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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2006
Democrat defeats two rivals
BY COURTNEY HAGEN
Tom Holland beat out two opponents on Tuesday night for another term as Kansas House Representative for the 10th District.
Holland (D-Baldwin City) beat out opponents Roy Dunn, a Republican, and Robert Garrard, a Libertarian, with more than 61 percent of the votes, compared to 36 percent for Dunn and 3 percent for Garrard, with all precinct reporting.
Holland ran on a platform concerning issues of job protection
and growth in Kansas, investment in education and affordable health care.
Holland's opponent, Dunn, complimented Holland on a successful campaign after results indicated Holland would be victorious.
"You try to do your best in the campaign," Dunn said. "It takes quite a bit of time and quite a bit of money. I really compliment Tom and I for running a clean campaign."
Dunn said he will remain Franklin County Commissioner, a position he has held since 2004.
Garrard said the last time he ran he received only 2 percent of the votes.
I don't expect to win, I just wanted to get the message out about what Libertarians believe," Garrard said late Tuesday night.
Kansan staff writer Courtney Hagen can be contacted at chagen@ kansan.com.
Tom Holland could not be reached for comment late Tuesday night.
Edited by Brett Bolton
Incumbent hangs on to 38th
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
In a race to decide the 38th District State House seat, two former public school educators went head to head. With all the precincts reporting, incumbent Rep. Anthony R. Brown (R-Eudora), earning 57 percent of the vote, came out on top against Diane R. Bryant (D-Olathe), who managed only 43 percent.
The 38th District, which is between Olathe and Lawrence, includes De Soto and Eudora and consists of more than 30,000 people.
Brown, a former social studies teacher said that he was excited to
have won for the second consecutive term, but that it was a somber night because some of his friends were not re-elected in all the state and local turnover.
Brown said he wanted to push Kansas to include more alternative fuel legislation. Also high on Brown's agenda was preventing "dead-beat dads" from obtaining hunting or fishing licenses to ensure they pay their bills.
Bryant, a former librarian with the Olathe School Distfict, said school funding and pursuing alternative forms of energy were also key issues for her.
"These are non-partisan issues," she said, and added that both par-
ues could work together to accomplish common goals.
As far as running again, Bryant couldn't say whether she would. She said she would find a way to stay involved in the community and planned on spending time with her family.
Brown said he thought hard work by his wife and himself in the district contributed to his victory.
"I met 85 percent of the people in my district by walking," he said.
Kansan staff writer Jack Weinstein can be contacted at jweinstein@kansan.com.
Edited by Travis Robinett
Students on Wescoe Beach answer the question:
DID YOU VOTE TODAY?
WHY OR WHY NOT?
"My excuse is I'm not registered."
Bailey Vaughn,
Wichita sophomore
"I voted advance voting."
Cori Ast,
Topeka sophomore
"I did vote. I thought it would be important to vote because if I don't we'll have two more years of crappy Republican legislation."
Manhattan sophomore
"I voted advance voting." Cori Ast, Topeka sophomore
"I was going to, but I was an idict and didn't register on time."
Steven Boutwell Holcomb Junior
"I have not voted yet,but I do plan on voting today."
Amanda Altoro
Prairie Village Junior
"No, I just forgot. I'm just not a big politics person."
Eri Eveland, Yokosuka, Japan,
sophomore
Ballard wins for eighth term
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
First time candidate Davis defeated in race for Lawrence's House seat
Rep. Barbara Ballard (D-Lawrence) continues her tenure in the 44th District seat in the Kansas State House with a deciding victory against Rick Davis (R-Lawrence).
Her victory ensured her eighth consecutive term in office. Ballard, 61, represents west-central Lawrence. She is the associate director at the Dole Institute of Politics, located on the University of Kansas' West Campus. Prior to her current position, Ballard served as the director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center and the Dean of Students at the University.
Ballard is a member of the House Appropriations, Joint Legislative Educational Planning, Social Services and Transportation Committees.
When you run a campaign,
Ballard said she's relieved.
you're happy when it's over." Ballard said. "When you win, you're really, really happy."
She was excited to pick up where she left off and continue the work she had done in her previous term. Education was at the top of her list including multi-year funding for K12, the higher education budget and University of Kansas Medical Center funding. Health care is also a primary concern.
