University Daily Kansan, November 5, 1982
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Democrats dominate top spot
By BRUCE SCHREINER Staff Reporter
The doors to Cedar Crest, the state's governor's mansion, have been locked to Republican gubernatorial candidates during most of the past two decades, something which has puzzled GOP leaders.
However, during that time the Republican Party, the state's majority party, traditionally has run well, and confident gubernatorial campaigns.
The Democratic Party, the minority party, has met the challenge by conducting energetic campaigns to compensate for smaller war chests.
And during the past 20 years, the results have almost always been the same.
THE MOST RECENT version occurred Tuesday, when Democratic Gov. John Carlin overcame both a lavishly financed campaign by Republican Sam Hardage and a smaller group who felt faithful to win another four-year term.
When Carlin's second term expires in 1986, it will mean Democrats have held the governorship for 16 of the past 20 years.
Democratic domination of the governorship began with Robert Docking, an Arkansas City banker first elected in 1968. Docking, whose son is the state's newly elected lieutenant governor, won a special-election bids before retiring in 1974.
The Republicans briefly recaptured Cedar Crest when Robert Bennett served the first four-year term as governor. A change in the Kansas Constitution had lengthened a governor's term from two to four years.
BUT BENNETT'S 1978 re-election bid was short-circuited by Carlin, who centered his upset on a promise to hold down utility rates.
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After Tuesdays loss, Republicans are desperately trying to solve the mystery of what keeps Democrats in the governorship while Republicans continue to control the Kansas Legislature and the congressional delegation.
"The party just needs to stick together and work from the bottom, maintaining and then making gains in the Legislature," Merlyn Brown, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, said yesterday.
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Brown, who said Republicans traditionally ran genteel campaigns, predicted a new campaign approach by future GOP candidates.
"IT SHOULD HELP that we won't have to run against Carlin again, because he gets away with more than anyone I have ever seen," he said.
"I think Republicans have to realize that Democrats are Democrats, and what they are saying during the election, that they aren't doing in office," he said.
Brown saw a big difference in how Kansans viewed the governorship and the state's other lucrative offices, two seats in the U.S. Senate.
"Republicans have been somewhat passive, wanting to run nice-guy campaigns because there are more people who want to put it in reality we have to go after them."
"PEOPLE DO NOT perceive electing a Democratic governor is bad, but they have a strong fear of sending a Republican to office." "One reason is that people don't
Brown also said Democrates had effectively picked up many traditionally Republican ideals, such as fiscal conservatism.
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But a top Democratic official said the diligence of Democratic workers and an ability to select attractive candidates for the democratic domination of the governorship.
"By and large, I think the people we worked with are more dedicated to the belief that our candidates are right for the state," said Jim Ploger, executive director of the Democratic Party. He is likely it for personal gain and selfishness."
PLOGER SAID Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls were consistently winning the battle for the important unaffiliated voting group.
"There is a large bloc of Independents who lean to Democrats if we run capable people who have the best chance of surviving than that of special interest," he said.
There were 477,099 registered Republicans and only 363,966 registered Democrats for Tuesday's election. But looming in the background were 397,440 unaffiliated voters, a group that voted heavily in favor of Carlin — a fact he did not ignore in his acceptance speech.
Looking forward to 1986, Brown said one problem Republicans would face would be another crowded group of Republicans, which could fragment the party.
Ploger did not show any hesitation in naming Tom Docking, Carlin's new lieutenant governor, as a potential Democratic candidate in 1988.
"I think it's in the back of a lot of people's minds", Ploger said, admitting that he was one of those pondering the possibility.
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Slattery win not voter protest
Democratic congressional victories in some Midwestern and Northeastern states may have signaled voter dissatisfaction with the Reagan ad campaign.
By JOEL THORNTON
Staff Reporter
But several Kansas political party officials and observers said yesterday that Democrat Jim Slattery's victory over Morris Kay was more an approval of his own capabilities than a rejection of Reaganomics.
Republican Sen. Nancy Landon Kassabeum said yesterday Slattery's election was "hard to analyze," but reflected voters' confidence in Slattery.
"I think it bolls down to how candidates relate to their constituency."
DESPITE SUBSTANTIAL Democratic gains in state governorships and the U.S. House of Representatives, Kassebaum said she thought Kansans were not giving up on Reagan's economic plans. She said the lower inflation and interest rates were proof that the administration's economic policies were starting to work.
"I don't read it as people wanting to shut the door on what we've done," Kasselman said.
Jim Ploger, executive director of the Kansas Democratic Party, said a well-organized campaign and Slattery's own leadership qualities had led to his relatively easy victory over Kay.
Slattery captured 86,075 votes, or 57
MERLYN BROWN, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, said that Slattery's well-known accusation that he had been a big factor in his election.
percent, to Kay's 64,164 votes, or 43 percent.
Plover said Slatter's early start on the campaign trail and his lack of strong opposition in the Democratic Party also important factors in his success.
Republican candidates. Kay's late start on his own campaign gave Slattery more time to plan an effective strategy, he said.
Slattery's victory may have reflected some voter dissatisfaction with Reagan's handling of the economy and his confidence in confidence indices in Slattery. Players can
"Jim Slattery earned the vote himself," Plozer said. "It wasn't a protest vote against Morris Kay or Ronald Reagan."
Slattery agreed with some of Reagan's plans, but "played the middle ground" enough to avoid confusion with Reagan, Brown said.
Kay was also hurt by his close association with President Reagan and Republican economic policies, Brown said.
ALTHOUGH THE 2nd district has more registered Republicans than Democrats, Flover said the voters in the district were more concerned with issues than voting a straight party ticket in "the independent" vote because he needed other support for Slattery, who is considered a fiscal conservative, he said.
Ploger said Slattery had shown his leadership by speaking out against Reagan's tax cut. Although opposing the cut was considered an unpopular move, Slattery did so because he thought a tax cut would raise the record federal budget deficit even higher, Ploger said.
KAY FERNANDEZ, Slattery's press secretary, said Slattery's common sense "approach to the problem was a vital factor in his success."
Brown said Kay's work as state Republican chairman might have hurt his chances, because he spent so much time campaining for other
Fernandez said Slattery's victory was not a rejection of Reaganomics. She said Slattery supported the administration's basic goals, such as a balanced budget and a reduction in federal government.
She said Slatter had offered more constructive solutions to economic problems than had his Republican opponent.
Roy Laird, KU political science professor, said Slattery had displayed a more personal personality to voters than Kav.
Slattery's relatively conservative fiscal beliefs had helped him attract Republican and independent voters, Laird said. His campaign stands had not been offensive to many Republicans.
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