After the news broke this morning of KS-03 Congressman Dennis Moore’s retirement after this term, it seems as though every conceivable Republican has expressed some interest and/or intent to run. According to the Kansas City Star’s Primebuzz, “for sure” or possible candidates in the KS-03 Republican primary include:
- Former State Rep. Patricia Lightner, who was declared before today’s announcement, remains a candidate in the race;
- Kansas House Appropriations Chairman Kevin Yoder;
- Nick Jordan, the former Kansas State Senator who ran against Moore in 2008 and was handily defeated;
- Charlotte O’Hara, who ran unsuccessfully twice for the Johnson County Commission against Annabeth Surbaugh;
- Greg Musil, an Overland Park attorney and former Legislative Assistant to former U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker, who ran against Moore for the KS-03 Congressional seat in 2000; and
- Kansas State Senator Dr. Jeff Colyer.
Smells like some political opportunism brewing in KS-03.









