19-year-old Fmr. Candidate for KS Governor may have just won a State House seat

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Was reading the 2nd article and saw the photo they have of the 19 year old. That guy *really* needs dress shirts that fit properly

Ironically enough, the 19-year-old from Kansas looks older than this 26-year-old from Missouri who also won his primary and is likely going to his state legislature.

Wow, a public school teacher who's a Republican and wants to cut property taxes. Folks, sometimes youth brings fresh ideas and sometimes it brings this Alfred E. Neuman lookin' mofo parroting Koch talking points.

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https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article246171185.html

He threatened to perpetrate a school shooting.

Again, expel him unanimously. If it's not legal to expel him ex post facto, pass a state constitutional amendment making it legal and then expel him.

WTF? That dude is crazy.

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Aaron Coleman why? why??

Well, it's who the Democratic Party primary voters of this district picked to represent them.

Personally, I'm in favor of more control for parties and vetting of who should be allowed to run for them. But the two main parties either don't believe in this or their voters would throw a fit. The two parties as they presently exist are incredibly weak entities that function as little more than ballot lines.

I don't really see the problem with the parties functioning as ballot lines. If we can't have third parties, we need to give voters choice in who the major parties nominate, or else the party bosses end up deciding everything. I see your yellow avatar so I know you're in favor of third parties, but we'd need to change the system to encourage third parties first before we limit participation in the nominating process.

 non-Democrat in Bernie Sanders almost succeeded twice in hijacking the whole national party as well.

Bernie Sanders is more of a Democrat than right-wing Joe Lieberman who did hijack the party and was on a presidential ticket.

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Aaron Coleman why? why??

Well, it's who the Democratic Party primary voters of this district picked to represent them.

Personally, I'm in favor of more control for parties and vetting of who should be allowed to run for them. But the two main parties either don't believe in this or their voters would throw a fit. The two parties as they presently exist are incredibly weak entities that function as little more than ballot lines.

I don't really see the problem with the parties functioning as ballot lines. If we can't have third parties, we need to give voters choice in who the major parties nominate, or else the party bosses end up deciding everything. I see your yellow avatar so I know you're in favor of third parties, but we'd need to change the system to encourage third parties first before we limit participation in the nominating process.

 non-Democrat in Bernie Sanders almost succeeded twice in hijacking the whole national party as well.

Bernie Sanders is more of a Democrat than right-wing Joe Lieberman who did hijack the party and was on a presidential ticket.

Sanders was not a Democrat. That is not an opinion. That is a fact, and no one can state that fact is wrong while maintaining credibility in this discussion.

Lieberman was first elected as a Democrat to the Connecticut State Senate in 1970 and served 3 terms as Majority Leader there. So not only was he a Democrat, but the elected Democrats in that legislative body determined that he was their leader. If you're saying he should have been kicked out over time as either he went away from Democratic Party orthodoxy or the Democratic Party orthodoxy left him, please provide the procedures and qualifications necessary for purging according to the Rules and Bylaws of the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Party Caucus in the United States Senate. And once you've purged Lieberman from the party, go through every sitting U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, elected state constitutional officer, state legislator, and mayor, and apply the exact same standard to them that you applied to Lieberman.

Well, speaking at the RNC the next two cycles after you lose as the DNC's nominee is pretty good evidence you were always garbage.

Bernie Sanders is more of a Democrat than right-wing Joe Lieberman who did hijack the party and was on a presidential ticket.

I don't know why people continue trying to tarnish Bernie Sanders's good name by insinuating he is a Democrat. Give up!

Good point.

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So people actually voted him in? How did he do? Was there even any underperformance at all? LOL. Voters just don't care.

D-Aaron Coleman - 66.5%
Stan Frownfelter (Write-In) - 22.3%
Kristina Smith (Write-In) - 11.3%

Frownfelter is the incumbent he beat in the primary by 14 votes. Dunno how Biden did here (probably very well) but yeah, voters really don’t care.

Well, keep in mind that this seat was literally uncontested in both the primary and general in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018. According to the ballot, it was this year too. The voters are used to just filling in the one bubble that's there and then moving on.

Because voters are stupid. See: Every California referendum.