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working for the Speaker of the Kansas House and she was serving her term as state representative. She now works for the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics and he is a republican lobbyist in Topeka. They have a son, Sam, 7, and a daughter, Kierstin, 10.
While in college, Huffles says, she never would have imagined she would marry a Republican, but says this can actually strengthen relationships because the couple crosses boundaries that would never be touched in politically similar relationships.
She says she is a big environmentalist but has a weakness for warm, long showers. Her husband sometimes interrupts her in the shower and says, "Lori, Al Gore is on the phone and he said
enough already! You're killing the polar bears!" Hutfles says her daughter responds, "Who's Al Gore and why is he calling mommy?"
Her daughter occasionally sees the couple sparring over political issues, Hutflies says, but Kiersten just laughs and says, "I love my parents because they argue about important things like global warming and ice sheets in Antarctica. Other parents argue about silly things."
Hutfels says both she and her husband being moderates also helps. A lot of people are in the massive middle, she says, and identify themselves within each party but have more in common than they think. But she and her husband also know at the end of the day what's important.
"You need to respect that they feel as strongly about politics as they do, even if they're not exactly the same," she says.
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