Republicans Easily Win in Texas and Kansas

Not only did the Republicans win control of Congress, but they also won a majority of the Senate seats.

Texas

Governor Rick Perry easily beat his Democratic Challenger Bill White. Perry, who was seeking his third (full) term to the Governors seat, beat the the former Houston Mayor 55% to 42%. This will make Governor Perry the first Governor of Texas to serve three (3) full terms. However, if you count the half term, he served from the time Governor George W. Bush resigned (in Dec. 2000) to become President, this will be his fourth term. In addition, the Republicans swept all state wide offices, and retained control of all those seats.

Kansas

Now a look at Kansas, my home state was very unique this year. Almost every statewide office, was held by appointed replacements, who had filled the seats of those that had resigned for one reason or another.

The Democratic Governor, who replaced Governor Sebelius, when she went to Washington to be President Obama's Health and Human Services Secretary, was not running for his own term.
So, we had a completely open seat there, with Senator Sam Brownback easily beating his Democratic challenger, Tom Holland 63%-32%.

In the race for Secretary of State, we had Chris Biggs, who was appointed by Governor Parkinson, to replace Republican, Ron Thornberg, who resigned to take a job in the private sector. Biggs lost to his Republican Kris Kobach 59%-37%.

In the race for Attorney General, we had Democrat Steve Six, who was appointed when Democrat Paul Morrison resigned (within a few months of defeating Republican Phil Kline), amid a sex scandal with one of his employees. Six, who had been a judge, before being appointed by then Governor Sebelius, lost the seat to his Republican challenger Derek Schmidt 55%-42%.

In the race for State Treasurer, you had Democrat Dennis McKinney, who was appointed by then Governor Sebelius, to replace Republican Lynn Jenkins, who resigned 2-years ago, after getting elected to a seat in Congress. McKinney lost to his Republican challenger, Sedgwick County Treasurer, Ron Estes 58%-42%.

In the only statewide office that didn't have an appointed seat holder, Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, was unopposed in Tuesday's voting.

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