Today is election day, and that means all of the political ads stop… at least until we do it again in 2 years.
Here’s who I picked:
In general, my family owns a glass business and, as such, tend to take more of a pro-business conservative standpoint. Democrats, particularly those in Washington, are seen as hostile to business in general. It should come as no surprise, therefore, to say that I voted for Jerry Moran for the US senate, Lynn Jenkins for the US House, and Sam Brownback for Governor. All three are considered by the national pundits to be heavily favored to win their respective positions.
I crossed the aisle and voted for Chris Biggs for Secretary of State and Steve Six for Attorney General. In my opinion, the Republican candidate for Secretary of State, Kris Kobach, is political poison. His crusade against supposed voter fraud and illegal immigration would be best served as a private citizen, not in the Secretary of State position. As for the AG race, the incumbent, Steve Six, ha managed to keep his nose clean… unlike his two predecessors. He also comes from a well-respected family of jurists. The AG race was also, quite possibly, the nastiest of the races, with PAC groups on both sides going after the other.
The State Treasurer’s race was run cleanly, with both parties running ads about themselves and not even mentioning their main opponent. The pro-buisness conservative in me went ahead and picked the Republican, Ron Estes
Sandy Praeger only had an opponent in the Primary; no democrat ran for her position.
The last two contested positions were both picks for the republicans. For the State House 47th District, we had incumbent Lee Tafanelli. For the Board of Education, I picked Willie Dove. It appears that Dove was a relatively low-profile candidate, but I did not see anything that signaled he was political poison (read: I didn’t see anything in regards to evolution or creationism) I do think that incumbent Janet Waugh has the edge here.
County Commission candidate Lynn Luck was the winner of the GOP primary, and faces no opposition in the general election. Bob Lockwood will be our Township clerk.
On the Judicial Retention issue, the Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance gave all of the judges passing marks. Therefore, I voted Yes on all of the judicial retention questions.
There were also two constitutional amendments on the ballot. The first makes the right to bear arms an explicit individual right, rather than a explicit collective and implicit individual right. The other amendment strikes the words “mental illness” from the section regarding voter disqualification. The legislature has never enacted a measure stripping the mentally ill of the right to vote, and this amendment was actually initiated by the legislature. There is no organized opposition to either issues, and I voted yes on both.
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