Davis said he knew challenging Ballard for a seat she's held for the past 14 years would be tough.
"Even if you're not a good representative, but you have the name recognition, you have a good chance to win," Davis said. "It's a big part of the election process."
Davis said he will be back. The 23-year-old will run again, but he couldn't say if it would be in the 44th District. That's two years out, nothing is set in stone he said.
Until the next opportunity to run, he will continue to stay active with the Douglas County Republican Party helping to change the perception that "Douglas County is a Democratic district and Lawrence is a Democratic city"
Ballard couldn't say if this would be her last term.
Ballard won with 76 percent of the vote,with all precincts reporting. She received almost 2500 more votes than Davis.
"As long as I'm making a difference, as long as I'm excited and enthusiastic, I will run for office," she said.
Kansan staff writer Jack Weinstein can be contacted at jweinstein@ kansan.com.
Edited by Brett Bolton
Re-election by a landslide
State representative Tom Sloan elected to his 7th term in Congress
BY NATE MCGINNIS
State representative Tom Sloan (R-Lawrence) was re-elected to serve as a state representative for the 45th district.
Sloan said he was happy to be re-elected and that he truly enjoyed doing the job and making people happy.
He said throughout his six terms in Congress, he was still constantly learning new things.
"I know a lot, but what I don't know is even larger," Sloan said.
"it's constantly an opportunity to go learn more."
Sloan defeated his challenger, reform party candidate Jason Littlejohn (F-Lawrence), with almost 78 percent of the vote.
This was the first time Littlejohn had run for political office. He said for a first-time candidate, he was ecstatic to receive more than 20 percent of the vote. Littlejohn said he ran to be a leader instead of a follower.
"There's a lot of problems. Politicians are not talking real serious issues," Littlejohn said.
Littlejohn said he ran on the reform party ticket because both of the major parties were moving in the wrong direction. He said he planned on running again because he thought voters would tire of the dominant parties, giving third parties more of a chance.
Kansan staff writer Nate McGinnis can be contacted at nmcginnis@ kansan.com.
Edited by Dianne Smith
Republican holds 46th district
Rep. Paul Davis (D-Lawrence) beats challenger with 87 percent of votes
BY NATE MCGINNIS
Davis defeated his challenger, Libertarian party candidate Marcus Kirby, with 87 percent of the vote.
Voters in Douglas County elected Rep. Paul Davis (D-Lawrence) to his third consecutive term as a state representative for the 46th district.
"Elections are a humbling experience," Davis said. "I'm just pleased that the voters feel that I'm doing a good job representing them, and I'm looking forward to challenges that await us the next two years."
He said that during his next term,
After hearing of his re-election, Davis said he would go to Topeka to celebrate with other Democrats.
he was interested in providing more resources to state universities and developing the research capacities of the University of Kansas and KU Med Center.
Kirby, a first-time candidate and student at the University, said he eventually wanted to pursue Kansas politics as a career and would use the experience to improve his strategies for his next campaign in two years.
Kirby campaigned by going to
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Kirby said he might have lost because he focused on issues that were more pressing to Kansans as a whole rather than just his constituents.
Kansan staff writer Nate McGinnis can be contacted at nmcginnis@ kansan.com.
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LAWRENCE City Commission gets rid of 'wave down'policy
The Lawrence City Commission unanimously approved all the items on the consent agenda Tuesday evening, Including the elimination of the current "wave down" policy for the "T" Lawrence's bus system.
The policy to this point has allowed passengers to wave down a bus anywhere along its route. But Vashti Winterburg, a member of the group which originally petitioned the commission for a bus system, wondered whether this move would disenfranchise people with disabilities by making them fill out an application to be able to wave down busses.
"I think it's wrong of this commission to say that if you have some kind of disability we're going to make you jump through hoops to get a flag," Winterburg said.
Cliff Galante, Lawrence Transit Administrator, said that the application was easier to fill out than in other cities. Lawrence's version only requires that applicants name their disability and their doctor.
Galante said that the elimination of the policy and the addition of 100 bus stops to the existing 216 would benefit traffic flow in areas such as 23rd Street.
Ben Smith
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