STATE/NATION UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, September 22, 1995
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Quayle becomes chairman of Dole's Campaign America
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dan Quayle said yesterday he had agreed to become chairman of Bob Dole's longtime political committee and to take a high-profile role helping 1996 Republican candidates while Dole runs for president.
In taking over Dole's Campaign America, Quayle did not endorse the Senate majority leader's presidential campaign.
Still, Dole presidential strategists believe the association with Quayle will be well-received by the GOP's religious conservative wing.
"Dan Quayle has been a trailblazer for issues and ideas that sparked the Republican revolution of 1994," Dole said in a statement announcing the move. "At the helm of Campaign America, he is sure to keep up that fight."
In a similar overture to economic conservatives earlier this year, Dole arranged for Jack Kemp, former congressman and housing secretary, to be named chairman of a
Republican commission studying proposals for dramatic tax reform
"Sen. Dole is clearly looking for lots of ways to send messages to the conservative base of the party," said Gary Bauer, a former Reagan White House alder who runs the Family Research Council, a social conservative group. "I think the biggest impact will be a sense that Dole is for real in his more conservative stance, that he is putting a great deal of money where his mouth is."
For Quayle, heading Campaign America will provide a Washington-based political platform and the financial means to travel the country in 1996 supporting GOP candidates. A close political adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Quayle had been interested in finding a way to help Dole short of an outright endorsement, which he considered premature.
its most recent report with the Federal Election Commission, the organization had nearly $2.3 million and no debts. Because of spending since then, the committee said the total was now closer to $1.7 million.
Quayle has been trying to raise his political profile.
"The people of this country want a strong Republican agenda to lead us into the next century," Quayle said in a statement. "That is why Bob Dole founded Campaign America, and that is why I will be proud to serve as its chairman."
At one point he said he would seek the 1996 presidential nomination himself, but he changed his mind after early forays suggested the financial and organizational hurdles would be daunting. Quayle then ruled out running for Indiana governor next year, but said he was interested in seeking the presidency down the road.
To that end, Campaign America could provide Quayle an opportunity to improve his public image and earn points with GOP officials and strategists around the country.
Open primary hits a closed door
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — A legislative study committee yesterday dropped a plan for opening up Kansas' primary election, which would allow voters to cast ballots for any candidate they chose, regardless of party affiliation.
"We looked at it during the last session and now in the interim," said Rep. Carol Dawson, R-Russell, who leads the interim Elections Committee.
The committee was assigned the task this summer and fall of reviewing a bill introduced last session by Rep. Greta Goodwin, D-Winfield, and former Rep. David Heinemann, R-Garden City, creating an open primary system in Kansas.
Heinemann resigned this summer to become chief legal counsel for
the Kansas Corporation Commission
The Kansas Constitution gives the House and Senate the power to decide contested elections, but House leaders did not want to force the 79th District race to a decision by a House vote in the 1905 session.
Dawson said there was no support on the study committee to recommend a constitutional amendment that would have someone else decide legislative election disputes.
Goodwin and Heinemann both testified in favor of their bill yesterday. They said having an open primary would increase participation in the state's primary elections. Independents also are locked out of the process, they testified, unless they are willing to declare a party affiliation at the polls.
Also testifying was Brad Bryant, assistant secretary of state for elections.
He took no position on the Goodwin-Heinemann bill but said that Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh opposed the open primary on the grounds that it weakened the two-party political system.
"He will take a position, if the bill comes up again," Bryant said.
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