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====Republican low point and recovery (2006β2008)==== The Republicans hit a low point in the 2006 election when Kathleen Sebelius won re-election as governor, Phill Kline lost his re-election bid as attorney general, and Jim Ryan lost his re-election bid for the Second Congressional District. Moreover, Mark Parkinson, former state party chair, became a Democrat and ran as Sebelius' lieutenant governor. This left the Republicans holding only three of the six statewide offices and only two of four Congressional seats. Intra-party factional feuding between moderates and conservatives reached new intensity, with some moderate leaders openly endorsing Democratic candidates. In 2008, however, the Republicans regained the initiative. The Kansas Democrats, in the year of Obama, poured money and effort into Kansas, but came up short, losing the Second Congressional District to Lynn Jenkins and showing no consequential gains in state legislative races. Republican success in 2008 was due to an energetic slate of candidates and to the statewide campaign organization of U.S. Senator [[Pat Roberts]]. The Roberts organization, under campaign manager David Kensinger, invested in and developed a statewide structure to conduct an effective grassroots campaign, registering and identifying Republican voters and then effectively getting them out the vote. =====2006 election cycle===== * '''U.S. Senate<ref name="house.gov2006">Statistics of the Congressional Elections of November 7, 2006, http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2006election.pdf</ref>''': ''There was no United States Senate election'' * '''U.S. Congress<ref name="house.gov2006"/>''': The Republicans lost one U.S. Congressional seat. [[Jerry Moran]] in the 1st District and Todd Tiahrt in the 4th District held their seats. Incumbent [[Jim Ryun]] in the 2nd District lost to Democrat [[Nancy Boyda]]. Chuck Ahner lost to incumbent Democrat [[Dennis Moore (politician)|Dennis Moore]] in the 3rd District * '''Kansas Statewides<ref name="kssos"/>''': After a seven-way primary, Jim Barnett and [[Susan Wagle]] lost the gubernatorial election to incumbent Democrat [[Kathleen Sebelius]]. [[Phill Kline]] lost his re-election bid for attorney general to Democrat Paul Morrison, who later resigned in a scandal and was replaced by [[Steve Six]]. [[Ron Thornburgh]] won re-election as Secretary of State and after he resigned in 2010 was replaced by Democrat [[Chris Biggs]]. [[Sandy Praeger]] won re-election as the insurance commissioner. [[Lynn Jenkins]] won re-election as treasurer. She resigned as state treasurer after winning the 2nd Congressional District in 2008 and was replaced by Democrat [[Dennis McKinney]] * '''Kansas House<ref name="kssos"/>''': After the election and some defections to the Democrats, the Republicans held 78 House seats, a net loss of 5 seats. The House elected [[Melvin Neufeld]] as Speaker; Don Dahl as Speaker Pro Tem; [[Raymond Merrick|Ray Merrick]] as Majority Leader, and [[Jene Vickrey]] as Assistant Majority Leader *'''State Party<ref name="Official KSGOP Records"/>''': In January 2007, the State Committee elected [[Kris Kobach]] as chair; Sharon Meissner as vice-chair; Beverly Caley as secretary; and David Thorne as treasurer. The conservative faction continued to control the party. The executive director for 2007β2008 was Christian Morgan =====2008 election cycle===== * '''President<ref name="house.gov2008">Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Elections of November 4, 2008, http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2008election.pdf</ref>''': In the year Democrat [[Barack Obama]] was elected president, Republican candidate [[John McCain]] carried Kansas by a wide margin. In the Kansas Presidential Caucus, Mike Huckabee prevailed. The national Republican convention was in St Paul, Minnesota. The Presidential electors were: Tom Arpke, David Kensinger, Mike Pompeo, Jeff Colyer, Kris Kobach, and Helen Van Etten * <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2008-certificates/|title=U. S. Electoral College 2008 Election - Certificates|work=archives.gov}}</ref> * '''U.S. Senate<ref name="house.gov2008" />''': [[Pat Roberts]] won re-election to the Senate by a large margin defeating former Democratic Congressman Jim Slattery * '''U.S. Congress<ref name="house.gov2008" />''': [[Jerry Moran]], in the 1st District, and [[Todd Tiahrt]], in the 4th District, won re-election to Congress. In a close race, [[Lynn Jenkins]] defeated incumbent Democrat [[Nancy Boyda]] to win the 2nd District, after defeating [[Jim Ryun]] in the primary. [[Nick Jordan (politician)|Nick Jordan]] lost to incumbent Democrat [[Dennis Moore (politician)|Dennis Moore]] in the 3rd District * '''Kansas Senate<ref name="kssos" />''': The Republicans gained a seat in the Kansas Senate winning 31 seats. The Senate re-elected Steve Morris as Senate President; [[John Vratil]] as Senate Vice President; [[Derek Schmidt]] as Majority Leader, and Vicki Schmidt as Assistant Majority Leader * '''Kansas House<ref name="kssos" />''': The Republicans held their ground but lost a seat to a subsequent defection, leaving them with 77 seats. The House elected, in a surprise upset, [[Michael O'Neal]] as Speaker over the previous Speaker [[Melvin Neufeld]]; [[Arlen Siegfreid]] as Speaker Pro Tem; [[Raymond Merrick|Ray Merrick]] as Majority Leader; and Peggy Mast as Assistant Majority Leader
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