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Kansas Liberty: 29 January 2009
Political veteran may meet fellow GOP congressman in primary
Moran makes Senate candidacy official
U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran filed paperwork today making him the first official candidate to seek the Senate seat that is being vacated by Sen. Sam Brownback.
His congressional colleague, Rep. Todd Tiahrt, is also seriously exploring a bid.
"In my travels across the state, Kansans have been encouraging me to run for this Senate seat and I have listened," Moran said in a press release issued Thursday afternoon.
"My first priority has always been the people I represent, the people of Kansas. And what I hear from Kansans is that they are tired of politics as usual in Washington, D.C.”
Moran said his campaign would focus on getting the country “back on track.”
That sentiment dovetails with the results of a poll commissioned by the campaign, parts of which were released Wednesday, that showed 77 percent of Republican primary voters believed the country is on the wrong track.
Moran was first elected to the U.S. House in 1997, after serving for seven years in the Kansas Senate, the last two as majority leader.
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