(1) The graph of a function $f(x)$ is shown below. For each value of $x$, the function has at most one output value. Find the maximum and minimum values of $f(x)$ for the given range.
[Check the graph carefully to identify the maximum and minimum values of $f(x)$ for each value of $x$].
ELECTION 2008
7A
THE UNIVERSITY DAIRY GANSAN
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 2008
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Congresswoman-elect Lynn Jenkins speaks during an election watch party in Topeka after winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Jenkins beat Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-Kan.)
Jenkins wins Boyda's House seat
51-46 upset takes incumbent Boyda by surprise
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA smiyakawa@kansan.com
In a small corner room of the Topeka Capital Plaza Hotel, Lynn Jenkins' family and supporters were anxiously waiting the election results for Kansas' 2nd congressional district.
When incumbent candidate Nancy Boyda conceded the race about 11:40 p.m., people in the room screamed and hugged each other. Jenkins hugged each person
in the room.
Jenkins, a Topeka Republican and Kansas State Treasurer, upset incumbent candidate U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-Kan.) in Tuesday's election to represent Kansas' 2nd district, which includes western Lawrence.
In her victory speech, Jenkins declared her commitment to advocate on behalf of Kansans.
Jenkins defeated Boyda 51 percent to 46 percent.
Allison Koehn, Galva sophomore and vice president of KU College Republicans, said she had been a supporter of Jenkins since Jenkins spoke to the group in the fall of 2007.
Koehn said she related to Jenkins, especially because of Jenkins' leadership qualities.
"I know it won't be easy and it won't happen overnight, but I'm the sixth generation Kansan and I want people to know that when I'm in Washington, I'll keep fighting," she said.
Josh Hersh, communication director for Lynn Jenkins, said
Jenkins would focus on keeping taxes and federal spending low. He said that Jenkins' stance on those issues appealed to many voters in the district and that her financial background as a certified public accountant would help her in office.
"People can't really afford for paying tax, especially in this economic situation," Hersh said.
Jenkins is a certified public
Michael Lynch, assistant professor of political science, said one of focal points of the race was how the two candidates would handle the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts. The tax cuts are set to expire in 2010, but Jenkins favors continuing them.
accountant in her second term as state treasurer. She earned the nomination for the race by defeating former U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun during the GOP's August primary.
The 2nd congressional district stretches from the northern and southern borders of Kansas and includes Leavenworth, Topeka, Manhattan and parts of Lawrence.
— Edited by Jennifer Torline
U. S. Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kan) speaks to a crowd of supporters during a Democratic watch party Tuesday evening at the Ritz Charles banquet hall in Overland Park. Moore won the race for U.S. Representative in the 3rd congressional district of Kansas against Kansas Sen. Nick Jordan (R-Shawnee).
Students support Moore victory
BY HALEY JONES
hjones@kansan.com
Alyssa Thompson, a first-time voter, voted for U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kan.) yesterday, because he voted in support of education.
"My mom is a teacher, and I'm a student, so he definitely supports the things I care about," said Thompson, Shawnee Mission South High School senior, who was at the Johnson County democratic watch party at the Ritz Charles banquet hall in Overland Park.
Moore won the race for U.S. Representative in the 3rd congressional district of Kansas with 56 percent of the vote, beating Kansas Sen. Nick Jordan (R-Shawnee), who earned 40 percent of the vote.
Thompson, 18, said she felt
As the results of Barack Obama's victory against John McCain in the presidential election appeared on the big screen of the Ritz Charles, Moore stepped onto the stage to inform the crowd of the most recent results from the polls; Moore was leading Jordan at 59 percent to 38 percent with 98 percent of the precinct reporting.
"If he wouldn't have won, I would've felt less confident about my education and my economic future," she said.
excited to vote in such a historically important election. She said she wanted to vote for Moore because his views on the financial rescue plan aligned with her family's.
Moore said the student vote was important to him and that his voting record proved his personal beliefs on the value of education. He said Jordan voted 19 times against funding education and said that kind of record did not sit well with voters.
This will be Moore's sixth term in the district. He was first elected as a U.S. Representative in 1998. Although Moore is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, which is a group of fiscally conservative democrats, he was the only Kansas congressman to vote for the $700 billion rescue plan.
She said Moore's long history of public service and his reputation as a moderate Emocrat secured her vote for him.
"Besides unconditional love, I think a good education is the best thing we can give our children," he said.
Anthony Villegas, 68-year-old resident of Kansas City, Kan., said he voted for Moore because he represented the veterans, retirees, middle class and upper-class citizens.
Lisa Nelson, Johnson County resident, has volunteered for Moore's campaign for the past 10 years. Like many others at the Democratic watch party Tuesday night, Nelson said the economy was the most important issue to
"That's the kind of person we need here in Kansas City, Kansas," he said. "I voted for him today, and tomorrow I would vote for him again."
"We really do need Dennis Moore — all his experience and seniority," she said. "Issue-wise he's a much better candidate."
her in this election.
Moore's appeal spanned beyond the young voter.
