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After giving Gov. Sam Brownback (R) a free hand to turn Kansas into a science lab for hard-right policy experiments for more than five disastrous years, voters finally yanked the leash Tuesday night. At least 11 separate conservative members of the legislature lost their primaries to more moderate Republicans in the state, with a number of contests still too close to call with confidence.
Brownback lost five other Senate allies in Tuesday’s primaries in addition to his Majority Leader. A special education administrator named Bruce Givens beat Sen. Forrest Givens, “one of the most conservative” people in the legislature.
The Brownbacklash Is Finally Here: Kansas Primary Voters Send Conservatives Packing
And for anyone who think this is just a temporary set back.
Kansas lawmakers just dared Sam Brownback to veto Medicaid expansion
A bill to expand Medicaid eligibility under Obamacare passed the Kansas Senate on Tuesday morning, setting up a showdown with arch-conservative Gov. Sam Brownback (R).
Brownback is philosophically opposed to the expansion, which in-state analysts estimate would cover 150,000 currently uninsured people. But with the state’s budget in disastrous shape because of his “real, live experiment” with right-wing tax policy over the past several years, Republican allies have already begun to break stride with the governor.