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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just donated to Bollier and again to McGrath.  Can't wait to flip at least some seats [/quote]

Kansan, back again. Thank you, PP. These donations go a long way to helping Dr. Bollier win this critical US Senate seat. It IS absolutely winnable. Scores of Kansans are lining up to canvas for Barbara Bollier and otherwise campaign for her, but media buys and campaign lit cost money.

To give everyone an idea of what's going on here, and as I posted on another thread, Kansas is not "turning Blue" - but it does have the potential to send a centrist candidate (Bollier) to the US Senate. There is a strong push in Kansas against extremism, but remember that we are pushing back against the Kochs. This is their home turf. They literally pour money into our state legislative races, because Kansas is their lab rat. The Kochs pile up money behind a candidate, the candidate wins, the candidate votes against the interests of Kansans, grassroots groups mobilize, voters respond by rejecting the extreme office-holder, voters return to regular life and forget, Kochs pick a different candidate and bolster that candidate with tons of money...and the cycle begins again. But since Brownback, voters are (somewhat) more clued-in. There is a local state senate race where the KS GOP incumbent (Mary Pilcher-Cook) is not running in 2020. The only reason Pilcher-Cook (terrible state senator, awful human being) would not seek re-election is if her campaign polling showed she could not win. She is a zealot on a religious mission and her district is Red. But since Trump, she has been losing ground. If you weren't here, you could not fully understand the significance of Pilcher-Cook stepping away. In state legislative races, and in the Congressional Senate race, I believe we will see Democrats winning seats that were unwinnable before. Not many areas, but some key areas.

It will be very close, but Bollier is absolutely within striking distance of this seat. THAT is the reason Pompeo is not running (assuming he does not change his mind). The polling is not favorable. The writing is on the wall.[/quote]

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