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Rep. Lynn Jenkins could face challenge from staunch conservative

Rep. Lynn Jenkins could face a difficult 2010 primary after conservative state Sen. Dennis Pyle announced last week he will consider a run for the 2nd District seat.Pyle, a fourth-generation farmer from northeast Kansas, said he was approached...

Poll shows Moran, Tiahrt 'effectively tied' with many still undecided

A new poll from SurveyUSA suggests the race between Reps. Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt may be tightening with eight months remaining until the 2010 primary. The poll asked 466 likely Republican voters whom they would vote for in...

Race to replace Dennis Moore clouded by cluster of Republican candidates

A good story from CQ Politics gives a primer for the crowded 3rd District race to replace retiring Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan. The article names former Moore opponents Nick Jordan and Kevin Colyer as the leading candidates in the...

Lynn Jenkins requests state review of health bill only to disregard its results

One day before the House of Representatives voted on the historic health care bill, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., requested a review of the bill’s economic effect on the state of Kansas.The next day she voted &ldquo...

Tiahrt, mayors battle over 2003 gun amendment; Democrats hopeful after Moore retirement

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns are claiming a 2003 amendment introduced by Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-KS, could have hindered the investigation of Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Hasan. Rep. Tiahrt released a...

Moore will not seek reelection after 'tiring' year

Rep. Dennis Moore, the only Kansas Democrat in Congress, has announced he will not seek reelection in 2010.Moore, 64, has served Kansas’ 3rd District since 1999, staving off several close challenges in a generally Republican district.Moore&rsquo...

Tiahrt staffer claims communist comment about Moran just a "joke"

A spokesman for Rep. Todd Tiahrt said the e-mail that links Tiahrt’s opponent to a communist organization should be taken as a joke.The e-mail, titled “Moran picks up endorsement from Communist Party USA,&rdquo...

Tiahrt, Moran both ramp up number of conservative bill sponsorships

“Why not look at bill sponsorship? …. I think an interesting story would be to look how Moran has moved to the right to appeal to the base for this primary.”In response to the reader’s...

Moran the moderate vs. Tiahrt the conservative: Not so

The race to replace Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback between Reps. Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt is often pegged as a race between a moderate and a conservative Republican.Tiahrt has often referred to himself as the true conservative-values...

Lobbyists write health care reform speeches for Reps., including Lynn Jenkins

A not-so-shocking article from the New York Times reports 22 Republicans and 20 Democrats used eerily similar statements on health care reform from a speech written for lawmakers by lobbyists working for one of the world’s...

Rep. Lynn Jenkins could face challenge from staunch conservative

Poll shows Moran, Tiahrt 'effectively tied' with many still undecided

Race to replace Dennis Moore clouded by cluster of Republican candidates

Lynn Jenkins requests state review of health bill only to disregard its results

Tiahrt, mayors battle over 2003 gun amendment; Democrats hopeful after Moore retirement

Moore will not seek reelection after 'tiring' year

Tiahrt staffer claims communist comment about Moran just a "joke"

Tiahrt, Moran both ramp up number of conservative bill sponsorships

Moran the moderate vs. Tiahrt the conservative: Not so

Lobbyists write health care reform speeches for Reps., including Lynn Jenkins

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