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Will a litmus test on abortion sink Kansas Democrat’s bid for governor?
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Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jul 05, 2017 12:08am |
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Category | General |
Author | Lindsay Wise and Bryan Lowry |
News Date | Monday, July 3, 2017 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | WASHINGTON
Republicans in Kansas say Josh Svaty is the Democrat they most fear in a general election for governor next year. But because of Planned Parenthood, his candidacy could be doomed.
He’s an “extremist,” the group says of the charismatic, 37-year-old farmer from Ellsworth, Kansas with an anti-abortion voting record. Laura McQuade, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, has vowed to stop Svaty “from gaining even the slightest political foothold in Kansas.”
Svaty’s predicament is a case study of the dilemma facing Democrats: Should the party make issues such as abortion a litmus test for candidates, even if insisting on ideological purity could cost it at the polls? |
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