Tiahrt’s win was almost his biggest

The percentage of the vote that Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, captured to win an eighth term last week was the second-highest in his congressional career, 64 percent to Democratic state Sen. Donald Betts’ 32 percent. Pretty impressive for a conservative Republican in a year when many voters in the country were hostile to his kind and hungry for change. Tiahrt won re-election by 63.5 percent in 2006, 66.1 percent in 2004, 61 percent in 2002, 54 percent in 2000, 58 percent in 1998 and 50 percent in 1996. Meanwhile, Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Lenexa, won re-election last week with 56 percent of the vote and Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Topeka, lost to state Treasurer Lynn Jenkins. But neither Tiahrt’s nor Moore’s victories measured up to that of Rep. Jerry Moran, R-Hays, whose 82 percent of the vote was the highest percentage of any Republican congressional candidate in the nation.

11 Comments

  1. BlueJay
    Posted November 13, 2008 at 7:33 am | Permalink

    The question is asked, “What’s the matter with Kansas?”

    The answer? It does not matter. Kansas is irrelevant.

  2. BlueJay
    Posted November 13, 2008 at 7:36 am | Permalink

    Will the last intelligent person out of Kansas leave instructions on turning the lights out?

  3. Regular
    Posted November 13, 2008 at 7:37 am | Permalink

    I see that Junior has gone to full Lib battle dress, Che Guevara hat and shades and ‘rusty the clown’ t-shirt.

    Guess it took awhile for those ‘original thoughts’ to ferment into the toxic wine of cheesy foment.

  4. Maggotpunk
    Posted November 13, 2008 at 8:22 am | Permalink

    Nice to ponder that Kansans voted for Tiahrt and his policy of massive overspending, outsourcing of jobs, and putting more of a tax burden on the middle and working class. I wonder how they’ll think to reward his failures next time around?

  5. mom
    Posted November 13, 2008 at 9:11 am | Permalink

    Same as usual maggotpunk – they will give him another term.

    But it will be interesting to see what Tiarht does with the new president and congress. Will he be marginalized or will he be the bull in the china shop?

    One thing is for certain, Tiarht is looking out for #1 and I’m sure there is a cushy lobbyist job somewhere with his name attached to the door.

  6. Phantom
    Posted November 13, 2008 at 11:14 am | Permalink

    Kansans vote Republican because like the masochist says “It hurts so good!”

  7. WichiWomn
    Posted November 13, 2008 at 1:27 pm | Permalink

    Too bad Tiahrt didn’t live up to his own campaign promises of term limits.

  8. CapnAmerica
    Posted November 13, 2008 at 1:36 pm | Permalink

    Proving once again, that when Tiahrt is bought by special interests, he stays bought.

  9. FORD1ST
    Posted November 13, 2008 at 3:02 pm | Permalink

    Cry cry cry cry o my it did not go my way.

  10. TomPaine
    Posted November 13, 2008 at 7:23 pm | Permalink

    I see Tiahrt going for brownbacks job in a year

  11. Nathaniel
    Posted November 13, 2008 at 11:59 pm | Permalink

    WichiWomn,

    And just where did Tiahrt promise term limits?