Moore breezes past Kobach’s challenge

[pstokely]

http://www.kansan.com/getstory.aspx?id=72ab9b89-6e12-4beb-9af4-33ce489cce32

Moore breezes past Kobach’s challenge

By Stephanie Farley and Andy Hyland
Kansan Staff Reporters Enlarge Photo Photo Gallery

Democratic congressman Dennis Moore and Governer Katherine Sebelius, lead a jubilant crowd in singing 'This Land is Your Land' in celebration of Moore's re-election. Moore and his supporters celebrated yesturday at the Ritz Charles in Overland Park. (John Tran/KANSAN)
Incumbent congressman Dennis Moore easily defeated challenger Kris Kobach yesterday in the 3rd District U.S. House of Representatives race. The win was Moore’s biggest margin of victory since his first race in 1998.

In the 3rd district, which covers Wyandotte County, Johnson County and a portion of Douglas County, Moore won more than 50 percent of the vote. He carried 70 percent of Wyandotte County and 50 percent of Johnson County and —- percent of Douglas County. Kobach got 28 percent of the vote in Wyandotte County, 48 percent in Johnson County and —- percent in Douglas County. Candidates Joe Bellis, Libertarian party, and Richard Well, Reform party, got approximately 1 percent each in each of the three counties.

More than 500 supporters packed the first floor of the Ritz Charles hall in Overland Park and watched the results on big screen televisions.

[SheilaT]

1. What never fails to astonish me

is the claim that Moore is liberal, or far to the left. In most other states he'd be a moderate Republican, but compared to the extreme right wing, which Kobach and his supporters are typical examples of, I guess then Dennis is a leftie.

[atommom]

2. Compared to Kobach, almost anyone is a leftie! I'm SO glad he lost.