Folks, I don't have a regular following. I mostly post comments on KOS, rather than diaries. Kos helps me find the candidates who I can support nationally, because I cannot make much difference in Washington from this district in Texas.
Please don't hold that against me as I post a rare diary asking for help in a tight, tight race that WE CAN SWING!
KS-02, held by Jim Ryun, former track star and now born-again ultra conservative, is truly in play. Various election watch groups have moved it from Republican Safe to "Leans Republican."
Democrat Nancy Boyda can WIN this race! Let's help her out with donations and volunteering!
http://www.nancyforcongress.com
As many of you know, Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius has been a Blue Force to be reckoned with. She has brought former State Republican Party Chairmen into the Democratic fold. She has tirelessly fought the "creationist mentality" that has gripped the State Board of Education and various other offices. Kansas really is turning Blue and we can help make sure it gets there!
Nancy Boyda is a former Republican who turned Democratic out of disgust for what's been going on. The NY Times Election Website shows Jim Ryun as one of the most conservative members of Congress
http://www.nytimes.com/...
Let's throw him out of office in favor of a Bluer Congresswoman: Nancy Boyda!
Please help today with your donations or volunteering for the campaign. (I only wish I had known of this earlier - I would have said something about my home state and home district, but I have not lived there for 14 years.)
The right-wing slime machine has started up its nasty robo-call campaign against Nancy:
ROBO CALL NOTICE!!!!
Someone is flooding homes with harassing robo calls. They are making it sound like many are coming from the Boyda campaign. These calls are part of the dirty tricks funded by billion dollar lobbyists from back East.
Our campaign made only one call last week and it was a positive message. Please download this message and pass it one to your email contacts and ask everyone to vote for Nancy Boyda. Nancy will expand the privacy no call list to stop political robo calls. Ryun voted to allow these political calls and is now using them in this campaign.
Send Nancy some more money to counter the slime machine! http://www.nancyforcongress.com
The race is tightening! It is within a couple percentage points either way!
Democrat Closing Gap as Race With Ryun Nears Finish Line
CQPolitics.com
By Nathan Levinson | 12:57 PM; Nov. 01, 2006
CQPolitics.com has changed its rating on the race in Kansas' 2nd District to Republican Favored from Safe Republican. The switch signifies an analysis that five-term Republican Rep. Jim Ryun remains very likely to win, but an upset by Democratic nominee Nancy Boyda can no longer be completely ruled out.
Ryun admits he is in trouble and Bush swings in to help:
Ryun concedes race is tight
Lawrence Journal World
By Scott Rothschild
Tuesday, October 31
Topeka -- U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun, R-Lawrence, today conceded that he is in a tight race with Democrat Nancy Boyda after denying for weeks that the contest was close.
Further evidence that an upset may be brewing is that President Bush reportedly will visit Topeka to help shore up support for Ryun, a five-term incumbent.
Anything we can do to elect more Blue Officeholders in Kansas will reduce the Ryun-type Creationists. Won't you help today, by contributing or volunteering in Nancy Boyda's quest to oust Jim Ryun and give Kansas back to the Progressives who founded the state over 150 years ago?
Please help! Please Contribute Today!
http://www.nancyforcongress.com