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

[Senator Incitatus]

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!

[Never Made it to Graceland]

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.

[Indy Texas]

How do write-ins work in Kansas?

Is Frownfelter an officially registered write-in candidate?

Would ballots spelling his name wrong be thrown out?

[StateBoiler]

How do write-ins work in Kansas?

Is Frownfelter an officially registered write-in candidate?

Would ballots spelling his name wrong be thrown out?

Depends on which candidate the election board are friendly to historically. Since they don't want Coleman elected, I imagine they'll be friendly to Frownfelter misspellings.

[StateBoiler]

I don't know if there are any outstanding precincts, but appears Mr. Coleman has won.

State Representative 37th District
Vote For 1
TOTAL
Dem Aaron Coleman 2,282
Write-In Totals 1,220

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

And I repeat, expel him immediately.

[NewYorkExpress]

Too bad he's not old enough to run against Moran in 2022.

Then we'd be rid of him in the State House, and it's not like we're going to win the Senate race in Kansas anyways.

[Orwell]

And I repeat, expel him immediately.

For? Everything he's been accused of the voters already knew.

[NewYorkExpress]

And I repeat, expel him immediately.

For? Everything he's been accused of the voters already knew.

So? Expel him, and strip those voters of their right to vote for voting for a criminal, who under normal circumstances wouldn't be allowed to vote in his own right in most states.

[tmthforu94]

Final unofficial results:
Dem Aaron Coleman 3,496
Write-In Totals 2,013

What a disgrace.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Terrible result, but he'll be politically neutered in the statehouse and primaried by a non-scumbag in 2022.

Expulsion definitely isn't an option. The voters elected a scumbag and they are stuck with that scumbag for two years.

[Mr. Smith]

Final unofficial results:
Dem Aaron Coleman 3,496
Write-In Totals 2,013

What a disgrace.

Beautiful.

Good to see someone with actual fight win something.

[Orwell]

And I repeat, expel him immediately.

For? Everything he's been accused of the voters already knew.

So? Expel him, and strip those voters of their right to vote for voting for a criminal, who under normal circumstances wouldn't be allowed to vote in his own right in most states.

"Strip them of their right to vote for voting for a criminal"

You're an idiot

[NewYorkExpress]

And I repeat, expel him immediately.

For? Everything he's been accused of the voters already knew.

So? Expel him, and strip those voters of their right to vote for voting for a criminal, who under normal circumstances wouldn't be allowed to vote in his own right in most states.

"Strip them of their right to vote for voting for a criminal"

You're an idiot

They're the idiots.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Terrible result, but he'll be politically neutered in the statehouse and primaried by a non-scumbag in 2022.

Expulsion definitely isn't an option. The voters elected a scumbag and they are stuck with that scumbag for two years.

He's a terrorist.

Expulsion absolutely is an option.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Terrible result, but he'll be politically neutered in the statehouse and primaried by a non-scumbag in 2022.

Expulsion definitely isn't an option. The voters elected a scumbag and they are stuck with that scumbag for two years.

He's a terrorist.

Expulsion absolutely is an option.

No, actually, he is not a "terrorist". Just a mentally unstable and deeply depraved sorry excuse for a human being.

All of the news about his abuse broke out before the election. People elected him anyway.

I cannot see any proper legal avenue for removing him from office, because he was not an elected official at the time he abused these women and it is not relevant to the office he's been elected to.

To expel him would be to nullify the decision of the voters.

But the Kansas Democratic Caucus owes him no favors. They may bar him from all committee assignments and alienate him from the caucus. That way he will be able to vote on legislation, but nothing else.

Then run a good candidate in 2022 and kick his ass.

[Galeel]

Obviously he shouldn't be in office and should be frozen out of committees and primaried in 2022, but I'm uncomfortable with expulsion. It's not the job of government to decide who voters are allowed to elect.

[StateBoiler]

For people pissed off, just remember they can make him James Traficant. He serves in the legislature, he has his vote, the Democrats are under no obligation to give him committee memberships or any decision making power beyond his 1 vote.

Automatic removal/refusing to seat him is a beyond horrid solution setting a bad precedent and reminds me of Republicans and Democrats refusing to seat Socialists in the early 20th century.

[tmthforu94]

The ride never dies.

Democrats are now seeking to oust him for ordering a hit on Governor Kelly, who he claims is too conservatvie.

https://apnews.com/article/kansas-city-kansas-topeka-elections-fd91a21ee706c19194c7d302a2315d28

A political operative provided The Associated Press with a screen shot of another tweet that was no longer online Thursday in which Coleman predicted that Kelly would face an “extremely bloody” Democratic primary in two years. The screen shot was provided anonymously because the operative was not authorized to speak about the race.

“I’m not playing around,” Coleman wrote in the tweet. “People will realize one day when I call a hit out on you it’s real.”

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

The ride never dies.

Democrats are now seeking to oust him for ordering a hit on Governor Kelly, who he claims is too conservatvie.

https://apnews.com/article/kansas-city-kansas-topeka-elections-fd91a21ee706c19194c7d302a2315d28

A political operative provided The Associated Press with a screen shot of another tweet that was no longer online Thursday in which Coleman predicted that Kelly would face an “extremely bloody” Democratic primary in two years. The screen shot was provided anonymously because the operative was not authorized to speak about the race.

“I’m not playing around,” Coleman wrote in the tweet. “People will realize one day when I call a hit out on you it’s real.”

See? This was discovered post-election. He was stupid enough that he didn't even last a week. He'll be expelled and they won't be caught flat-footed again.

[tmthforu94]

My sources in Topeka tell me that the plan is now for him to be expelled.

[StateBoiler]

My sources in Topeka tell me that the plan is now for him to be expelled.

When the special is held, it better not have Frownfelter in it. With all due respect, he lost to this guy TWICE.

[tmthforu94]

My sources in Topeka tell me that the plan is now for him to be expelled.

When the special is held, it better not have Frownfelter in it. With all due respect, he lost to this guy TWICE.

It won't be a special - precinct committeepersons would choose his replacement. I agree - The People have spoken and while Coleman shouldn't be in office, neither should Frownfelter.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Okay, expel him.

The audacity of this kid to drop out, re-enter the race as some sort of martyr, and still not have gotten the message that he's on thin ice. Glad they can get rid of him quickly now.

[RI]

A soon-to-be seated Kansas lawmaker has had a temporary anti-stalking order issued against him in court at the request of a former opponent’s campaign manager, who said he sent her harassing messages, came to her home twice and tried to get her evicted.

State Rep.-elect Aaron Coleman, a 20-year-old Democrat from Kansas City, Kansas, will face a video hearing Dec. 16 in state district court in his home of Wyandotte County to determine whether the temporary order stays in place. The temporary order, issued by a judge Friday, orders Coleman not to communicate “in any manner” with Brandie Armstrong, also of Kansas City, Kansas, or follow her or come “on or around” her home or job site.