KS-02 Why Nancy Boyda is Getting Safer

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Friday October 17, 2008 · 8:18 AM PDT

2008/10/17 · 08:18

As her Republican opponent files the biggest single quarter fundraising report from a Kansas congressional candidate in the state's history, Congresswoman Nancy Boyda (D-KS) actually finds herself increasingly more secure in her first re-election bid.

Even with a $681,000 quarter and running in a district that went to George W. Bush by double digits, Republican Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins woke up today to not only still find herself behind in cash-on-hand, but she also had to read that The Cook Political Report had moved the race in the Kansas 2nd out of the "Toss Up" column and into "Leans Democratic."

The question is: Why?

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Who will win in the Kansas 2nd?

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Who will win in the Kansas 2nd?

Nancy Boyda (D-Inc)

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Lynn Jenkins (R)

5 votes

Robert Garrard (L)

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Leslie Martin (Rfm)

1 vote

KS-02 Boyda in the Lead!

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Wednesday June 18, 2008 · 5:35 PM PDT

2008/06/18 · 17:35

(Cross posted from Boyda Bloc)

Just as the Republican Primary campaign bursts on to the stage, all of us watching the race in the Kansas 2nd Congressional District got a very, very unexpected surprised today that throws the conventional wisdom about this race right out the window.

Results of a poll conducted in the Kansas 2nd District in May by Anzalone Liszt Research, Inc. shows truly shocking numbers- and proves Congresswoman Nancy Boyda isn't quite as vulnerable as previously thought.

Here they are as they were sent to us:

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Wednesday May 21, 2008 · 10:07 AM PDT

2008/05/21 · 10:07

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

On Monday, Congresswoman Nancy Boyda's re-election became only the second federal campaign in Kansas to file by petition in the last 15 years.

The only other candidate to do so? Nancy Boyda- when she ran the first time in 2004.

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Thursday May 08, 2008 · 3:12 PM PDT

2008/05/08 · 15:12

(Cross posted from Boyda Bloc)

We posted earlier today former Congressman Jim Ryun has received the endorsement of the legislative arm of the Family Research Council, but it wasn't until this afternoon that we looked into FRC Action closer and found out that the endorsement ties Ryun directly to a man who once paid Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke $82,000 for a mailing list and was then fined for trying to cover it up.

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Wednesday May 07, 2008 · 9:16 AM PDT

2008/05/07 · 09:16

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

Yesterday, the Kansas Republican Party threw up a post on their official blog, The Kansas Trunkline (Trunkline? Seriously?) that reopens an old wound for the KS GOP: Their massive, massive failure to make Congresswoman Nancy Boyda's vote to renew and extend FISA somehow akin to letting terrorists sleep in her guest bedroom.

While this is an argument that has been a losing one for the Kansas Republican Party for months at this point, they continue to harp on it in an effort to mislead and misinform the voters of the state of Kansas. Why? Because they're so out-of-touch they don't realize it's hurting them.

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Friday April 18, 2008 · 8:34 AM PDT

2008/04/18 · 08:34

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

Congresswoman Nancy Boyda did the right thing last year when she voted to prevent Congress's automatic pay increase from going into effect. She went above and beyond to do even more when she co-sponsored the bill that would have prevented it.

At the time she said:

"In my district, the median wage is still going down, so it just doesn’t seem right for Congress to take care of itself," Boyda said. "I guess maybe it depends where you’re coming from . . . . If we get a pay raise, I will donate it to charity."

It went into effect anyway.

In a press release today, Congresswoman Boyda said she thought long and hard about what to do with the money added to her pay that she had worked to prevent, finally deciding to create a $1,500 scholarship for a 2nd District high school senior.

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Thursday April 10, 2008 · 6:58 AM PDT

2008/04/10 · 06:58

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)
After another report from General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker before Congress, Congresswoman Nancy Boyda's public statements seem to be very similar to the statements she made after their last update.

"When it comes to Iraq, I think everyone is rejoicing that we have increased stability," Boyda said. "The question is, what does that mean to our strategic readiness? What does it mean to our ability to defend our homeland?"

In a pair of articles in the Topeka Capitol-Journal and the Pittsburg Morning Sun, Boyda again called for a draw-down of US troops in Iraq- not necessarily for the preparations of total withdrawal, but so the ever worsening situation in Afghanistan can be address and our overall strategic readiness can be improved.

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Saturday March 15, 2008 · 11:07 AM PDT

2008/03/15 · 11:07

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

On Friday, Congresswoman Nancy Boyda did something courageous. She did something brave. She did something historic.

And she did what was right.

On Friday, Congresswoman Nancy Boyda voted for an update of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillances Act, or FISA. She voted, in every procedural motion, to send the House version of the bill- the version without retroactive immunity for the phone companies- to the floor for a vote. It's exactly the way she voted in August, too.

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Monday March 10, 2008 · 7:11 AM PDT

2008/03/10 · 07:11

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

March is Women's History Month, so it's fitting Congresswoman Nancy Boyda opened the month by delivering the keynote at an event held to recognize the contribution women have made to Kansas history.

According to the article, Boyda talked at some length about her childhood, saying that she was raised with some mixed signals about the role of women in society.

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Friday March 07, 2008 · 6:42 AM PST

2008/03/07 · 06:42

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

Newsflash: Jim Ryun has sworn off earmarks if returned to Congress, in a move that seems much more like a chain smoker announcing, "This time I'm really going to," rather than like a principled stand taken by a would-be elected official.

A shout out to our right-wing wacko "friends" at Bounce Boyda and Stay Red Kansas for breaking this story- but, funny, they seem to have left something out. What could it be...oh, that's right, the fact Jim Ryun is a flip-flopper and a hypocrite.

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Thursday March 06, 2008 · 6:36 AM PST

2008/03/06 · 06:36

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

Those of you not in Kansas have, unfortunately, missed out on the latest turn in the Republican primary race between the nuts trying to unseat freshmen Democrat Nancy Boyda.

It's come down to a man who was kicked out of office for unethical ties to lobbyists calling his major opponent unethical for taking free TV ads from a company she gave a state contract to.

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Tuesday February 26, 2008 · 5:48 AM PST

2008/02/26 · 05:48

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

In late January, we challenged all of you to create a YouTube video for Congresswoman Nancy Boyda. The YouTube revolution has changed the way people campaign, and we thought it was high time Congresswoman Boyda was part of that new wave of campaigning.

The response was great- so awesome we decided that we couldn't really post them all here for you to see. So, we got together and picked out a winner. It just so happens our winner was one of the very last one's received, and it's quite topical: It thanks Nancy Boyda for defending our civil liberties since she's been our member of Congress.

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