Todd Tiahrt was there -- along with a bus-load of backers from the Wichita area. Jerry Moran was not.
In a straw poll at the Olathe Republican Party's annual Picnic and Straw Poll Saturday at the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop, Tiahrt grabbed a big win in a straw poll faceoff.
Tiahrt and Moran, both members of Congress, are squaring off in the GOP primary next year for the U.S. Senate.
Saturday's results:
Tiahrt: 165 votes.
Moran: 46.
The 3rd District, which encompasses the site of the poll, is a major battleground in the primary race given that Moran hails from Hays and Tiahrt from Wichita.
Organizers also staged a 3rd District Congress straw poll for the right, presumably, to take on Democratic incumbent Dennis Moore next year.
Those results:
Patricia Lightner: 74.
Macie Houston: 33
Daniel Gilyeat: 30
Darla Jaye: (write-in): 24.
For governor:
Sam Brownback: 197
Other: 12.
Secretary of State:
Kris Kobach: 192
JR Claeys: 22
President -- 2012
Sarah Palin: 76
Mike Huckabee: 54
Mitt Romney: 52
Bobby Jindal: 19
Ron Paul: 9
Writer and talk show host Jack Cashill presented the first annual Rich Nadler Freedom Fighter Award to Barbara LeClerq for her steadfast support of her husband, the late Rich Nadler, and for her selfless devotion to the cause of freedom. The entire day was dedicated to Nadler.
