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Last Updated on Monday, 18 May 2009 09:53 Written by rslcpol Monday, 18 May 2009 09:53
From The Hays Daily News:
But Findley announced immediately that, like Parkinson, he won’t run for office in 2010. Thus, Parkinson’s decision cost Democrats one of their limited opportunities to position someone for the race.
The decision isn’t fatal to Democrats’ hopes of retaining the governor’s office, given that nearly 18 months remain before the November 2010 general election. But Kansas Democrats have lost their biggest star; the person many of them saw as her heir is taking a pass, and they’re still waiting for someone to publicly announce an interest in the governor’s race.
“I have felt like their bench is not very deep,” said House Speaker Mike O’Neal, a Hutchinson Republican. “There just aren’t that many people who are surfacing.”