Kansas roundup

News from Kansas seems to be that Bacon & Willard won their primaries and Morris & Patzer lost, being replaced by pro-science Republicans. As Nick notes, "[t]he likelihood is therefore that the new Board of Education will switch from being a 6-4 pro-creationism majority to at least a 6-4 pro-science majority (depending on the November general election). This probably means the pro-ID/creationism science standards are history." Things are looking good for Kansas at last.

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In case you've not heard, several the pro-science candidates for the Kansas Board of Education were victorious in the primary election last night. If current results hold, it looks like the creationists on the 10-member Kansas Board of Education have lost two seats in the Republican primary. The…
Reposted from the old TfK, where it was picked up by the Dailykos, MSNBC, and many others. For the Board of Ed: Waugh won re-election. There's no Republican challenge, so that seat remains safe. Cauble appears to have beat Morris! Only 68% of the precincts have reported (with several urban…
After losing her seat in last week's elections, outgoing Kansas school board member Connie Morris says it's everyone else's fault, not hers: A conservative member of the Kansas State Board of Education claims the "lying liberal media" defeated her in last week's primary election. She and other…
The Johnson County Sun is a fairly Republican paper, and its endorsements of incumbent Republicans as Insurance Commissioner, Treasurer and Secretary of State are pro forma. It's endorsement of Don Weiss over John Bacon is far from automatic. The editors clearly thought hard, and came down behind…

It looks like evolution is happening, in the Board of Education, of all places. Or the switch in majority could be an example of Intelligent Design, how ironic.