Kansas Congressional Master Thread

[VPH]

http://www.hutchnews.com/news/local_state_news/great-bend-s-roger-marshall-begins-race-for-congress/article_92c8b3e5-894a-56da-9902-4aab68b49892.html
Great Bend physician Roger Marshall in against Huelskamp. Have to wonder if LaPolice will try again.

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

All 4 incumbents will be reelected. End of story. If challenging Huelskamp and Pompeo didn't work last year when the KS republican party was having a full fledged civil war, it won't work out in 2016.

[ElectionsGuy]

lol. All 5 Congressional Republicans will be re-elected easily.

[VPH]

We'll see. I think Huelskamp can be taken down in the primary. Also, if Dems field a top level candidate for KS-2 or KS-3, we could flip one of them. It was only 2006 that we controlled 2/4 house seats...

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

I wonder what Greg Orman is doing nowadays.

[mds32]

We'll see. I think Huelskamp can be taken down in the primary. Also, if Dems field a top level candidate for KS-2 or KS-3, we could flip one of them. It was only 2006 that we controlled 2/4 house seats...

A Democratic wave year would have to occur to flip one of the two somewhat competive seats I think.

[VPH]

I wonder what Greg Orman is doing nowadays.

He and his wife welcomed their first child recently! He's been writing articles about independent politics here and there too.

[publicunofficial]

I could see Hueselkamp losing in a primary. Regardless of ideology, he seems to just be generally bad at his job.

[VPH]

Least bipartisan rep. No surprise here...
http://m.cjonline.com/news/2015-05-30/study-rep-tim-huelskamp-most-partisan-representative-us-house#gsc.tab=0

[free my dawg]

All 4 incumbents will be reelected. End of story. If challenging Huelskamp and Pompeo didn't work last year when the KS republican party was having a full fledged civil war, it won't work out in 2016.

Huelskamp almost lost to a literal nobody. I think he'll lose this time around - he's probably the second most vulnerable Republican to a primary challenge (next to Guinta).

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Republicans in right-wing areas have more to worry about from a primary challenge than the general election. DWS and her 0 state strategy will ensure that the Democrat is toast.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Yeah; states other than KS are feesable to win. But, the 50 state strategy is working and Dems will certainly make enroads this election cycle.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

I was referring exceeding expectations; anyways blue wall is Pa, CO&NV.

[tmthforu94]

To my knowledge, Huelskamp's camp was caught off guard by LaPolice's strong showing in 2014. They will be more prepared in 2016, so I doubt he goes down. Would be nice to see him challenged, though.

[VPH]

http://cjonline.com/news/2015-06-11/republican-alan-lapolice-joins-rep-tim-huelskamp-roger-marshall-1st-district

GUESS WHO'S BACK!! Alan LaPolice! Roger Marshall appears to be well to the right of him, maybe even to Huelskamp's extent of RWNJness. I think LaPolice can vanquish Huelskamp this time around.

[VPH]

Jay Sidie, a financial adviser, was recruited by the DCCC to enter the race against Kevin Yoder.
http://cjonline.com/news/2016-05-19/jay-sidie-enters-race-against-rep-kevin-yoder-links-congressman-brownback

The third district appears competitive thanks to Trump. Recent polling shows a very close race.
"The poll of 536 likely general election voters in the eastern Kansas district found 39 percent favored an unnamed Democratic candidate, 38 percent favored U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder and 23 percent were undecided."
http://cjonline.com/news/2016-05-25/democrats-internal-poll-shows-tight-race-rep-kevin-yoder-republicans-dismiss-it

[publicunofficial]

Jay Sidie, a financial adviser, was recruited by the DCCC to enter the race against Kevin Yoder.
http://cjonline.com/news/2016-05-19/jay-sidie-enters-race-against-rep-kevin-yoder-links-congressman-brownback

The third district appears competitive thanks to Trump. Recent polling shows a very close race.
"The poll of 536 likely general election voters in the eastern Kansas district found 39 percent favored an unnamed Democratic candidate, 38 percent favored U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder and 23 percent were undecided."
http://cjonline.com/news/2016-05-25/democrats-internal-poll-shows-tight-race-rep-kevin-yoder-republicans-dismiss-it

Ah, if only "Generic Democrat" could run in every race.

[VPH]

There's going to be a Democratic Primary in the 4th district between Dan Giroux, a Wichita Attorney, and Robert Tillman, a perennial candidate.
http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/election/article80160677.html

[rpryor03]

I wonder what Greg Orman is doing nowadays.

He and his wife welcomed their first child recently! He's been writing articles about independent politics here and there too.

And he's written a book. It's pretty good, I'd recommend it.