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Nov. 5, 2014, Issue 11

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Washburn University

Volume 141, Issue 11

November 5, 2014

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INSIDE:

News

Page 4: Animal Planet’s Jeff Corwin visits White Concert Hall, speaks on the importance of conservation.

Campus Life

Page 2: Results from the 2014 Kansas midterm elections.

Sports

Page 10: WU running back Vershon Moore rushes for 306 yards in win against Emporia.

Arts & Entertainment

Page 11: Mulvane Art Museum continues Dia De Los Muertos celebration with art exhibit.

Brownback wins re-election

Republicans dominate Kansas GOP officials. Pat Roberts win over Independent In winning, Brownback over- Greg Orman by a margin of eight midterm elections. Roberts, Kobach and came national backlash for a tax points. Secretary of State Kris Koplan deemed regressive by critics, bach won out over democratic opBrownback all retain office. a rapidly growing budget deficit ponent Jean Schodorf, and republiRyan Ogle WASHBURN REVIEW

Despite trailing throughout most of the evening as election results rolled in, Republican incumbent governor Sam Brownback pulled out a last-minute victory over democratic challenger Paul Davis.

In a race that captured the attention of media across the country, Brownback eked out a narrow win, earning 49 percent of Kansans’ votes versus Davis’ 47 percent. Pre-election polls and political experts alluded to almost sure win for Davis, who earned political endorsement from more than 100

and an education funding plan that detractors fear could put Kansas schools in dire straits. Late Tuesday night, Davis conceded the race to Brownback, who will serve his second term as governor of Kansas. Other races saw Republican

can candidates swept all four U.S. House of Representative seats.

Ryan Ogle, ryan.ogle@ washburn.edu, is a senior mass media major.


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