KKKobach losing KS senate by 17% in primary

[demtenjeep]

https://apps.npr.org/elections20-primaries/states/KS.html

[bottomofthehill]

1. Bummer that is an easier race to win

If he is the nominee

[MurrayDelph]

22. I stopped rooting for the opponent that was

"easier to beat" when I realized that frequently resulted in their worst candidate actually getting the job.

[Polybius]

23. Except for Roy Moore

In that case we won.

[Demovictory9]

33. Yep..many rooted for trump to win nomination because

He was guaranteed to lose

[StevieM]

34. He would have lost decisively had it not been for James Comey. (eom)

[bottomofthehill]

2. Bummer that is an easier race to win

If he is the nominee

[soothsayer]

3. Just came to say the same thing

[bottomofthehill]

5. Odd, looks like I am repeating myself

[no_hypocrisy]

4. If Kobach loses, wouldn't that make the race competitive?

I heard commentary today that KS is key to Democrats taking control of the Senate.

[Patterson]

6. Kobach is so obnoxious, the Democrats would have a chance at beating him.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Exactly. So if Kobach is NOT the republican candidate, the race is now competitive.

[Ace Rothstein]

16. We have a good chance of taking the seat if Kobach is the nominee.

If he loses the primary it is highly unlikely we flip that. Kobach is that awful.

[bottomofthehill]

11. Got to flip 3 and have the VP

Maine, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, Montana.

May need an extra to offset Alabama loss so 4 plus VP = Senate majority. There are some outside shots too, one in Georgia or South Carolina. Either of those would be sweet.

[Blue_true]

13. Kobach would be easier to beat. nt

[demtenjeep]

7. being in Kansas

we want kkk OUT of Kansas at any cost

[onetexan]

14. i hear ya, Arkansas right next door to you where my inlaws live is pretty bad as well

Apparently Kobach is a bit too racist for even the rabid base.

[TreasonousBastard]

8. Well, isn't that just peachy...

Marshall has a much better chance of winning and keeping the seat R.

The 24% primary results show so far that R turnout is about twice D voters, which adds to the problem.

[Phoenix61]

15. How do more Repubs voting in the primary

add to the problem?

[TreasonousBastard]

18. Possibly nothing, but it just shows that this time the Rs were out there voting.

[Blue_true]

17. Democrats did not have a competitive race, republicans did.

It look like republicans are choosing the candidate that is most difficult for our nominee to beat, but in that race the democratic nominee is very solid. Even if the less crazy republican is nominated, our nominee still has a good shot at winning.

[TreasonousBastard]

20. That would be a reason for low D turnout.

[Blue_true]

24. The democrat is a very strong candidate. Once she announced, that cleared the field. nt

[TreasonousBastard]

27. I usually hesitate to comment too much on races outside of my area because there are so many...

local things outsiders don't know much about. Like that no Democrat has won a Kansas Senate seat since 1932, but Bollier seems to have some deep rooted popularity.

There's this:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-republican-trainwreck-in-kansas-wont-end-even-if-kris-kobach-loses_n_5f289b67c5b656e9b09f40ad

Senate Majority PAC, which is controlled by allies of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and has a deep war chest, said it is likely to invest in the state regardless of who wins the GOP primary. The pro-firearm control group Everytown for Gun Safety, bankrolled by billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, also considering coming to Bollier’s aid after key Democratic victories in the state two years ago.

“I think Kansas is just a really different place politically than it was a couple of cycles ago,” said Charlie Kelly, the senior political advisor for Everytown. “Obviously the governor’s race” was an indicator of that in 2018, along with Democrat Sharice Davids capturing one of the state’s four House seats, he said.

So lessee how it goes. I'd throw her some money if I had any.

[Blue_true]

28. She is a former moderate republican who saw the light during Brownback's

misadministration and switched parties to stop him. After switching, she put together a solid performance as a democrat, leading the effort on a lot of issues like school funding and healthcare access. I believe that I read that she is a Medical Doctor.

[TreasonousBastard]

32. From her Wikipedia entry...

After earning her MD, Bollier joined her father's practice at Surgicenter of Kansas City, one of the first freestanding outpatient surgery centers in America.[2]

Bollier retired from medicine in 1999.[3] She initially took a year off to help care for a family member, but then became increasingly involved as a volunteer with the Center for Practical Bioethics.[2] She also was active on the Shawnee Mission Education Foundation Board.[4]

Sounds like someone we could use in DC.

[blm]

10. Dang. He would've been easier to beat.

[TlalocW]

12. I'm a Kansan, and I LOATHE Kobach

I understand that Marshall makes the race more competitive, if but this eliminates the possibility that voter-disenfranchising, white-supremacist-hanging-on son-of-a-bitch gets a shot at being one of my senators, I'm okay with it. What I worry about is Kobach lost in an off-year election. In a presidential election year, more people will come out to vote - which I'm fine with because I'm not Kobach - and Kobach could get the spill-off from the, "I don't care how big an idiot he is, as long as he owns the libtards," vote that is what got Trump elected in the first place.

TlalocW

[moonscape]

21. I hear you. Learned my lesson on who to

root for in Reb primaries. I was elated when Trump got the nomination because I thought he was the only candidate we were guaranteed to beat.

Never again. If they’re truly vile and dangerous, even the smallest percentage chace isn’t worth it.

[Celerity]

35. It went far beyond just Kobach. Republican models for the past 8 plus months

showed an almost 100% chance of them losing the House, Senate and POTUS had Kobach won. This was due to the depressed turnout of 'regular' non MAGAt fanatic Rethugs and moderates/indies, who they fear will haemorrhage off. Kobach winning would have been a sure sign of this meta trend.

[xmas74]

19. He lost

So did that asshole Bob Hamilton.

[hatrack]

25. Bob Hamilton - The last plumber on the planet I would call, if up to my neck in shit

Pandering, steaming 24-karat bullshit ads that made 30 seconds feel like a geologic age.

[xmas74]

30. At least we will never have to see his campaign commercials again.

We'll still see those damn plumbing commercials

[hatrack]

36. Didja hear?!? Bob Hamilton really likes GUNS!! He has TWELVE CHILDREN!!!

[Blue_true]

26. Who is Bob Hamilton? nt

[xmas74]

31. A plumber with his nose firmly in Trump's ass

He was also running for that seat.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

29. so happy to hear this