The Green Papers: Kansas 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 5 August 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Electoral Votes:6(1.12% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
2000 Census:2,693,824 (0.96% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):1,983,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):1,623,623
Capital:Topeka
Tuesday 5 August 2008 polling hours 6:00a MDT (1200 UTC) / 6:00a CDT (1100 UTC) to 8:00p MDT (0200 UTC) / 8:00p CDT (0100 UTC). Polls must be open at least 12 continuous hours. They may open no earlier than 6 AM local time and close no later than 8 PM local time. Most polls in the State close at either 7 pm or 8 pm local time in the Central Time Zone by local option; the remaining polls in the Mountain Time Zone close at either 6 pm or 7 pm local time by local option. The time noted as the "official" poll closing time is the statutory poll closing time and is that at which the networks generally consider the polls in the State to have closed.
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 6:00a MST (1300 UTC) / 6:00a CST (1200 UTC) to 8:00p MST (0300 UTC) / 8:00p CST (0200 UTC). Most polls in the State close at either 7 pm or 8 pm local time in the Central Time Zone by local option; the remaining polls in the Mountain Time Zone close at either 6 pm or 7 pm local time by local option. The time noted as the "official" poll closing time is the statutory poll closing time and is that at which the networks generally consider the polls in the State to have closed.
 

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Kansas State and Local Government

