Kansas. They managed to create basically a model organism for why their own ideology was so flawed, suddenly most gubernatorial and senatorial elections are somewhat competitive, and one day, maybe presidential as well.
Quite the own-goal there.
And a big change from Kansas's past political landscape, too. The Kelly coalition and the Sebelius coalition are very different.
Side note, what's with Democratic Governors of Kansas making so many appointments? By the end of her governorship (which wasn't even eight years, it was only six!), Kathleen Sebelius had appointed a majority of the state Supreme Court (the only governor to ever do so) and two of the row offices. Then her successor Mark Parkinson appointed another row office. For nine months in 2010, five out of Kansas's six statewide offices were held by Democrats.
Now Laura Kelly has just appointed her third justice to the state Supreme Court (the court is literally 5D-2R) and is going to appoint LaTurner's replacement for Treasurer, and she's still got at least two years left.
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