| The Green Papers: Kansas 2007 Off Year Election |
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Kansas
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 2 | Republican | Senator Pat Roberts • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Class 3 | Republican | Senator Samuel D. "Sam" Brownback • First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1996 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Robert J. Dole: 11 June 1996- which Sheila Frahm (Republican) had been appointed by Governor Bill Graves (Republican) to fill, 11 June 1996]; elected to a full term: 1998, re-elected: 2004. [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1994] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - 19 October 2007: Withdrew his candidacy for President and announced his retirement at the end of his term. |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Kathleen Sebelius • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with Governor | |||||
| Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Former chairman of the Kansas Republican Party. | |||||
| 110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Republican (2 Undetermined); 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Jerry Moran • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Nancy E. Boyda • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 3 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Dennis Moore • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Todd W. Tiahrt • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh • First elected: 1994, 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Attorney General Paul J. Morrison • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Vacant Office - Attorney General Paul Morrison (Democratic) resigned on Friday 14 December 2007. He was first elected in 2006. His resignation is related to an improper sexual relationship which lead to a sexual harrassment suit. Governor Kathleen Sebelius (Democratic) will choose a replacement Attorney General. |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Treasurer Lynn Jenkins • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Candidate for Congress CD 2 in 2008 |
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| Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |