Like in other states, it’s a function of Kansas’ statewide Republican and Democratic parties to allocate the delegates who will choose which presidential candidate for each party will show up on the general election ballot in November. Delegates are cho...
“That kind of topic could come back,” said Kansas state board Chair Melanie Haas, a Democrat facing Postlewait for a second term. “I don’t know that the board would have tremendous success getting it through as policy, but I think it can be really disru...
The state is the first in the US to put abortion rights to a vote since the Supreme Court in June ruled to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalised the procedure nationwide. Voters in Kansas have protected abortion rights in its constitution by rejecting an amen...
Focuses on the status of political parties in Kansas as of October 1, 2003. Success of the Democratic Party in the 2002 election in the state; Difficulties facing the campaign of Republican candidates; Victories of moderate candida...
(Placename) a state of central Germany, formed in 1945 from the former Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau and part of the former state of Hesse; part of West Germany until 1990. Capital: Wiesbaden. Pop: 6 089 000 (2003 est). Area: 21 111 sq km (8151 sq miles). German name:Hessen ...
Bryan Caskey, the elections director for Kansas who’s also the association’s incoming president, asked Carter to consider a hypothetical jurisdiction that has a 95% on-time rate for mail deliveries, which he said is better than what almost all states are getting. “That still means that in...
The Kansas ballot initiative is seen as a bellwether for the impact of abortion on the midterm November elections. Since the high court's ruling ending the federal right to an abortion, at least 12 states have either banned abortion outright or after six weeks of pregnancy. Other states are ...
Kansas also has a unique place in women’s history; it was among the first U.S. states to grant women the right to vote in school district elections in 1861 and municipal elections in 1887. This progressive stance on women’s suffrage laid the groundwork for Kansas’s eventual support for...
If Democrats can flip two of those three, they'll likely win back the majority six years after losing it. There are also races in Montana, South Carolina, Kansas, Alaska and Texas that could flip if Democrats are having a REALLY good night. And if Republicans are having a really strong ...
In both elections, the state had been the tipping point in the Electoral College. Trump this year will take the state’s 10 electoral votes. Trump’s victory was powered by his strength with white voters without a college degree — a bloc that makes up ...