Kansas-03: If new candidates enter, they’ll have a hard time beating Lightner or Yoder

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  May 24th at 09:04 AM  | 

Both Patricia Lightner and Kevin Yoder have now officially filed for the Republican primary on Tuesday, August 3. I have not seen any polls lately — the only publicly-released poll has been this one in February from former candidate Nick Jordan — but I’m confident that both Lightner and Yoder are daily, consistently building up supporting in the form of voters, volunteers, and donors.  If new candidates | Read More »

KS-03: A competitive primary, contrary to ‘The Hill’ and ‘Politico’

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  May 21st at 01:12 AM  | 

In summary: There is no clear front-runner, in the Republican race for 3rd District US Congress. “BREAKING,” Steve Kraske wrote on April 22, 2010.  Kraske was reporting that former State Senator Nick Jordan, the 2008 Republican nominee, had dropped out of the 2010 race.  This wasn’t big news to many conservatives.  I wrote at Red County on January 17:  ”Why It’s A Good Bet That Nick | Read More »