Kansas 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

5 August 2008 KANSAS PRIMARY results from a media source.

 
           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 6 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
  Candidate Libertarian     former Congressman Bob Barr
• Vice President: Wayne A. Root
• FEC P80005580: $648,749
  Candidate Reform     Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin
• Vice President: Darrell L. Castle
• FEC P80005499: $96,079
  Candidate Independent     Ralph Nader
• Vice President: Matt Gonzalez
• FEC P20000527: $2,434,472
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2
Seat up for election		 Republican Senator  Pat Roberts
• First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 5 August 2008 Primary
    Democratic     Leroy Dean "Lee" Jones - lost primary
• FEC S4KS00085: $16,420
  Candidate Democratic     former Congressman James Charles "Jim" Slattery
• FEC S8KS00235: $911,880
  Candidate Republican     Senator  Pat Roberts
• FEC S6KS00080: $4,177,314
  Candidate Libertarian     Randall L. Hodgkinson
• FEC S8KS00243: Financial report not available
  Candidate Reform     Joseph L. Martin
• FEC S8KS00250: Financial report not available
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 - 19 October 2007: Withdrew his candidacy for President and announced his retirement at the end of his term.
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
  Democratic Governor  Kathleen Sebelius
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
• Open Chair - At term limit
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) and Uncontested Race **
  Candidate Republican     Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with Governor
  Democratic Lieutenant Governor  Mark Parkinson
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republican (2 Renominated);
2 Democratic (2 Renominated)
CD 1
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Jerry Moran
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 5 August 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     James Bordonaro
• FEC H8KS01027: $4,566
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Jerry Moran
• FEC H6KS01096: $1,165,186
  Candidate Libertarian     Jack Warner
• FEC H0KS01081: Financial report not available
  Candidate Reform     Kathleen M. Burton
• FEC H8KS01035: Financial report not available
CD 2
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  Nancy E. Boyda
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 5 August 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Nancy E. Boyda
• FEC H4KS02107: $1,238,521
  Candidate Republican     Treasurer  Lynn Jenkins
• Received 50.793% in the 5 August 2008 primary.
• FEC H8KS02090: $756,853
    Republican     former Congressman James R. "Jim" Ryun - lost primary
• Received 49.027% in the 5 August 2008 primary.
• FEC H6KS02227: $1,781,616
  Candidate Libertarian     Robert Garrard
• FEC H8KS02108: Financial report not available
  Candidate Reform     Leslie S. Martin
• FEC H8KS02116: Financial report not available
CD 3
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  Dennis Moore
• First elected: 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 5 August 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Dennis Moore
• FEC H8KS03049: $1,319,428
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Nicholas M. "Nick" Jordan
• FEC H8KS03064: $868,919
    Republican     Paul Vincent Showen - lost primary
• FEC H6KS03209: Financial report not available
  Candidate Libertarian     Joseph K. "Joe" Bellis, III
• FEC H8KS03072: Financial report not available
  Candidate Reform     Roger D. Tucker
• FEC H6KS02235: Financial report not available
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Joel Balam
• FEC H8KS03056: $631
CD 4
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman  Todd W. Tiahrt
• First elected: 1994
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 5 August 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Donald Betts, Jr.
• FEC H8KS04062: $154,925
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Todd W. Tiahrt
• FEC H4KS04087: $1,054,123
  Candidate Libertarian     Steven A. Rosile
• FEC H2KS01061: Financial report not available
  Candidate Reform     Susan G. Ducey
• FEC H8KS04070: Financial report not available
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 - Running for Governor in 2010
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
 Attorney General Paul Morrison (Democratic) resigned on Friday 14 December 2007. He was first elected in 2006. His resignation is related to an improper sexual relationship which lead to a sexual harrassment suit.
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.
Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius named Seventh Judicial District Judge Stephen N. Six Kansas as Attorney General on 18 January 2008. He will be sworn in on 31 January 2008.
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Treasurer  Lynn Jenkins
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - Candidate for Congress CD 2 in 2008
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
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.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 5 incumbents, 5 candidates
 • Republican: 7 incumbents, 6 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian: 6 candidates
 • Reform (affiliates): 6 candidates
Other Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
 • Right to Life
Independents
 • Independent: 1 candidate
 • Unaffiliated: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Election Authority
 • Kansas Secretary of State
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Kansas Legislature
Democratic
 • Kansas Democratic Party
Republican
 • Kansas Republican Party
 • Kansas Senate Republicans
Third Party
 • Kansans For Life
 • Kansas Constitution Party
 • Kansas Green Party
 • Libertarian Party of Kansas
 • Reform Party of Kansas
 • Reform Party of Kansas
Media & others
 • Baldwin City Signal
 • Clay Center Dispatch
 • Daily Globe - Atchison
 • DC's Political Report - Kansas
 • Derby Daily Reporter
 • Dodge City Daily Globe
 • El Dorado Times
 • Great Bend Tribune
 • High Plains Journal - Dodge City
 • Hillsboro Free Press
 • Hillsboro Star-Journal
 • Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
 • Kansas City Kansan
 • Kansas Press Association
 • Lawrence Journal-World
 • Louisburg Herald
 • Marion County Record
 • Miami County Republic
 • NewsLink.org - Kansas
 • nwkansas.com - Nor'West Newspapers
 • Osawatomie Graphic
 • Ottawa Herald - Franklin County
 • Politics1.com - Kansas
 • Salina Journal
 • The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle
 • The Ark Valley News - Valley Center
 • The Chanute Tribune
 • The Coffey County Republican - Burlington
 • The Daily Union - Junction City
 • The De Soto Explorer
 • The Emporia Gazette
 • The Eudora News
 • The Garden City Telegram
 • The Gyp Hill Premiere - Medicine Lodge
 • The Hays Daily News
 • The Holton Recorder
 • The Hutchinson News
 • The Iola Register
 • The Kansas City Star
 • The Kiowa News
 • The Leavenworth Times
 • The Manhattan Mercury
 • The McPherson Sentinel
 • The Miami County Republic - Paola
 • The Minneapolis Messenger
 • The Mirror - Tonganoxie
 • The Morning Sun - Pittsburg
 • The Newton Kansan
 • The Olathe News - Olathe
 • The Osage County Herald - Osage City
 • The Parsons Sun
 • The Pratt Tribune - Pratt County
 • The Superior Express - Jewell County Record - Country Connections
 • The Topeka Capital-Journal
 • The Wichita Eagle
 • Vote! Kansas
 • Wellington Daily News
 • Wichita Business Journal
 • Winfield Courier
 • Wyandotte West
 

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  Open Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats (the incumbent is not running for re-election)  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with no incumbent running for them  
  Uncontested Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats (one candidate running for office)  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with multiple incumbents running for them  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with only one major party candidate running for office  
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  2008 Partisan Composition by State  
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