With seventy-some days to the 2018 general election, Greg Orman has become reviled by Democrats and others as a spoiler, who could easily help far-right Republican Kris Kobach win election as governor of Kansas.
It didnt have to be that way.
In 2014, heading into the last few days of his U.S. Senate campaign, Orman was running neck and neck with three-term incumbent Republican Pat Roberts. His funding was adequate, his name recognition had shot up, and his independent campaigns theme of shaking things up in gridlocked Washington resonated with Kansas voters.
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Orman as Governor: The road not taken
