As the Nation Watches, the Kansas Governor Race Presents an Unusually Distinct Choice
Austerity vs Prosperity, Libertarianism vs Progressiveness.
The ideological argument has sharply elevated the profile of the race, analysts say, and may hold lessons for lawmakers in other states.
The nation is watching. The Kansas tax cuts and credit rating downgrades were issues in the governor’s debate on Thursday — in Iowa.
But the dispute also accentuates the unusually clear choice Kansas voters face in November.
“Kansans do have a very important question in front of them,” said Patrick Ishmael of the conservative Show-Me Institute in Missouri. “How do they want their government to work?”
Such a stark policy difference between two candidates for Kansas governor is unusual. In most other years, Republican and Democratic nominees have disagreed over legislative tactics but have shared roughly similar approaches to state policy.
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