Steve Kraske
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756 appearances
15 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 8 Sep
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Well Professor Squire, there's this new analysis from Ballotpedia that suggests that uh both states, Kansas and Missouri, s Republican legislative supermajorities could be vulnerable.
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How realistic is that possibility this year for the state of Missouri?
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And Professor Middlewood, what about Kansas?
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Uh how realistic is it there that the supermajority could end?
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Hm.
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Can you talk a little m more about um how Republican supermajorities have shaped policymaking in Kansas, Dr.
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Middlewood, in recent years?
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I mean, it's obviously been a challenging dynamic for a Democratic governor like Laura Kelly.
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She's talked about this often, her interest in breaking the supermajority.
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How has policy making been affected?
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I just was gonna ask you about that.
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That's that's one result of all this, right?
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This big election on this uh how we uh get judges appointed, that's on the ballot this time, right?
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Yeah.
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How about in Missouri, Professor Squire?
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Amendments four and five, Professor Squire, has to do with the ending the income tax and also changing the way that constitutional amendments can pass via the will of the people, right?
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If you're just joining us, you're listening to UpToDate on KCUR, we're talking about the Republican supermajorities in both Kansas and Missouri and how vulnerable they might be this year, given that it's supposed to be, at least in theory, a Democratic wave election in 2026.
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Professor Middlewood, you said something interesting a few minutes ago that the battle over ending the supermajority in Kansas must
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Much of it is centered in Johnson County, where there's uh f battles over legislative seats in a county that's begun to shift more democratic, at least, you know, election by election.
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