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More Republicans turn out locally to vote in Tuesday's primary election. Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said total turnout is about 14 percent.
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Here in Douglas County, the Republican seat for the 3rd District County Commission is at the forefront of the primary elections. 6News reporter Mark Boyle caught up with Republican Jim Flory who will advance to the general election in November.
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Nancy Thellman will take on Republican candidate David Brown, who won Tuesday night after defeating Grant Eichhorn.
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Kathleen Sebelius: Two decades in politics
Kathleen Sebelius has been widely rumored to be in "the final four" of candidates to be Barack Obama's vice president. She has served as Kansas' governor since 2002 and before that was insurance commissioner and a state representative.
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- Sebelius to campaign for Obama in Iowa; no word on VP choice
- August 21, 2008
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday avoided reporters, declining to answer questions about her possible selection as U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s vice presidential nominee. All she would say was that she was going to Iowa later Thursday.
- McCain criticizes Obama for getting ‘a little testy’
- August 21, 2008
- Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting “a little testy” as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid a tightening White House race that gets nastier by the day.
- US, Poland sign missile-shield pact
- August 21, 2008
- The United States and Poland signed an agreement here Wednesday to place parts of a U.S. missile defense system on Polish territory, finalizing a long-negotiated deal in the face of Russian warnings that Poland would become a potential target for attack.
- Sebelius not answering VP questions
- August 20, 2008
- Mum is the word in Topeka - with speculation swirling around her, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius still isn't talking about the vice presidency.
- Reports: Obama has narrowed VP choices
- August 20, 2008
- Kansans know what the “Final Four” means. Anything can happen. And by most media accounts on Tuesday, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is in the “Final Four” of possible Democratic vice presidential running mates. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois will announce his decision any second, or in a couple of days.
- Analysis: Vice president from Kansas? Sebelius’ success as governor attracts national attention
- August 19, 2008
- When it comes to politics, it has always been difficult to determine whether Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is just plain lucky or good — or a combination of both. As a Democrat, she has managed to win four statewide elections in a state that is overwhelmingly Republican.
- Boyda: Constituents’ concerns about gasoline prices will affect energy policy
- August 19, 2008
- U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda expects constituents to give members of Congress an earful about higher gasoline prices during this month’s recess.
- Dole Institute’s fall schedule to begin with Iraq war update
- August 19, 2008
- An update on the Iraq war will kick off the Dole Institute of Politics’ fall schedule, the institute announced Tuesday.
- Ottawa University names enrollment VP
- August 19, 2008
- Ottawa University announced the hiring of Brian Sandusky as its new vice president of university enrollment Monday.
- Moore says off-shore drilling no cure-all for energy woes
- August 19, 2008
- While he made the rounds in Lawrence on Monday, U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., said expanding off-shore oil and gas drilling was no cure-all to the nation’s energy supply problems. “I really, truly believe what we need to do again is take a comprehensive approach: renewables, alternatives, wind energy,” Moore said. “Whatever Kansas could do with wind energy is a small, but very important, part of an overall solution, I think.”
- Legislator calls for unified response on Georgia dispute
- August 19, 2008
- House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton said Monday that NATO allies must unite with the U.S. in responding to the Russian invasion of Georgia.
- Candidates trade long-distance barbs
- August 19, 2008
- Barack Obama kicked off his last week of campaigning before the Democratic National Convention by reaching out Monday to a still-elusive voting bloc — working women who preferred Hillary Clinton for the presidential nomination.
- Sebelius said to be among VP finalists
- Obama close to announcing running mate
- August 19, 2008
- Barack Obama will publicly disclose his vice presidential choice in the coming days, though the Democrat is keeping most aides who are preparing for the announcement in the dark and is giving away nothing to voters as he campaigns. Obama was believed to have narrowed his list to four names, including Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
- Challengers keep up in fundraising for races
- August 18, 2008
- Most challengers to area incumbents in state legislative races are holding their own in fundraising as the Nov. 4 general election nears. Republican Scott Morgan, a Lawrence school board member, received more campaign contributions through July 24 in the state Senate race against incumbent Democrat Marci Francisco, a former Lawrence mayor.
- Rural woes may help Obama
- August 18, 2008
- The folks in this picturesque mountain community with red barns and Amish buggies have been voting overwhelmingly Republican in national elections for decades. But tough economic times in Mifflin County and in rural areas all around the country have created possible openings for Democrat Barack Obama.
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