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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2006
Serving in style
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Aaron Schmitt and James Snyder of Lawrence serve food at Fresco! Cuisine, Tuesday in the Student Union Market. The dining facility's management had organized a costume contest in which patrons could vote for their favorite costume when paying for their meals at a register. "We don't know anything about an award," said Snyder, who was dressed as a Catholic school girl, "and we would've dressed up anyway."
STATE ELECTIONS
Bush campaign trip may help Ryun
BY SAM HANANEL ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — President Bush is expected to make a last-minute campaign trip to Kansas this weekend for Republican Rep. Jim Ryun, who acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that his race against Democrat Nancy Boyda is close.
An e-mail message sent Monday
from the Kansas Republican Party to GOP candidates around the state said Bush would lead a rally for Ryun on Sunday in Topeka. The message obtained by The Associated Press, said the White House wants as many GOP candidates as possible on stage with the president.
A White House spokesman declined to comment, saying Bush's official schedule for the weekend has not yet been finalized.
Ryun, seeking a sixth term in Congress, is facing a tougher-than-anticipated race in his rematch with Boyd, whom he defeated with 56 percent of the vote in 2004.
Boyda has insisted for weeks that her internal polls show the race is much closer than Ryun or national officials in either party have thought, though there have been no independent polls to confirm it.
Asked Tuesday whether his internal polling shows the race neck- and-neck, Ryun said, "We have said that, yes."
"It's a close race," Ryun said after a rally at the Statehouse in Topeka. "But I think if people will read the issues — she's afraid to take a position on issues, because when she does, she votes as a liberal Democrat would."
Bush's visit would come less than four weeks after Vice President Dick Cheney hosted a Topeka fundraiser on Oct. 12 that hauled in $200,000 for Riyun...
STATE ELECTIONS
Sebelius' media use trumps opponent's
BY JOHN HANNA ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius spent almost $3.8 million on television and radio ads in the past three months, nearly nine times as much as Republican challenger Jim Barnett.
The spending allowed Sebelius to air 10 television spots portraying herself as a strong leader. She entered the final week of her re-election campaign with a commanding TV and radio presence.
The other, a 30-second spot, features many of the same images, with a narrator saying, "You can see it, all around you. Kansas is moving forward."
Her campaign began airing two new commercials statewide Tuesday, bringing the total to 10 for the campaign. A 60-second spot — her longest of the campaign — has soothing music and images of Kansans with text saying, among other things, "Living up to her promise to help move Kansas forward."
"It demonstrates the power of television in modern American politics, especially in statewide races," said Bob Beatty, a Washburn University political scientist. "You have to reach those people who are not connected to public affairs but who are still going to vote. Despite the Internet and everything else, that's still television."
Sebelius was able to outstrip Barnett in broadcast advertising because she raised a record $5.18 million for her campaign, starting in 2005, compared with less than $1.19 million for Barnett. Her first TV ads began airing before the Aug. 1 primary.
Barnett spent $434,900 on radio and TV advertising from July 21 through Oct. 26, the period covered by the last campaign finance report filed with the secretary of state's office.
Barnett, a senator from Emporia, has chided Sebelius repeatedly for using "slick" TV commercials to get her message across, suggesting she's exaggerating the strength of the state's economic recovery since the Sept. 11,2001 attacks. Using federal statistics, he contends the state is lagging too far behind its neighbors and the rest of the nation.
Barnett spokesman Rodger Woods said Sebelius must "convince Kansans that the reality is different from what they're seeing in their checkbooks and pay stubs."
"The fundraising and the television commercials don't come as a surprise," Woods said. "Her lack of leadership — she has to make that up with television."
Sebelius' last campaign finance report says she paid a production company about $74,000 and the remaining $3.7 million buying air time.
"It takes a lot of money to reach out with the governor's message," said Sebelius spokeswoman Nicole Corcoran. "The themes in our ads have been pretty consistent, talking about economy, job growth, leadership on schools, respect for our military and the governor's efforts to move Kansas forward."
Independent polling showed Sebelius with a comfortable lead. She has picked up most newspapers' endorsements.
Besides enjoying a huge advantage in fundraising, Sebelius also received help from the state Democratic Party and committees associated with it.
The party donated nearly $60,000 worth of staffing services, and two committees contributed nearly $36,000 worth of research.
Sebelius also paid for additional staff services from the party worth nearly $26,000, plus purchased a voter list worth nearly $13,000, her latest campaign finance report shows.
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