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KS-Sen
Kansas Senate Race
| Incumbent | Pat Roberts |
| Party | Republican |
| Seeking Re-election? | Yes |
| Senate Website | Senate Website |
| Candidate Website | Campaign Website |
| Other Resources | Congresspedia profile on Pat Roberts |
| Challenger | Fmr US Rep Jim Slattery |
| Party | Democratic |
| Source Of Information | Sabato's Crystal Ball |
| Candidate Website | Campaign Website |
| Challenger | Randall Hodgkinson |
| Party | Libertarian |
| Source of Information | politics1.com/ks |
| Candidate Website | Campaign Website |
| Challenger | Joseph Martin |
| Party | Reform |
| Source of Information | politics1.com/ks |
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Background Information
Republican incumbent Pat Roberts is up for reelection in 2008. He was first elected to the US House in 1981 but worked in Washington DC before that starting in 1967. Note that he will be 72 years old when running for re-election.Roberts own Wikipedia site shows his voting record on specific issues such as his vote against the McCain Detaininee Amendment that would prevent prisoners of war from being tortured (on October 5, 2005).
Roberts was placed on the committee organized to look into pre-war intellegence about the Iraq War and chaired a subcommittee dealing specifically with the National Security Agency's Terrorist Surveillance Program.ThinkProgress speculated that the committee was headed by Roberts because he would ensure no damning evidence would see the light of day.
Resources
Below you will find resources and more information about the 2008 Senate race in Kansas.Roberts (Republican incumbent)
Official Senate siteCampaign website
Wikipedia: Pat Roberts
Jim Slattery (Democrat - challenger)
Wikipedia: Jim SlatteryCampaign Website
On The Issues: Jim Slattery
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| tricky5533 | 2010 Races | 3 | Nov 9 2008, 3:48 PM EST by SE-779 | ||
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Thread started: Aug 8 2007, 11:44 AM EDT
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This comment is not so much in reference to the Roberts race, which he will likely win, but rather in reference to the Brownback race in 2010.
"Senator Sam" is growing increasingly unpopular in this state, with polls showing that just 49% of red Kansas now approves of the job he is doing. Additionally, polling shows that the majority of Kansans feel that he has ignored the state, recently, in favor of his Presidential bid. If uber-popular Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) decides to challenge him, "Senator Sam" could be out of a job after the 2010 elections. |
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| tricky5533 | Docking | 0 | Aug 8 2007, 11:46 AM EDT by tricky5533 | ||
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Is Jill Docking really going to run against Pat Roberts? If so, she has a darkhorse chance of winning. She ran probably the best campaign I've ever seen someone run in Kansas against Sam Brownback in 1998 and barely lost. Had she won, she would have been Kansas' first Democratic Senator since FDR's time.
Despite his rather conservative voting record, Roberts is considered a moderate in Kansas, though. She will definitely have an uphill battle. |
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| Loispots | SUSA Poll: Roberts' approval rating 51% approve, 36 disapprove- Nov 06 | 0 | Nov 24 2006, 1:58 PM EST by Loispots | ||
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Thread started: Nov 24 2006, 1:58 PM EST
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SurveyUSA's November 2006 voter approval poll shows Pat Roberts' approval rating as 51% approve, 36% disapprove. For Kansas, tht's very low. An incumbent with an approval rating of less than 50% this far out is usually ripe for unseating, and Roberts is very close to that line. Kansas' Dems' success with statewide offices in 2006 make the rest of us hopeful that you can put together a successful challenge to the odious Sen. Roberts.
You can follow the tracking polls at http://www.surveyusa.com/50State2006/State100USSenatorApproval061122.htm. |
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