Moore has had enough of House

moore,dennisWith Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Lenexa, reportedly ready to give up his 3rd Congressional District after six terms, is Kansas looking at an all-red delegation in 2011? Moore, who grew up in Wichita and was Johnson County’s district attorney for three terms, has survived aggressive GOP attempts to unseat him for the past decade in the heavily Republican district. The rush of heavy hitters interested in succeeding Moore include state Rep. Kevin Yoder, state Sen. Jeff Colyer and former state Sen. Nick Jordan. Moore will release a statement on his own future later today. With three open House seats and one open Senate spot, Kansas’ congressional delegation will see more turnover in 2011 than it has since the 1990s, potentially leaving one-term Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, as the senior House member.

6 Comments

  1. Regular
    Posted November 23, 2009 at 1:19 pm | Permalink

    I’m sure the Crats can find a suitable replacement from Johnson-Lib county participants. If not, I’m sure a carpet-bagger move can be arranged.

  2. Chrisfrommactown
    Posted November 23, 2009 at 4:33 pm | Permalink

    They might end up with a Representative with an “R” beside the name, But you can bet it will be somebody from the Bill Graves/Carla Stovall wing of the party. Ug, I think I’d rather have Moore.

  3. JWink
    Posted November 23, 2009 at 5:19 pm | Permalink

    I’m wondering if U.S. Congressman Dennis Moore might return to Kansas to run for Governor. What people here might not know is Dennis Moore was a very popular Johnson County district attorney/prosecutor for three terms before running for U.S. Congress. As far as I know, Dennis has never lost an election.

    Dennis Moore’s father was an attorney in downtown Wichita. Friendly guy … I talked with him in his law office in the Board of Trade building about ten years ago. I believe he had served in the Sedgwick County district attorney’s office at one time. Any lawyers with a long memory on here?

    My point is I believe Dennis Moore could easily win the Kansas Governor’s office in a race against former Topeka disc jockey, Sam Brownback.

  4. BobChi
    Posted November 23, 2009 at 7:19 pm | Permalink

    How is it a heavily Republican district? It’s elected Moore several times, and went narrowly for Obama in 2008. I agree that in a normal year it probably leans Republican, and that 2010 is shaping up as a more Republican year than recent cycles have been, but I think Democrats have a fair chance at holding the seat with a strong candidate. I don’t know who that would be, though. Nor is he likely to run for Governor. That House seat would be a much easier race if he were interested in electoral politics this time around.

  5. Monkeyhawk
    Posted November 23, 2009 at 7:36 pm | Permalink

    If you’re gonna run a state-wide race, go for the Senate seat.

    Toad and Moron are gonna have a bloody primary.

    Even a Democrat might win if he gets through the pro forma candidates Democrats have on tap.

    I don’t think it’s gonna happen.

    But it would be delightful to watch.

  6. Politico
    Posted November 24, 2009 at 12:12 pm | Permalink

    The dims are missing their queen. She would have come in with her magic wand (aka as a hammer) with a candidate and she whould make sure the money was available.

    The queen did not really care about her fellow dims. She was all about herself. She took her money and left the dims without much money or candidates.

    The queen had tapped the liberal R’s because there were no dims willing to do her bidding. Now the dims are left without a dim or a liberal R to run as one of their candidates.

    How funny is that?