Sherman Smith

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1,886 appearances 17 recordings 1 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 4d ago

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Kansas Reflector Podcast · Kansas politics round-up with Clay Wirestone and Sherman Smith · 1 Jun 2026 podcast

Um, but uh in a lot of years, by the time you get to November, half the races are more are already decided. voice-verified

You know, one that uh will be contested, I of course is up in Leavenworth for Pat Proctor's seat that he's leaving. voice-verified

Uh we thought it was interesting that former state senator Jeff Pidman is running now for the House. voice-verified

He had been in the House before, um, then moved to the Senate, lost his re-election for the Senate in 2024. voice-verified

Um, he has now filed to get back into that race. voice-verified

Um, there's a Republican on the ballot as well. voice-verified

Um, you know, one of the the interesting things about Pidman, uh a lot of people were upset about the the situation with Core Civic in Levin. voice-verified

His wife Holly Pidman was uh Leavenworth mayor and on the city council, city commission, I should say. voice-verified

Um, you know, she she voted to grant the special use permit to Core Civic to reopen their facility as a nice detention center. voice-verified

And you know, she argued that um the city would have faced serious legal consequences. voice-verified

You can't just deny operation to a business because you don't like them. voice-verified

They, you know, she felt like they did everything they could to set ground rules in this permit to force Core Civic to, you know, be a better operator for this prison. voice-verified

Uh, and that was the decision for her vote. voice-verified

But I think a lot of people, especially a lot of Democrats, were unhappy about that. voice-verified

Um, interesting that um this is happening as Jeff Pittman is trying to get back into politics. voice-verified

Yeah, that's right. voice-verified

And and there's a number of um data centers, as you say, that are being considered now in communities all across Kansas. voice-verified

Um, so look voice-verified

Yeah, a lot of questions about this. voice-verified

Um, you know, Patrick Schmidt, State Senator Democrat from Topeka. voice-verified

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