laura kelly was the democratic candidate running for governor in kansas.
laura kelly was the democratic candidate running for governor in kansas.
who are the democratic candidates running for governor in kansas?
laura kelly
democratic state senator laura kelly easily won the democratic nomination. independent greg orman, who finished second in the 2014 u.s. senate race against incumbent republican pat roberts, also ran for governor, again as an independent candidate. on september 13, 2018, three prominent republicans endorsed kelly: former governor bill graves, former u.s. senator sheila frahm, and former kansas senate president dick bond. on september 18, they were joined by former u.s. senator and republican from kansas, nancy kassebaum, the daughter of ex-governor alf landon, the 1936 republican presidential nominee. she said: "i'm a republican, but that doesn't mean you walk lock step always with the party." "...kobach has developed a record that shows a focus on ways and how to accomplish his end goals that i think are not the best for kansas." regarding kelly, kassebaum said, "...her experience, 18 years in the kansas legislature..., has given her a real understanding of what it takes to work across the aisle." on october 19, governor mike hayden, a republican who served from 1987 through 1991, also joined kelly's endorsers who included former governors mark parkinson, a republican who became a democrat, democrats kathleen sebelius and john carlin. every living former governor of kansas had endorsed kelly, except sam brownback. hayden said, "this is a critical year for the state of kansas. no one can sit on the sidelines in this election." hayden continued, "i've been a registered republican for over 50 years. i seldom vote for democratic candidates, but in this race, i strongly support laura kelly." hayden said that, "after much thought and analyzing," he felt that orman could not win the governor's race. former state senator tim owens, was the campaign treasurer for independent candidate orman, but he stepped down on october 30, 2018, then endorsed moderate democrat laura kelly in the race. kobach received political contributions from us immigration reform pac, a political action committee (pac) which was headed by the widow of john tanton (1934-2019), a white supremacist known for founding numerous exclusionary and "english-only" groups that were the core of the modern american anti-immigrant movement. it previously gave him $4,000 in his congressional race in 2004, but raised that to $20,000 when he was running for governor. other groups founded by tanton included the federation for american immigration reform (fair) where kobach worked for ten years. paul nachman, whom the southern poverty law center identifies as a "montana-based extremist who frequently writes for vdare, an openly racist blog that serves as a source for white nationalists and antisemites," was another donor. the southern poverty law center describes vdare as "an anti-immigration hate website" which "regularly publishes articles by prominent white nationalists, race scientists and anti-semites", including steve sailer, jared taylor, j. philippe rushton, samuel t. francis, and pat buchanan.
kris kobach
bullet::::- kurdish national alliance in syria: 1,38%, 40 seats "(out of 99 candidates running)".









































bullet::::- independents: 4,96%, 144 seats "(out of 267 candidates running)".









































euphrates region (a total of 954 seats)









































bullet::::- democratic nation list: 88,78%, 847 seats "(out of 954 candidates running)".









































bullet::::- kurdish democratic unity party in syria (democratic yekîtî - pydks): 4,19%, 40 seats "(out of 124 candidates running)".









































bullet::::- independents: 7,02%, 67 seats "(out of 95 candidates running)".









































afrin region (a total of 1,176 seats)









































bullet::::- democratic nation list: 89,80%, 1,056 seats "(out of 1,175 candidates running)".
2017 northern syria regional elections