A Kansas City, Kansas, legislative seat may be up for grabs

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A Kansas City, Kansas, legislative seat may be up for grabs

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Oct 27, 2022

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Will the Kansas House's 35th District in Kansas City, Kansas, break its 30-year Democratic streak and send a Republican to the statehouse? Plus: Remembering Charles Wheeler, the feisty and forceful former Kansas City, Missouri, mayor, who died on Tuesday.

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A Kansas City, Kansas, legislative seat may be up for grabs

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