2010 Kansas Governor - Brownback vs. Holland
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While Kansas has fairly consistently voted Republican at the federal level since the end of the Great Depression, the state has elected a number of Democratic governors. In fact, no Republican has succeeded another Republican in the state since the 1960s.
In 2002, Kathleen Sebelius was able to take advantage of a longstanding split between moderate and conservative Republicans to edge into the Governor’s mansion. She then won a large victory in 2006. After she joined Barack Obama’s cabinet as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson, a former Republican, took her place. Parkinson announced that he would not run for a full term.
Republican Senator Sam Brownback will be the GOP’s nominee against state Senator Tom Holland. Brownback has led handily in the polls and, barring a major meltdown, will be the state’s next governor.
