TOPEKA – Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh will help lead the statewide gubernatorial bid for U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback.
The two men made the announcement Thursday at the Kansas GOP headquarters in Topeka.
“Ron Thornburgh is a model public servant – hard working, effective, principled and honest” Brownback said.
Thornburgh, who had previously contemplated running for governor himself said he and Brownback “share the same priorities… it is time we reinvest in the state of Kansas.”
The four-time secretary of state admitted that working on Brownback’s campaign was not the opportunity he initially anticipated but “I’m OK with that,” he said.
Brownback praised Thornburgh saying his joining the campaign would help unite the GOP across the state.
Both Thornburgh and Brownback said any discussion on whether the secretary of state might later join the campaign as a running mate were premature.
Thornburgh joins John Petersen of Overland Park, the former finance chair for Gov. Bill Graves; Wichita City Councilwoman Sue Schlapp and Garden City Commissioner Reynaldo Mesa as co-chars on the statewide campaign.
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Now isn’t that just special
WHAT A WONDERFUL TEAM–A WINNING TEAM! ON TO VICTORY IN 2010.
Very cool. Sign me up.
Nothing like a radical right guy to wake up the moderates.
Not a lot of support here. I expected a lot of right wing republican back slapping and hollaring. Where did they all go? Maybe it’s like suspected, most Kansans are moderates on both sides of the isle. Brownback is not a moderate choice. There is still time for a challenger.
Two long-time government career employees. No vision. Just what we need to lead our Kansas government back from the brink.