Kansan Sharice Davids gets boost from national Democratic 'red to blue' program
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Friday named Kansas Democrat Sharice Davids to its “red-to-blue” list of top-tier candidates — a designation that makes her eligible for organizational and fundraising help, staff resources and candidate training.
Davids, a Johnson County attorney, made history this week when she won a six-way primary contest to become Kansas’ first lesbian, Native American congressional nominee. She’s hoping to oust Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder, who is seeking his fifth term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
“As the daughter of a single mother Army veteran, Sharice Davids is running to be a voice for hardworking Kansas families,” committee chairman Ben Ray Luján said in a statement. “Sharice will work to protect affordable health care and expand opportunity for all Kansans. Sharice emerges from her hard-fought primary with the grassroots energy and momentum needed to flip this seat in her historic bid for Congress.”
The battle between Davids and Yoder could help determine which party controls the U.S. House. Already the committee has supported shown support for Davids by airing a television ad starting Thursday in the Kansas City market that accuses Yoder of being fueled by special interests and dubs him “the ultimate D.C. insider.”
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