The Kansas City Star had the right headline. Cenk Uygur, and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.
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Unbelievable election night. No matter what the results end up being, there is a giant cloud cast over the Kansas primaries. It could be a computer glich or some genuine shady shit but there needs to be massive investigation done beginning IMMEDIATELY
BREAKING: Democrat Sharice Davids wins election for KS 3rd US House by 2,088 votes, according to KS Secretary of State‘s office.
With 59% of precincts now reporting, Sharice Davids is still gaining on Brent Welder; she is only behind by 113 votes!
Similarly, Sharice Davids‘ lead over Brent Welder in Johnson County two updates ago was 2,599. The last update increased her lead to 3,131 over Welder. Davids still trails 113 votes in the overall tally.
JoCo election commission: 1 encrypted USB drive for each of the 196 voting locations. Each one should take seconds to upload. Tonight, they are taking around one minute (or more).
Multiple that by 196 and you get a LONG delay
Officials cite ‚slow reporting‘ for Johnson County vote delay
The county recently spent more than $10 million on 2,100 new voting machines. It‘s unclear if Tuesday‘s delay is connected to the new machines.
The results were key in determining the outcomes of two high-profile races: the Republican nomination for Kansas governor and the Democratic nomination for the 3rd Congressional District.
HUGE NEWS. A new, independent poll has us WINNING the primary! We‘re @ 35%, Davids @ 21%, Niermann @ 15%, Sidie-McCamon-Willaims @ 12% total, 17% undecided. And, an earlier indep poll has us up 7% over Yoder in the general! #ksleg #ksed #ksleg #kansas #overyoder #yeswekansas
Can a liberal agenda that sells in the Bronx win over voters in Kansas?
(10.7.2018) He’d raised tens of thousands of dollars from liberals looking for their next cause, and finding it in the suburbs of Kansas City, with a candidate running proudly on “Medicare for all” and a $15 minimum wage.
“People keep asking, are these the kind of ideas that a candidate can talk about and be successful in Kansas?” said Welder, a 37-year-old labor lawyer. “What I’ve learned on this campaign is that the only way we can be successful is by talking about these ideas.”
Why Isn‘t The Democratic Party Backing This Popular Progressive?
Brent Welder is a staunch progressive that is running in one of the reddest states in the union. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss.