Kansas overcomes a slow start, blows out Emporia State 90-55 in final exhibition game. 1B Incumbents hold their ground in Tuesday's local election. For election results, including race-byrace information, take a look at The Kansan's complete coverage. 4A-6A
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8,2006
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VOL.117 ISSUE 58
THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
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POWERSWITCH
2nd District taps Boyda
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Democratic party takes firm control of U.S. House seats
Newly elected Congresswoman Nancy Boyda takes the stage Tuesday night at the Ramada Inn in Topeka. "I've done both, and winning is a lot more fun," she said. Excited Boyda supporters filled the Ramada Inn, waiting eagerly for the election results.
BY DREW DAVISON
TOPEKA — Nancy Boyda gave her victory speech Tuesday night after the polls were clearly in her favor, even though incumbent Jim Ryun had not conceded then.
"Whew, I tell you what," Boyda said of the 2nd Congressional District race. "Winning is a lot more fun."
Boyda's sentiment resounded across the Democratic party as more than enough seats wrested from Republicans guaranteed the party's control of the U.S. House with at least 226 seats. A majority is 218 seats.
The U.S. Senate race was deadlocked 49 to 49 at the time of publication.
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Boyda had 51 percent of the votes and Ryun had 47 percent of the votes in the Kansas race with 83
In 2004, Boyda lost by 15 percentage points to Ryun. Boyda received limited financial support two years ago because the race was not con-
percent of the precincts reporting.
Independent Roger D. Tucker had 2 percent of the votes.
sidered tight. The perspective has changed the past two years, and she raised $508,132.for this year's campaign.
Gov. Sebelius re-elected
BY DAVID LINHARDT
TOPEKA — Kansas got a little more blue Tuesday night.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius joined the riptide of Democrat wins in Kansas and across the U.S. as she rolled to an easy victory against Republican challenger Jim Barnett.
It was only the second time in Kansas history that a female Democratic governor was re-elected to a second consecutive term.
The Associated Press declared
Sebelius the winner about 90 minutes after polls closed in Kansas. Sebelius led Barnett, a state senator from Emporia, 58 percent to 40 percent with 89 percent of the precincts reporting. Libertarian Carl Kramer and independent Richard Lee Ranzau each received about 1 percent of the votes.
"We're very proud of the work that's been done in the past four years." Sebelius said. "But we've got a lot more to do."
Sebelius said she hoped to con-
tine promoting Kansas as friendly to biosciences.
"Kansans don't get up every morning thinking they live in a red state," Sebelius said. "Education is a Kansas value, and quality health care is a Kansas value."
Throughout the evening, speakers praised Sebelius and Attorney General-elect Paul Morrison for helping push Democrats to a slate of victories across Kansas.
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Morrison defeats Kline
BY SHAWN SHROYER
'TOPEKA — If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. That was the case Tuesday night as Paul Morrison (D-Lenessa) beat incumbent Phill Kline (R-Topeka) in the race for Kansas attorney general after switching his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat.
The switch paid off as Morrison
picked up 59 percent of the votes cast while Kline had 41 percent with about 80 percent of precincts reporting.
Morrison had about 423,000 votes to Kline's 293,000.
said jokingly. "As attorney general, I pledge to you that your priorities will be my priorities."
"As attorney general, I pledge," Morrison said, before he was interrupted by applause.
"All right, everybody's going to have to shut up now," Morrison
Morrison was confident that he was the right selection. He said even those who didn't support his campaign would soon trust him, and at one point referred to himself as a "real lawman."
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Giles dismissed after alleged battery against female friend
BY RYAN SCHNEIDER
Just days ago, CJ Giles was given a second chance and allowed back on the men's basketball team. Now, that second chance is gone.
Coach Bill Self dismissed Giles from the team Tuesday after a former girlfriend accused Giles of battering her at his Jayhawk Towers apartment Monday night. Campus police cited him for misdemeanor
Giles was not taken into custody, but was given a criminal notice to appear at the Lawrence-Municipal Court. No court date has been set.
battery on Tuesday.
The decision to remove Giles from the team was not based solely on the alleged incident. Instead, Self said Giles was kicked off the team for poor judgment and a lack of responsibility. Self said his decision was made without having many details.
"I'm not judge and iurv, and I'm not
"I'm not judge and jury, and I'm not pretending to be. The incident is very serious because you should never, ever put yourself in that situation. If what is said is true then, obviously, he made a bad wrong." Self said.
The situation was disappointing, Self said, because Giles had people who wanted to support him.
"The thing that's more fustrating to me with this is the fact that we've been through enough with him, he was very
aware of his situation," he said. "You've
got to be able to remove yourself from that."
Giles was suspended indefinitely Oct. 17 because of personal and academic problems. He was reinstated Friday and
Giles
practiced for four days, but would not
Self said he was unsure if Giles wished to transfer to continue playing basketball at another school.
have played until next semester.
"I care that he does well," he said. "But not at Kansas."
"It's a shock to the whole University to see what CJ is going through," sophomore guard Brandon Rush said.
Players said they were told of Giles' renovation during a light practice Tuesday.
According to the police report, the woman, who is a 20-year-old KU student, said she was asked to leave Giles' apartment around 10:30 p.m. Monday after he received a phone call from his girlfriend. When asked why she had to leave, Giles told her that his girlfriend was on the way to his room.
The woman told police that she didn't know Giles had a girlfriend
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