A reader asked. Can you put together a list of 30 candidates for the House of Representatives for whom donations would make a difference? Some Senate candidates, too?

Political Note #265 Michelle De La Isla KS CD 02

Post published:January 24, 2020
Post category:Federal Elections General Election 2020 US Congress Year US Congress 2020 State Type of Election Political Notes Kansas

Born in New York City, she grew up in Puerto Rico. By the time she was seventeen, she was homeless. Now she is Mayor of Topeka and running for Congress. It is Michelle De La Isla’s life that is a surprise.

011220 Political Note #262 Barbara Bollier Nebraska Senator

Post published:January 12, 2020
Post category:Federal Elections General Election 2020 US Senate Year State Type of Election Political Notes Kansas

If we were to look for someone who exemplified the movement of suburban Republican women to the Democratic Party, Barbara Bollier would be a good exemplar

Political Note #169 Laura Kelly KS Governor

Post published:October 1, 2018
Post category:Win Governor General Election State Elections 2018 Year Result State Type of Election Political Notes Kansas

Eighteen years as Executive Director of the Kansas Recreation and Parks Association, lobbying the legislature on behalf of parks. she was elected to the state Senate in 2004. She experienced the disaster of the Brownback experiment, has the support of moderate Republicans as well as Kansas's Democrats, and could be elected governor.

Political Note #158 Sharice Davids KS CD 03

Post published:August 31, 2018
Post category:Federal Elections Win General Election US Congress 2018 Year Result State US Congress 2018 Type of Election Political Notes Kansas

Sharice Davids in a Native American whose start was not easy. She worked low wage jobs. When she developed a focus, she attended and graduated from University of Missouri -- Kansas City. From there she went to Cornell Law School. Then mergers and acquisitions for Dentons, an enormous law school. She decided she preferred her hobby, mixed martial arts. She decided she would rather help fellow Native Americans become entrepreneurs. From that work, she has moved on to politics.

Political Note #80 Paul Davis KS 02

Post published:November 26, 2017
Post category:Federal Elections General Election Lose US Congress 2018 Year Result State US Congress 2018 Type of Election Political Notes Kansas

Paul Davis was a wunderkind. He was the Kansas House minority leader, then ran for governor. His loss, largely a result of a strip club scandal, set him back. After a stint in a Topeka law firm, he became Assistant Director for Government Affairs for the Insurance Commissioner -- Kathleen Sibelius. Now he is running for Governor.