that has a sizable contingent of "reflexively Democratic" voters. They tend to have a fairly high level of voter participation, which likely means they're relatively informed voters relative to the country as a whole.

If Texas Democrats nominated a dead man, he'd predictably lose but he'd still win the Rio Grande Valley in a landslide. If Alabama Democrats did the same, the voters in the Black Belt would pick the corpse over the Republican. Kansas doesn't really have any Democratic voters like that.

[Indy Texas]

Kobach has ruled Taylor stays on the ballot. Hasen examines the legalities here.

Wow. That's pathetic. This is why more states should handle the position of Secretary of State like Maine and New Hampshire, where it's elected by the legislature and isn't part of the partisan fray. A rabid partisan with likely motives for higher office really shouldn't be making this sort of decision.

You think being merely appointed by rabid partisans with motives for higher office makes for better officeholders? Our SoS is appointed by the governor and it's currently the wife of a two-bit conservative talk radio host.

[NHLiberal]

Kobach has ruled Taylor stays on the ballot. Hasen examines the legalities here.

Wow. That's pathetic. This is why more states should handle the position of Secretary of State like Maine and New Hampshire, where it's elected by the legislature and isn't part of the partisan fray. A rabid partisan with likely motives for higher office really shouldn't be making this sort of decision.

You think being merely appointed by rabid partisans with motives for higher office makes for better officeholders? Our SoS is appointed by the governor and it's currently the wife of a two-bit conservative talk radio host.

That doesn't sound good either. The SoS of New Hampshire is a 65-year old who has been serving since 1976 and was even reelected by the most rabidly Tea Party legislature of 2011-2012. It's more of an administrative position here, which is what it should be.

[NHLiberal]

Kansas doesn't seem like the kind of state that has a sizable contingent of "reflexively Democratic" voters. They tend to have a fairly high level of voter participation, which likely means they're relatively informed voters relative to the country as a whole.

If Texas Democrats nominated a dead man, he'd predictably lose but he'd still win the Rio Grande Valley in a landslide. If Alabama Democrats did the same, the voters in the Black Belt would pick the corpse over the Republican. Kansas doesn't really have any Democratic voters like that.

Or sometimes the dead man wins statewide

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,_2000

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Kansas doesn't seem like the kind of state that has a sizable contingent of "reflexively Democratic" voters. They tend to have a fairly high level of voter participation, which likely means they're relatively informed voters relative to the country as a whole.

If Texas Democrats nominated a dead man, he'd predictably lose but he'd still win the Rio Grande Valley in a landslide. If Alabama Democrats did the same, the voters in the Black Belt would pick the corpse over the Republican. Kansas doesn't really have any Democratic voters like that.

Or sometimes the dead man wins statewide

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,_2000

Well, it was made clear who the replacement would be. Voters knew they were technically voting for Carnahan's Wife and not the late Carnahan himself, so it wasn't exactly 'voting for a dead man'.

In any case, Taylor will be challenging the decision: http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/election/article1504835.html

[Keystone Phil]

Oh no! The Dems new favorite last hope just flew out the window. But don't worry: HILLARY WILL STILL WIN THE STATE BY 12 IN 2016!!!!!

Are you all right Phil? You seem a bit tense these last days.

I'd ask how you're feeling but you keep on chugging with your usual troll ways so all is normal on that front.

[free my dawg]

Kris Kobach spits in the face of democracy once again. Nothing to see here, move on.