Wannabe speakers get into position

This legislative session is about more than the tasks at hand. It’s also positioning the parties for the fall campaigns, including the mother of them all — Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ still-unannounced re-election bid. There’s another race under way, too — to succeed retiring House Speaker Doug Mays, R-Topeka. The Topeka Capital-Journal did a helpful primer on the unofficial contenders: Rep. Mike O’Neal (in photo), R-Hutchinson; House Majority Leader Clay Aurand, R-Courtland; House Appropriations Committee Chairman Melvin Neufeld, R-Ingalls; and House Taxation Committee Chairman Kenny Wilk, R-Lansing. Watch what they do and say this spring. It will help determine who ascends in December.
Posted by Rhonda Holman