Congressional: For the first time in over 40 years, the Kansas Democrats failed to mount a serious challenge to any of the Republican candidates.

Kansas Democrats, a beleaguered minority, lampooned the resignation as an effort to move a campaign that was dead in the water.

Ms. O'Dell accepted the opportunity to challenge the Senate Republican leader after more than a dozen Kansas Democrats passed up the chance.

Such a prospect, however, has stirred some controversy, Representative Dan Glickman, a Kansas Democrat, noted the other day.

He told Representative Jim Slattery, a Kansas Democrat, that the "most obvious" one was to permit banks to operate across state lines.

Kansas Democrats, moreover, have a strong standard-bearer in the incumbent governor, Kathleen Sebelius, who has distanced herself from the debate.

But for Kansas Democrats, whose memories of the 1974 campaign are still fresh, Mr. Dole's current difficulties seem more than a little ironic.

October 3, 2009 - Top Kansas Democrats met in Wichita for their annual Demofest gathering.

Representative Jim Slattery, a Kansas Democrat, led the attack.

Representative Dan Glickman, a Kansas Democrat who also serves on the intelligence panel, wants the post as well.