University Daily Kansan / Thursday, October 4, 1990
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Cantwell says he's confident he will gain more supporters
By David Roach
Kansan staff writer
Bert Cantwell, Democratic candidate for attorney general, said last night that he was not surprised by the results of a Kansas City Star poll that showed him running behind his Republican opponent by almost 2 to
"I'm behind; I expected to be behind," he told a group of about 20 KU Democrats at the Kansas Union.
However, Wellt said the poll did not bode well for the Republican candidate, Attorney General Bob Stephan.
"Here's a man who's a 12 year incumbent," he said. "His rating is 53 percent. He should be in the 60s or 70s."
Cantwell pointed out that more people were undecided since an earlier poll conducted by the Topeka Canal Journal.
"Once we start getting the message out, more will become decided for me." he said.
Cantwell criticized Stephan's performance as attorney general.
He said that Stephan had done some good in consumer protection but that he had failed to prosecute the company, which was particularly in the area of the environment.
"He's making a lot of hay out of the consumer protection division," he said. "It was doing a decent job before he got there, and it's still doing good, but they don't go after the big guys."
Cantwell said that Stephan also had made gains in the area of victim's rights but that they were not enough.
"The best damn thing you can do about victim's rights is not have any victims in the first place," he said.
He said that violent crime increased 16 percent last year and that the increase was five times the national average.
"We're higher than any state around us, and yet I talk to local departments, and they can't get any help out of me," the KBI because they're busy over at the dog track watching people bet, making sure they don't
bet too much," he said.
Cantwell also chided the U.S. Justice Department for dragging its beels in an investigation into perjury charges against Stephan.
Those charges stem from a 1988 lawsuit against Stephan by one of his former staff members who said the case involved terms of a sexual harassment suit.
"They're saying the case is not quite complete, and they can't get it done before Nov. 6," he said. "I think there a disservice to the voters of mississippi."
"What I'm trying to do is light a little fire under the U.S. attorney's office and get them to do something."
Ryan Tarpley, Merriam sophomore, said Cantwell was a candidate for the right reasons.
"He wants to see positive change happen for Kansas," said Tarpley, who is first vice president of Kansas Young Democrats. "Kansas deserves a basically non-partisan attorney general, one who will prosecute for real reasons, not just political ones."
Women campaign for Hayden
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Sixteen Republican women legislators will run the state this month hoping to convince Kansans to vote against the first woman nominated for governor by a major party. They describe State Treasurer Joan Finney
The legislators, who called themselves the Iron Sunflowers, announced their plans yesterday to campaign for republican Gov Mike Hayden, who is seeking his second term in the Nov. 6 general election.
The group includes Rep. Rochelle Chronister of Neodesha, the GOP state chairperson.
"Finney says she's supportive of women," said Rep. Elizabeth Baker.
The legislators said they were concerned about Finney's ability to make policy decisions and her stance on tax and education issues. They also said her recent remarks about abortion scared them.
R-Derby. "We know that it's not true. We're here to say how much we support the leadership of Mike Hayden."
Chronister said, "The Hayden campaign did not pick this group of women. The women volunteered to help them and talk about the governor's record."
Rep. Joan Wagnon, D-Topera, said the Republicans were having their female legislators attack Finney and Lowe, who had not do so without being criticized.
"That's clearly what they're doing," she said. "I think Mike Hayden would beat her up himself if he thought he could get away with
it "
Chronister said the Republican women were acting to counter what they saw as one of Finney's basic campaign strategies.
"Jon Finney is making a blatant call for women to vote for her because she is a woman," Chronister said. "Her call for women to vote for her because she is a woman will not work."
Other Republican House members in the group are Barbara Allen, Prairie Village; Ginger Barr, Auburn; Belle Borum, Wichita; Nancy Brown, Stanley; Cindy Emperson, Independence; Wanda Fuller, Wichita; Barbara Lawrence, Wichita; JoAnn Pottert, Wichita; Susan Roenbaugh, Lewis, and Ellen Samuelson, Newton.
Republican senators involved are
Sheila Frain, Colby; Audrey Landg
worthy, Prairie Village, Lana Glen,
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