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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Jay Thornton / KANSAN
Jim Slattery, democratic gubernatorial candidate, and Troy Findley, democratic candidate for the 46th state house district, discuss campaign issues with Harriett Dickey-Chasins, doctoral student, during door-to-door campaigning.
Slattery voices good intent
By James Evans
Kansan staff writer
A Tropicana Twister and a glazed donut was all that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Slattery needed to start his door-to-door campaign march on Barker Street in East Lawrence Friday morning.
"I've always been for grass roots campaigning," Slattery said at 9:15 a.m., wearing his trademark cowboy boots. Slattery, along with Troy Findley, Democratic candidate for the 46th District Kansas house seat, began walking and talking to neighborhood residents.
Slattery, the current U.S. House Representative from the Second District, said he had learned the importance of neighborhood campaigning in past elections. During his successful initial run for state house in 1972, he said he knocked on more than 6,000 doors in his district, trying to get his name into the community.
2200 blocks of Barker Street. Two of Stlaffer's staff members did the actual knocking, going ahead of the candidate to insure that people were home.
"It's always effective to go door-todoor," he said while approaching another house between the 1900 and
At each of the 20 houses Slattery visited, he tried to relate to the resident, answered any questions about his agenda, and encouraged them to support him in his campaign for governor.
"I think it's good they come out," said Randy Asberry, of 1950 Barker St., who met with Slattery for a short chat. But he added, "I'm usually pretty well decided before this point on who I'll vote for."
Two doors down, Harriet Dickey-Chasins, fourth year doctoral student in counseling psychology at KU, was "very pleased" that Slattery stopped by her house. She spent several minutes with him discussing his education and jobs agenda for the state. She said that she regularly voted independent, but she said she voted in the democratic primary this year and might vote for Slattery and Findley.
A couple of doors down, Douglas Bell, who was standing out in front of his residence, said that Slattery's personal visit was nice, but would not affect how he voted in the Nov. 8 election. He said he would have to do more research before he made up his mind.
Barker Street is just one of the many places that Slattery will be stopping at the weeks before the election, said David Unekis, communications coordinator for Slattery's campaign. He said that in the next week the Slattery campaign will head to western Kansas to gain support.
Unekiis said ten towns will be visited in the three day "Good Intent Tour" of western Kansas. During the days, Slattery will divide his campaign time between 11 rallies and doing door-to-door visits in the communities.
"People are a little turned off by only seeing candidates on T.V., Unekis said. "We want to give people the opportunity to meet him."
After talking with residents on Barker, Slatter spoke to the Kansas State Carpenters Association at the Lawrence Holidone and on KLWN radio.