Edited by Becka Cremer
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with family members behind her, Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-Kan) delivers her concession speech Tuesday at a Democratic Party watch party in Topeka.
Boyda loses close race for congressional seat
BY JOE PREINER
ipreiner@kansan.com
Mike Lynch said last Friday that the Nancy Boyda-Lynn Jenkins congressional race would be close.
Lynch, an assistant professor of political science, was right.
"That one will be a surprise," Lynch said. "It's one of the few races I don't have a good guess for."
As of 11 p.m. Tuesday night, the race was still too close to call, but almost an hour later Boyda gave her concession speech. Before the speech, the banquet room in Topeka's Ramada Inn was scattered with members of the Democratic Party. Most stood proudly, talking loudly to one another about President-elect Barack Obama's victory. A select few, still waiting on Boyda's race results, sat patiently.
It was not the first time Boyda (D-Kan.) had been in a political showdown. Boyda, the Democratic nominee representing Kansas' large 2nd District, had to scrap her way to victory in the 2006 election. Then, her opponent was Republican Jim Ryun. What local newspapers deemed an upset, Boyda won herself a seat in Congress, claiming 51 percent of the votes to Ryun's 47 percent.
Tuesday night was more of the same but with a new opponent. Boyda faced off against Republican candidate Lynn Jenkins, Kansas state treasurer. For most of the night the vote count was dead even.
Jenny Davidson, a spokeswoman for Boyda's campaign, said the race was too close to call even after the percentages swung in Jenkins' favor. Jenkins led Boyda by more than 7,000 votes with more than half of the voting precincts reporting.
Then it ended.
Just as the evening turned into early morning, Boyda delivered her speech, concealing the close race to her opponent. The loss
ended Boyda's attempt for a second consecutive term as a U.S. Congresswoman. The race was as close as it had been in previous years, with Boyda on the receiving end of defeat. Jenkins secured 51 percent of the votes to Boyda's 46 percent.
In her concession speech, Boyda thanked those involved in her campaign and compared this year's election loss with her 2006 election victory. "Two years ago I stood up here under very different circumstances," Boyda said. "I said that Id won elections and lost elections and that winning was better. Winning is better."
Boyda and Jenkins ran similar campaigns, with similar views on many key issues. Their main difference came in regard to taxes, with Jenkins in support of renewing the Bush tax cuts and Boyda opting to let them expire.
Boyda urged her supporters to celebrate what they had accomplished rather than to dwell on the lost election.
Lynch said one reason the race was close was Jenkins' status as a moderate Republican rather than a more conservative Republican. He said the general trend for the 2nd district indicated the race would be close with a slight edge going to the Republican candidate.
"They said no Democrat could win an election in deep red Kansas, that it wasn't even worth the fight," Boyda said in her concession speech. "They were wrong. We've achieved the impossible and that's something we should celebrate tonight."
In her two years in Congress, Boyda remained connected with the people she represented. According to her campaign's Web site, Boyda returned home to Kansas nearly every weekend while in Congress. Her connections and dedication to serving Kansas fell short of assuring her victory on Tuesday.
- Edited by Becka Cremer
Jordan's call for shakeup in Washington fizzles
agarry@kansan.com
BY ALEX GARRY
OVERLAND PARK — Nick Jordan, Republican candidate for U.S. Representative in Kansas 3rd congressional district, said he would be "optimistic until the end."
Jordan, who lost his race against five-term incumbent Dennis Moore, said he was disappointed with the election's result but proud of the work he and his staff had
accomplished.
Jordan accepted defeat with 40 percent of the vote. The final vote was closer than previous years. 2006
Jordan
in 2006,
Republican Chuck Ahner garnered only 34 percent of the vote in his bid to unseat Moore, according to the Washington Post — but it was still not enough to remove the incumbent congressman.
The 3rd District includes Wyandotte and Johnson counties and part of Douglas County, including the eastern portion of Lawrence.
During his campaign, Jordan focused on "waking up Washington" and opposing Moore.
"He's not as outspoken or divisive as previous candidates against Moore," Freidline said. "He's more moderate and appeals to the district's voters."
Amelia Freidline, 2008 graduate, said Jordan was one of the best challengers to Moore.
"Washington changed Dennis Moore more than Dennis Moore changed Washington." Olson said.
Jordan's campaign manager, Dustin Olson, said his campaign was a challenge to the "people asleep at the wheel" in Congress.
On Tuesday morning, Burdett Loomis, professor of political science, praised the strength and quality of Jordan's campaign but predicted a victory for Moore.
"Jordan has run a perfectly good campaign, but Moore hasn't given any reason to throw him out," Loomis said. "Most people in that district don't feel the need for change."
Jordan supporters, including Olson, said they were "fed up with the broken system" and hoped for change.
Jordan said that he hoped to strengthen Kansas' economy and that the economy should be the primary concern for students at the University as well.
"This election is about their future" he said.
Jordan, who is the 10th District state senator, coauthored the bioscience proposal on the ballot in Johnson County, which would open jobs for students and future University graduates.
Edited by Adam Mowder