KRA Stays Neutral in Senate, 2nd and 3rd Congressional District Primaries

MEDIA ADVISORY
For Immediate Release
June 22, 2010

KRA Stays Neutral in Senate, 2nd and 3rd Congressional District Primaries
Calls on Tiahrt, Anderson to Refuse Endorsement from Fake Group

Comments Attributed to Charlotte Esau, Executive Director, Kansas Republican Assembly

“We have received several questions regarding our endorsement votes taken during Saturday’s endorsement convention that were released late last night. The primary questions center around KRA’s actions in the contested primaries for the U.S. Senate, 2nd Congressional District and 3rd Congressional District. Just as clarification, votes were taken in all three of those races and no candidate received the 2/3 vote necessary to achieve an endorsement. The official Kansas Republican Assembly position on those races is neutral. This indicates a very a mixed feeling among conservative Republican activists in these races.

It has come to our attention that a rogue organization portraying themselves as the Kansas Republican Assembly is stating today that the organization endorsed Todd Tiahrt in the U.S. Senate primary. This organization also tried to lead people to believe the Kansas Republican Assembly had endorsed Jim Anderson in the 4th District Congressional race. This is a group whose own release states they have fewer than twenty members. The official Kansas Republican Assembly has not endorsed Todd Tiahrt in the U.S. Senate primary or Jim Anderson in his race for Congress and we respectfully call on the Tiahrt and Anderson campaigns to refuse the endorsement of this rogue group so that individuals are not confused by this group’s actions.

Congressional District Candidate Mike Pompeo called the Kansas Republican Assembly, ‘THE leading traditional Republican grassroots organization all across Kansas.’ We appreciate Mike’s kind words and look forward to helping elect him as the new Congressman from Kansas 4th Congressional District”