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DGA Statement on Kris Kobach Announcement

Today, the DGA released the following statement in response to Kansas Sec. of State Kris Kobach’s announcement for governor: “Kris Kobach would reinstate the disastrous Brownback tax policy that dragged Kansas into fiscal ruin,” said DGA Communications Director Jared Leopold. “As Secretary of State, Kris Kobach aggressively chased the national spotlight pushing outlandish voter fraud conspiracy theories when he…

What They’re Saying About KS-04: “Blame Sam Brownback”

The big elephant in the room after last night’s closer-than-expected special election? Kansas Governor Sam Brownback. Everyone agrees – Brownback’s toxic unpopularity played a big factor in this race, and it will be hard for any Kansas Republican running for governor in 2018 to escape it. Governor Brownback is deeply unpopular with an approval rating…

DGA Statement on Kansas Special Election

DGA Statement on Kansas Special Election Today, DGA Communications Director Jared Leopold released the following statement regarding the special election in Kansas: “This close race is a bad sign for Republicans in the Kansas governor’s race next November. Kansas voters are fed up with Brownback economics and will reject the next Brownback clone that Republicans…

DGA Statement on Brownback's Poor Primary Showing & His Tough Race Ahead

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, Chair of the Democratic Governors Association, tonight issued the following statement regarding Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s poor showing in today’s Republican primary and the general election race ahead: “Governor Brownback is in deep trouble. Running virtually unopposed in today’s primary, the governor struggled to get 60 percent of Kansas Republicans to…

Brownback's Failed Experiment: Kansas in Fiscal Crisis

Governor Sam Brownback’s “real live experiment” – which massively cut taxes with no mechanism to make up the revenue to fund education or other middle-class priorities – has plunged the state into fiscal crisis. In one scathing headline after another over the last few months detailing the devastating impacts of Browback’s tax cuts, the failure of…

Brownback's "Experiment" Drives Kansas Into Fiscal Crisis, Punishes Middle Class

Upon taking office, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback promised a “real live experiment,” in which he’d make massive tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the wealthiest individuals with no mechanism to pay for them. Three years later, the results are in, and they’re not pretty – the state has plunged into fiscal crisis and the middle class…

In Red Kansas, GOP Governor Appears Vulnerable

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer Despite accomplishing much of his agenda — or perhaps, because of it — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has run into a wave of negative repercussions that have roiled his prospects for re-election and ignited Democratic hopes in this deeply red state. Elected three years ago as a leading conservative…

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