What's the reason of Laura Kelly's Stunning Victory?

[ericpolitico]

My thought
1. Kobach is "dangerous" candidate
2. Kansas folks are tired and fed up with 8 years of Brownback's terrible administration
3. Kansas is not that red actually

[Stranger in a strange land]

My thought
1. Kobach is "dangerous" candidate
2. Kansas folks are tired and fed up with 8 years of Brownback's terrible administration
3. Kansas is not that red actually

All of the above. It could be on its way to becoming a swing state, especially if Republicans continue alienating the suburbs.

[Del Tachi]

All of the above, but 1 and 2 especially.

[Alabama_Indy10]

The quality of her opponent.

[Politician]

[KingSweden]

The quality of her opponent.

[History505]

People of Kansas being fed up with how their state was being run for the last 8 years.

[Skye]

The quality of her opponent.

[Ye We Can]

My thought
1. Kobach is "dangerous" candidate
2. Kansas folks are tired and fed up with 8 years of Brownback's terrible administration
3. Kansas is not that red actually

All of the above. It could be on its way to becoming a swing state, especially if Republicans continue alienating the suburbs.

Yeah, no, lmao

[Doimper]

My thought
1. Kobach is "dangerous" candidate
2. Kansas folks are tired and fed up with 8 years of Brownback's terrible administration
3. Kansas is not that red actually

All of the above. It could be on its way to becoming a swing state, especially if Republicans continue alienating the suburbs.

Not unless Republicans manage to blow up half the countryside (given the GOP track record in Kansas, this shouldn't be written off as a possibility)

[KingSweden]

My thought
1. Kobach is "dangerous" candidate
2. Kansas folks are tired and fed up with 8 years of Brownback's terrible administration
3. Kansas is not that red actually

All of the above. It could be on its way to becoming a swing state, especially if Republicans continue alienating the suburbs.

Not unless Republicans manage to blow up half the countryside (given the GOP track record in Kansas, this shouldn't be written off as a possibility)

“All we’re saying is that salting the earth after burning every square acre west of Salina will pay off when the job creators blah blah blah [insert trickle down platitude]”

[Pericles]

Mostly 2, a bit of 1, not really 3.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Kobach is a crypto-Nazi, you see.

[Mr. Smith]

Greg Orman and nothing else.

[Badger]

" what's the matter with Kansas?"

Not a goddamn thing.

[Zaybay]

There is some truth to #3, as KS has been one of the few states to consistently trend D, from 2000-2016. Of course, the trend has been small, but I could see a swing to lean R.

[Zaybay]

There is some truth to #3, as KS has been one of the few states to consistently trend D, from 2000-2016. Of course, the trend has been small, but I could see a swing to lean R.

That’s extremely delusional to think Kansas is at all winnable statewide outside of gubernatorial elections

Again, I just said it has trended slightly D over the past 16 years, and that that it could swing to lean R, though that would take perhaps 16 years to do so(probably should have added that into the original comment....)

[Badger]

In a more serious answer than my prior one above, Kansas is known for being perhaps the last holdout of truly moderate Republicans who actually do something when faced with an abhorrent right-wing extremist seeking to leave their state government. We see this from the number of Republican office holders, current and former, who endorsed Kelly over kobach. It's something that has occurred in previous Governors elections as well.

I would say I have to move to Kansas, but I'm done trying to even be a Republican supporting local candidates. I voted for a pragmatic but still staunchly Republican guy for County Commissioner who might stumped for and contributed money towards. Otherwise I voted straight Democratic in all contested races.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Roberts is vulnerable to a primary and GE challenge in 2020

[Shadows]

Kansas is fed up of Trickle down garbage & Kobach is just Brownback II in this regard !