Brownback clears hurdle to win re-election over Davis

[Zorro]

Source: Topeka Capital-Journal

Gov. Sam Brownback narrowly won re-election Tuesday night against Democratic challenger Paul Davis in a contest that affirmed Kansas voters preferred retention of the Republican despite anxiety about economic growth and future funding of public schools.

The governor carried vote-rich Johnson County and hammered Davis in rural areas of the sharp-red state to earn a second term in a result that conflicted with months of polling showing Brownback in trouble. Shortly after 11 p.m., Davis conceded the race to the governor.

With about 80 percent of precincts reporting, Brownback had 49 percent of more than 700,000 votes cast. Davis held 47 percent. Libertarian Keen Umbehr trailed with 4 percent. The tallies: Brownback, 349,564; Davis, 333,641; Umbehr, 27,862.

Brownback said the outcome would demonstrate the state's voters believed his economic policies of state income tax reduction and restrained government spending should be allowed to proceed.

Read more: http://cjonline.com/news/2014-11-04/brownback-clears-hurdle-win-re-election-over-davis

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The Kansas experiment continues! Yaay!

[rpannier]

1. The voters will continue to let this idiot ruin their state until it's not salvageable

If I were President, when that day came, they'd get nothing.
It would serve as a reminder to the rest of the country

[atreides1]

10. Good

It's the voters who chose to let this train wreck continue...my sympathy is for those who tried to change the direction...for those that voted to keep this policy going, I have nothing but contempt for their lack of sense and courage!

[Dopers_Greed]

2. In other words

We like poor economic growth and education, as long as a Republican does it

[alp227]

3. wow...many polls had Davis with slight leads

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_gubernatorial_election,_2014#General_election

I guess these polls caused some anti-Brownback voters in Kansas to relax and not show up.

[blackspade]

4. And I thought KY was stupid....

[Norbert]

5. They better not use my tax money to bail out Kansas.

The voters spoke and they must be held accountable for their decision, stupid as it is.

[roamer65]

6. The phrase "bleeding Kansas" may get revived.

[geek tragedy]

7. Let those hayseeds reap what they've sown

Sane people need to evacuate. Especially if they have school age children.

[candelista]

14. "Hayseeds"?

Really.

[geek tragedy]

15. That is a kind term for Brownback voters. nt

[Loki]

8. I hope they close every damn school in the state

Keep cutting Brownback, bankrupt that shit hole.

[billhicks76]

9. Fraud

No way I believe he actually won. Even republicans turned on him.

[turbinetree]

11. Kansas

Toto left and he his not coming back and your grand experiment is only going to get worse, instead of a 218 million debt crisis its going to be like New Jersey dead last in job creation and almost first in debt 1.5 billion, in the hole and climbing.
Your Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand governor is going to make it so.
Also congratulations on re-electing a right wing hypocrite Sec. of State, how much voter fraud have you had in your state especially in this last election, did anyone ask?

[OregonBlue]

12. I don't believe it. I think it was rigged but if they did vote to re-elect this nut job, they really

deserve what they get. Sick people and stupid children. Wow, they must be so proud.

[sammy750]

13. This is most crazy, Brownback the most extreme radical governor and he get re elected.

Brownback has destroyed the state and the people re elect him. What are the drinking and smoking. The state is bankrupt under Brownback, he has no way of restoring the state. I guess that is what our bad educational system has done to the states and nation.

[Zorro]

16. The 50 year long Republican war on public education is paying off

An ignorant voter is a Republican voter.

[Rhinodawg]

17. I dont mean to insult Kansas DUers...

but that is the most fucked up state ever. (not the KS DUers of course)

Brown-shirt is going to drag that state into the gutter.

[BigDemVoter]

18. Kansas has already gone down the shit chute. . . .

Those idiots just can't learn (apologies to any Dems from Kansas!)