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DeathSandwich posted:Also Johnson county is deep deep blue island in the sea of red that is the state political spectrum. It's only natural for the "rich liberal elitist rear end in a top hat" slur to form against Johnson County from the rest of the state. Ehhhhh its pretty conservative in Olathe, though its more for money reasons instead of Jesus reasons Its pretty much the only wealthy part of the state aside from pockets here and thetr, and wealthy by national standards at that. Quite nice, if bland, I moved out of there in '03 to live in Lawrence and now my state representative is a man named Boog and I couldn't be happier with my representation
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Inferior Third Season posted:The Kansas Democratic party is a shitshow, that is pretty much already dead from neglect from the national party. They approached me to ask what I thought about doing a suicide run for the state legislature after I was the only person in the building during the 2008 caucus that knew what the hell was supposed to happen. No questions about my thoughts on any issues - straight to asking a complete stranger whether he wanted to run based on seeing he could string a few words together into a sentence. I ran for state house in 2004 as a 21 year old socialist; the county party chairwoman was 26 and the older sister of someone I went to high school with. They helped me raise over ten dollars in campaign funds! Wait, no, it was exactly ten dollars. Meanwhile, former mayor and Republican nominee raised something like $40k, spent almost all of it on computers for the campaign, then sold the computers to his family for $1 apiece.
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"Hi hello I'm one of your candidates and the teacher's union wants to interview me for a possible endorsement; what's the statewide platform, some stats, etc?" "Oh you'll do great, just mention that your dad is an officer in his union, they love that" The union endorsed nobody for the seat that year. Most of the strategy tips I got from them involved cozying up to labor unions- which I'm all for, I think they're great- but lol if you think they have much power in Kansas, especially anywhere near OverRand Park
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Jun 15, 2016 22:05
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No Butt Stuff posted:There's a better chance that Kansas just descends into even poorer funding and continues the cycle as people move away. I've been grappling with this for a while now, because aside from the politics, I genuinely love it here
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I voted in Douglas County, pretty straightforward vote for the dem primary Went in unaffiliated, probably should have strategically went Republican to keep the Brownbackers out- when the asked me what party I made the joke, "whichever one's more of a rager" to three unamused septuagenarians before just mumbling "uh, democrat"
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Beo posted:Well my faith is a little restored in kansas it looks like the primaries ousted a bunch of real dirt bags. I'd rather see democrats but we all know that isn't going to happen so I'll take these moderates. Some Dem party workers came into my bar last night to watch results- they're excited that there are Republicans winning that will actually work with them- the party divide used to be insanely amicable by national standards, and they really want that cooperation back instead of constant stonewalling (er by 'my bar' I mean I was working last night, not that I own it)
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Aug 3, 2016 21:22
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I always root for the Johnson County Dems, because I feel like, opinions-wise, they have a shot at turning that county blue. It wouldn't sway a whole state, but it would change up voting blocs. I always felt like Johnson County was a place where, if lefties weren't so discouraged, you'd have a closer fight on state and midterm elections. I haven't had much contact with them since moving to Lawrence a decade ago, but when I ran for office in 2004, their ground game was unimpressive. Now- I wasn't a high priority candidate, but just a guy who couldn't let Campbell run unopposed for Olathe's state house rep. But when I met with party people, I noticed nobody but the other candidates were over 30, and our event roster was miniscule compared to the county GOP's. I really, really hope they get their poo poo together, and get whatever support from the national DNC that would take. Democrats need to up that local politics game Douglas County Democrats do alright, but it's not a difficult fight. As rough as that election was, at least Dennis "Boog" Highberger is still my state rep.
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Nov 11, 2016 00:37
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Kansas is okay if you never go to the places that aren't Lawrence or KCK and are also white and talk like you're from JoCo
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Feb 24, 2017 02:17
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so this is interesting A friend of mine who works with local Dems found this GOP mailer from last fall, I'm crossposting it in a few places that hate crime murder that happened in the strip mall where I used to play starcraft and magic in the 90s and in the bar where we did our ten year reunion? Yeah don't let them blame it on Breitbart et al: 
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Feb 25, 2017 16:19
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Hot Dog Day #82 posted:I don't know if they mentioned those activities on social media or the like. nope, at least it didn't come up on mine and it'd be apt to Also don't know anything about, for instance, who is running to try to flip Lynn Jenkins seat after she retires- that election is 19 months away, and primaries have to happen first but goddamn they ought to be hammering home that Jenkins is retiring and we're go into grab the seat- but no, the Dems vastly underestimate their ideological support here, like in every red state, because the GOP has been stellar at convincing everyone that our neighbors are all more conservative than they really are
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Apr 12, 2017 17:39
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tfw other Kansans tell me to call my state rep about some horrible GOP thing they oughtn't support but I live in Lawrence 
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Apr 13, 2017 02:13
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Potato Salad posted:I visit Lawrence KS frequently and this is exactly who I expected would represent the area. his name is Boog Highberger
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in hyperlocal feel-good news, Lawrence Mayor Leslie Soden declares May 4th, "Star Wars Day" Mayor Soden has also managed to earn the loyalty of a wookiie and a darkside as well as a baby robot; Commissioner Boley is having a wonderful time.  Former Mayor, Commissioner, and Barber Shop Owner Mike Amyx is either not having a wonderful time, or is distracted by wanting to do a touch up on that long-neglected coat 
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