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The Concordia Blade-Empire has a rich history of newspaper publication in the county. The paper today has its roots in two separate newspapers. (Several sources, including Janet Pease Emerey's book on the history of Concordia claim a third newspaper, The Republican, merged and/or was purchased by The Republican Valley Empire).
The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party in Kansas of the United States Republican Party.The Kansas Republican Party was organized in May 1859. At the state level, the party is largely split between its moderate and conservative ideological factions, with the moderates often willing to work with Democrats on legislation and other matters. [2]
Kansas Free State - Lawrence [5] [6] Kiowa County Signal – Greensburg; Lawrence Republican – Lawrence – vol. 3 in 1859–60; St John News – St. John; Topeka State Journal (1892–1980) [7] The Winfield Daily Courier – Winfield (Now combined into the Cowley Courier Traveler)
Democrats are on a mission to break the Republican supermajorities in the Kansas Statehouse in the 2024 elections, and a major part of the strategy is to flip two Topeka seats.
The Wyandotte Constitution was approved in a referendum by a vote of 10,421 to 5,530 on October 4, 1859. In April 1860, the United States House of Representatives voted 134 to 73 to admit Kansas under the Wyandotte Constitution; however, Senators from slave-holding states resisted passing the measure in the United States Senate.
Kansas Democrats believe their path to breaking the Republican stronghold in the Legislature runs through Johnson County, where flipping a handful of seats would hand Gov. Laura Kelly leverage ...
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Kansas: Governor; Lieutenant governor; Secretary of state; Attorney general; State treasurer; Insurance commissioner; The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate; State House of Representatives; State delegation to the U.S. Senate
Wyandotte County has long been one of the few reliably Democratic strongholds in Republican-leaning Kansas. In the county, 47% of registered voters are Democrats, compared to just 26% statewide.