Democrat Taps Into Doubts About Kansas Governor

(AP) — A Democratic legislator still unknown to some Kansas voters is giving Republican Gov. Sam Brownback a tough re-election race, tapping into doubts about tax-cutting that cemented the incumbent's reputation in conservative circles. [...] Davis, the state House minority leader, is wooing disaffected GOP moderates and promising a bipartisan administration if elected. Brownback touts his low-tax, small-government policies as the vanguard of an American revival, but Davis says he doesn't care about the national implications of a Democratic victory in Kansas. Even a recent internal Brownback campaign poll — released to counter less favorable independent surveys — showed the race as a tossup. The Democratic challenger made a national splash in July with endorsements from dozens of former moderate GOP officeholders, as well as the state's retiring insurance commissioner. Former state House Speaker Mike O'Neal, now CEO of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, said Davis is appealing only to disaffected Republicans "who defected when voters embraced a more conservative agenda" in recent years. Dennis McKinney, a former state treasurer and Democratic leader in the state House from Greensburg, said his southwest Kansas neighbors don't know much about Davis, other than criticism from television ads. The Legislature's nonpartisan research staff projects a $238 million budget shortfall for July 2016, but Brownback expects economic growth to eliminate it.

 

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