| The Green Papers: Kansas 2009 General 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. 111th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 2 | Republican | Senator Pat Roberts • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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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 - Candidate for Governor in 2010 |
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Democratic | Patrick Coriolan • FEC S0KS00117: Financial report not available |
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Democratic | Charles David Schollenberger • FEC S0KS00125: Financial report not available |
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Democratic | Stanley L. Wiles | |||
• 29 September 2009: Filed with the FEc to run for U.S. House in CD 4. • FEC H0KS04093: $18,375 |
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Republican | Congressman Jerry Moran • Congressman CD 1 • FEC S0KS00091: $1,434,999 |
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Republican | Congressman Todd W. Tiahrt • Congressman CD 4 • FEC S0KS00109: $2,019,937 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Mark Parkinson • Entered office: 28 April 2008 upon the ascension of Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services. • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Open Chair - Governor Parkinson announced that he does not plan to run for election. |
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Democratic | state Senator Chris Steineger | |||
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Democratic | Herbert West, III | |||
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Republican | U.S. Senator Samuel D. "Sam" Brownback | |||
• 2009 June 15: Withdrew. |
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| Governor Kathleen Sebelius (Democratic) who was first elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006 was nominated for Secretary of Health and Human Services by President Obama on Monday 2 March 2009. On Tuesday 28 April 2009, she was confirmed by a U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote of 65-31 with 3 not voting. A short time afterwards, she resigned her Governor's Chair and was sworn in as a member of President Obama's Cabinet. Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson (Democratic) who was first elected in 2006 was sworn in as Governor of Kansas. | |||||
| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with Governor | |||||
| Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Troy Findley • Appointed: 14 May 2009 by Governor Mark Parkinson. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • 15 May 2009: Troy Findley is sworn in as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas. |
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| 28 April 2009: Upon the ascension of Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson (Democratic) who was first elected in 2006 was sworn in as Governor of Kansas. | |||||
| 111th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 3 Republican (2 Open, 1 Undetermined); 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Jerry Moran • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Candidate for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010 |
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Democratic | former Salina Mayor Alan Jilka • FEC H0KS01156: Financial report not available |
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• 7 July 2009: Withdrew citing family obligations • FEC H0KS01107: $127,285 |
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Republican | State Senator James A. "Jim" Barnett • FEC H0KS01131: $365,387 |
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Republican | Sue Ellen Boldra • FEC H0KS01115: $13,640 |
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Republican | state Senator Timothy A. "Tim" Huelskamp • FEC H6KS01146: $344,616 |
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Republican | Tracey Robert Mann • FEC H0KS01123: $245,691 |
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Republican | former Salina Mayor / City Commissioner Monte Shadwick • FEC H0KS01149: $26,943 |
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Republican | Robert Kirk "Rob" Wasinger • FEC H0KS01099: $229,909 |
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Republican | Congressman Lynn Jenkins • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | state senator Laura Jeanne Kelly • FEC H0KS02113: Financial report not available |
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Republican | Congressman Lynn Jenkins • FEC H8KS02090: $536,333 |
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Democratic | Congressman Dennis Moore • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Dennis Moore • FEC H8KS03049: $404,955 |
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Republican | Daniel Gilyeat • FEC H0KS03111: $419 |
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Republican | Overland Park Councilman Terry Goodman | |||
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Republican | former state Representative Patricia Lightner • FEC H4KS03113: $45,010 |
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Republican | Steve Rose • FEC H0KS03129: $13,470 |
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Republican | John Timothy Rysavy • FEC H0KS03103: $18,560 |
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Republican | Thomas Eugene Scherer • Filed with the FEC for the 2010 election on 11 July 2008. • FEC H6KS03175: $80,000 |
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Republican | Congressman Todd W. Tiahrt • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Candidate for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010 |
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Democratic | state Representative Raj Goyle • FEC H0KS04077: $403,527 |
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Democratic | Robert Tillman | |||
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Republican | James D. "Jim" Anderson • FEC H0KS04069: $9,614 |
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Republican | Willis "Wink" Hartman, Sr. • FEC H0KS04093: $18,375 |
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Republican | state Senator Richard Franklin "Dick" Kelsey • FEC H0KS04044: $238,713 |
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Republican | Michael Richard "Mike" Pompeo • FEC H0KS04051: $351,459 |
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Republican | state Senator Jean Kurtis Schodorf • FEC H0KS04085: $0 |
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Independent | Susan G. Ducey • Previously affilated with the Reform Party |
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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 • Open Seat - 15 June 2009: Announced he would not run for Governor and would not run for re-election. |
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Democratic | Chris Biggs | |||
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Republican | J.R. Claeys | |||
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Republican | Kris Kobach | |||
| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Attorney General Stephen N. Six • Appointed: 18 January 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Attorney General Stephen N. Six | |||
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Republican | Ralph DeZago | |||
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Republican | state Senator Derek Schmidt | |||
| Article 1, Section 11 of the Kansas Constitution provides that where there is a vacancy in the office of the Attorney General, the Governor fills the vacancy by appointment for the duration of the term. | |||||
| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Treasurer Dennis McKinney • Appointed: 2008 (re: ascention of Lynn Jenkins to the U.S. House); sworn-in 5 January 2009 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Treasurer Dennis McKinney | |||
| Treasurer Lynn Jenkins, who was first elected in 2002 and re-elected 2006, ran for and won the U.S. House Congresional District 2 seat in 2008. On 18 November 2008, Governor Kathleen Sebelius named state Representative Dennis McKinney as Treasurer. | |||||
| 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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Republican | David J. "Dave" Powell | |||
| 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. |