Who Will Replace Kansas AG Now That He Has Resigned?

Now that Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison (D) has resigned, who will replace him? I have seen and heard several names.

Kansas Securities Commissioner Chris Biggs is the name most mentioned. Biggs ran against Morrison's predecessor Phil Kiline (R) losing to him in 2002. Biggs also was thought to be a candidate last year, but he refused saying he was happy in his current position. Now, once again his name has surfaced. But would Republicans be comfortable with him? In my opinion I think not. Of course it will be up to Governor Kathleen Sebelius.

Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson, has also been mentioned. However, who is he. Maybe that is a good thing, that we don't know him. However, failure to know him, would severely hurt his chances for election in the 2010 elections. Sebelius would want a Democrat that could win in the next election.

Lt. Governor Mark Parkinson - Another turn coat Republican. Like Morrison, the Lt. Governor was a Republican up until 2006, when Gov. Sebelius asked him to switch and be her new running mate. What makes him worse then Morrison, is that he is the biggest political whore, that I have ever seen. In 2002, when Sebelius ran for Governor the first time, Parkinson was the Chairman of the Republican Party of Kansas. He called Sebelius a liberal and was very critical of her. Four years later, he was her running mate. However he has had his eye on the Governor's seat for a number of years. I can remember his name be on the list of potential candidates in the 2002 Republican primary. He chose to sit out that year. Conventional wisdom says that he will stay where he is and run for Governor when Sebelius term expires in 2010.

Dan Lykins - a Topeka attorney, is considered a personal favorite for Governor Kathleen Sebelius, who appointed Lykins in 2005 to the Kansas Board of Regents. He has been a long time treasure to the Kansas Democratic Party. Lykins has never been elected to public office but ran for the state Senate in 1976, attorney general in 1998, and for Congress against then Congressman Jim Ryun in 2002. In my opinion, Lykins is the one candidate that could keep the office in Democratic hands. For a Democrat, he is a social conservative which would be appealing to even conservative Republicans.

Only time will tell, who the Governor will appoint, but I will be keeping my ear to the ground as this story continues.





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