Posted on 01/04/2019 11:52:12 AM PST by SMGFan
Kansas GOP Sen. Pat Roberts announced Friday that he would not run for re-election in 2020, launching what is expected to be a competitive Republican primary for his seat.
“I have had the honor and privilege of representing Kansas for 16 years in the House, 22 years so far in the Senate,” Roberts said at an event in Manhattan, Kansas, on Friday. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would become the longest serving member of Congress in Kansas history.”
Roberts, who was first elected to the Senate in 1996 after serving in the House, said he would serve out the rest of his term. He is currently the chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. Roberts, 82, faced the closest race of his career in 2014, when he fended off primary challenger Milton Wolf, who called the longtime lawmaker out of touch with Kansas.
Roberts won the primary by 8 points, but with 48 percent of the vote. He went on to win re-election by 9 points, defeating independent Greg Orman.
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I have to admit my heart jumped when I saw just Roberts’ Retirement but then I saw the primary part of the headline and realized the Obamacare fairy taxmother is staying put as Chief Justice.
So good to know that “independent” (ha ha) Greg Orman will be in there again trying to hand the election to the Democrats, just as he helped them in the 2018 gubernatorial election.
/sarc
Dang! I thought it was referring to John Roberts, as well. **sigh**
Not too much of a splash there huh Sen. Pat Roberts? 16 years in the House, 22 years so far in the Senate, and I’ve NEVER heard of ya there pal.
What the hell ya been doing other than hiding and collecting citizens moniy?
Get the hell out.
Add me to that list.
He used to be one of the good guys, I liked him, especially on Intel / Defense and he got cranky when us Tea Partiers showed up. I don't know, maybe it was time for him to go back then. We all get old and cranky, the smarts ones know when to fold-um'.....
Same here. Couldn’t have said it better either.
They’d better not choose a Romney.
That list needs to be updated but it shows the idea.
I'm sure a similar list for the House would be just as depressing.
Lecture from the KC Red Star regarding 4 teens who attended Lawrence Free State H.S. in the last election. (In this case I agree with them!)
Snip
There they were, six Kansas teenagers running for governor. Some of them weren’t even old enough to vote.
It was all due to a fluke in the state constitution that placed no age restrictions on candidates — or really any requirements at all.
Snip (Why shouldn't they have run asked the writer?)
Well, here’s why not, Tyler. You and your fellow Republican high-schooler, Joseph Tutera Jr., might have had a profound impact on the Aug. 7 GOP primary. Ruzich picked up 2,276 votes; Tutera received 1,559. The numbers, accounting for about 1 percent each of the total vote, left them in sixth and seventh place in the seven-candidate field.
They were nowhere near top finisher Kris Kobach, who tallied 128,838 votes.
As we all know, Kobach narrowly topped second-place finisher, Gov. Jeff Colyer, by 350 votes in one of the closest races in state history.
Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/steve-kraske/article217529730.html#storylink=cpy "As we all know, Kobach narrowly topped second-place finisher, Gov. Jeff Colyer, by 350 votes in one of the closest races in state history.
So, it’s hardly a stretch to suggest that Ruzich and Tutera just might have swung the race from Colyer to Kobach. To take Ruzich seriously for just a moment, he described himself as a moderate, and Colyer was more moderate than Kobach. So there you go.?"
Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/steve-kraske/article217529730.html#storylink=cpy I think Colyer had a better chance of chance of winning than Chris Kovac and effecting the other state races in a positive way.
“...he got cranky when us Tea Partiers showed up....”
Lotsa that goin’ on...
Means we’re doing something RIGHT.
We need to keep the pressure on them 24/7.
Yoder was from the 3rd district and he got his head handed to him in November.
This is a chance for Kansas to make “history” by sending a muzzie or Sammy to the Senate. Woo Hoo!
Kansas 3rd it is. You are correct.
I mentioned Colyer because he would have name recognition. I have no idea if he is considering it. Yoder has been reported as considering it.
In the election the RNC stopped supporting him at some point. I suspect that the impulse to vote for the novelty of an LGBT Native American candidate was impossible for the KU trained 3rd district voters to overcome.
Gosh! I thought you were talking about that worthless Chief Justice
Thanks SMGFan.
Yeah, when it became clear when he was going to lose.
I suspect that the impulse to vote for the novelty of an LGBT Native American candidate was impossible for the KU trained 3rd district voters to overcome.
Yoder's support of Trump is what did him in. The President isn't very popular in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties. It was that and the fact that Yoder has basically been hiding from his constituents for years now.
Kansas is no longer reliably red.
Greg Orman is going to keep running until he wins something. A rich man that wants that accomplishment notch in his belt.
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