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+Sam Brownback/Jeff Colyer (R) 
530,760
 		63.28%
Tom Holland/Kelly Kultala (D)
 		270,166
 		32.21%
Andrew P. Gray/Stacey Davis (L)
 		22,460
 		2.68%
Ken W. Cannon/Dan Faubion (F) 15,397
 		1.84%
Heath C. Norris (w/in)
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 		838,790
 		 
Plurality: 260,594 votes (31.07 percentage points)
 KS Secretary of State



REPUBLICAN PICK UP
Notes:  On Apr. 28, 2009 the U.S. Senate confirmed Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, and then Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson (D), a former Republican, was sworn in as governor.  Parkinson opted not to run for governor in 2010, creating the open seat.  U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback (R) easily defeated state Sen. Tom Holland (D), Andrew Gray (L) and Ken Cannon (Reform) for a Republican pick up.

Brownback was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996 after serving one term in the House, and seven years as Kansas Secretary of Agriculture.  He unsuccessfully sought the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, withdrawing in Oct. 2007 (>).  In the Aug. 3 primary, Brownback defeated Joan Heffington by a 82.1% to 17.8% margin.

Holland was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.  He runs an IT consulting business in Baldwin City (Topeka area), and was elected to the State House in 2002 and the State Senate in 2008.

Brownback and Holland debated at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson on Sept. 11.  The four candidates on the ballot participated in the only televised debate at KWCH-12 studios in Wichita on Oct. 7 (>).


Campaign Managers:
Sam Brownback:  David Kensinger
Founding president (2004) of Kensinger & Associates, a consulting firm in Topeka.  Campaign manager on Sen. Pat Roberts' 2008 re-election.  Senior advisor on Brownback's presidential campaign, 2007.  Chaired the Shawnee County Republican Party and served as executive director of Kansas Club for Growth in the 2006 cycle.  Chief of staff to Sen. Brownback, for three years starting in May 2001.  Executive director of GOPAC starting in late 1999 after serving some months as acting executive director.  Worked briefly as a senior research executive at Wirthlin Worldwide.  Campaign chairman for Brownback's 1998 re-election campaign; legislative assistant in the Senate office; deputy campaign manager for Brownback's 1996 Senate campaign; legislative assistant in the House office; driver on Brownback's 1994 congressional campaign.  Graduate of Williams College (in Massachusetts), 1993.  Native of Topeka.
 
Tom Holland:  Dana Houle
Campaign manager on Jim Himes for Congress (CT), 2008.  Chief of staff fo U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (NH), 2007 and campaign manager on Hodes for Congress, 2006.


See also:
A.G. Sulzberger.  "Kansas Governor's Race Seen Redefining G.O.P."  The New York Times, Oct. 21, 2010.

Tim Carpenter.  "Former Kansas Gov. Parkinson claims to have 'Forrest Gumped' his way to the state's top job."  Kansas Reflector, May 9, 2022.






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