Wednesday, April 22, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Democrat to run for Congress
Attorney Moore to battle current Rep. Snowbarger in fall election
By Brandon Capple bcopple@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Seeking the support of the moderate majority with which he said Congress was out of touch, Johnson County attorney Dennis Moore announced his candidacy for Congress yesterday morning in a Lawrence High School classroom.
"No political party has a monopoly on good ideas," he said. "I believe we need a congressman who will represent the moderate majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents in this district."
Moore, a former Johnson County district attorney and a graduate of the University of Kansas, spoke to about 15 area residents and 22 students in an advanced-placement American Government class.
Moore will face 3rd District Congressman Vince Snowbarger,
a Republican, in the fall election.
a Republican, in the late election. He told the audience that he was an abortion-rights advocate, tough on crime, a fiscal conservative and willing to work to maximize accessibility to higher education.
"We are almost to the point today where people have to look at education beyond college," he said. "If young people want an opportunity to look beyond college, it think they should have it."
"No political party has a monopoly on good ideas.I believe we need a congressman who will represent the moderate majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents in this district."
Moore repeatedly said that the majority of voters in the 3rd District were political moderates, were fed up with partisan politics and did not agree with Snowbarger's conservative agenda.
Johnson County attorney and Congressional candidate
Moore said that running as a moderate and appealing to voters across party lines was necessary for a Democrat in Kansas.
"If I were running only as a Democrat in this election and expecting to be elected because I'm a Democrat, I would lose," he said.
Voter registration records indicate that 41 percent of registered 3rd District voters are Republicans. Only 28 percent of registered voters are Democrats. In Johnson County, where voters elected Moore to three terms as district attorney, Republicans make up nearly one-half of registered voters and Democrats only one-fifth
Dennis Moore
Jack Martin, Abilene sophomore and member of KU Young Democrats, attended Moore's announcement. He said that KU Young Democrats would provide volunteer support in Moore's campaign.
"Dennis has a real good shot and a real good message," Martin said.
Moore served as Johnson County district attorney for 13 years, beginning in 1977. After leaving that office, he returned to private law practice in Olathe where he continues to work in criminal defense law.
Moore, considered one of the top criminal defense attorneys in
the state, has been hired to represent Matthew Vestal, the Englewood, Colo., freshman involved in the March 31 accident that fatally injured Overland Park freshman Lisa Rosel.
Lawrence law enforcement officials still are investigating the incident and have not charged Vestal with a crime.
Christine Tonkovich, Douglas County District Attorney, said she would not anticipate Moore's candidacy having any effect on the matter.
"As an attorney, when you're handling any kind of a case, it has to take precedence over a political campaign," she said. "I'm sure Dennis wouldn't allow it to interfere at all."
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