On September 16, Public Policy Polling released a poll for several races in Kansas. The results for U.S. Senate are: independent Greg Orman 41%; Republican incumbent Pat Roberts 34%; Democrat Chad Taylor 6%; Libertarian Randall Batson 4%; undecided 15%.
See here for the full results, including gubernatorial results that show the Libertarian at 7%. If the Libertarian running for Governor, Keen Umbehr, does get as much as 5%, the Libertarian Party will qualify for its own primary for the next four years. No party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, has had its own primary in Kansas since 1954. Before 1955, all qualified parties in Kansas nominated by primary. The 1954 primaries were for the Democratic, Republican, Prohibition and Socialist Parties. Thanks to PolitcalWire for the link.
Any news on Adrian Wyllie for Governor in Florida. Are poll numbers rising? Is he gonna be on the debates?
1954 Socialist Party in Kansas? Didn’t they get destroyed in the balloting in 1952 and 1956 after Norman Thomas refused to run again? How did they make the primary in Kansas?
A Prohibition Primary in Kansas? Those were the days when 3rd parties (and Independents) were treated with fairness.
If Orman wins, and his vote is the one the GOP needs to take control of the Senate, you know there are going to be some MAD Republicans. If that happens, don’t expect any GOP controlled legislatures to treat any ballot access bills too kindly in 2015.
Must of been nice back in 1954 to walk into a voting precinct in Kansas and ask for a Prohibition Primary ballot.
Alabama Independent,
GOP’ers don’t need to get any more mad to further restrict ballot access!!! They are already intolerant of competition…what a minute doesn’t that go against the free market??
GOP ARE HYPORCRITES!!!!
Brad M:
Can’t speak for other states, but I do see some hypocricy in Alabama. The GOP in Alabama today is nothing more than the Democratic Party of the ’50s – minus the segregation stance.
Until 1984, once a party got on the ballot in Kansas, it could stay on as long as it continued to nominate candidates. It didn’t matter how few votes it polled.