Today marked the Senate filing deadline for Kansas’ primary and despite months of cajoling from senior GOP officials in Washington desperate to protect yet another vulnerable Republican Senate seat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined to throw his hat in the ring, leaving behind a “messy” Republican primary. A new POLITICO report details the growing concerns among Republicans that the “divisive and crowded” primary could lead to a “competitive race in Kansas” which would be “costly” for a Republican Party already on defense. The eventual Republican nominee will face a strong Democratic opponent in Dr. Barbara Bollier, who has widespread support and outraised the entire Republican field in the first quarter.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
POLITICO: GOP faces messy Kansas primary after Pompeo Senate dream dies
By James Arkin
June 1, 2020
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Read the full report here.
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