Almost Explained: Boyda Vs Schmidt In Kansas Congressional Contest

Smarter readers are keeping their eye on this low-key battle that could have major consequences moving forward . . . Here's a worthwhile roundup from a recent event:

Second congressional district candidate Derek Schmidt, a former Kansas attorney general who won the Republican nomination for the open seat, said serious people didn’t argue for elimination of federal agencies or for an end to government regulation. However, he said recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions throttling power of the federal bureaucracy presented an opportunity for Congress to take action to contain power of unelected officials in Washington, D.C.

“Here’s the bottom line: There is a moment to deal with this over-regulation problem that I think is enormous. I hear it everywhere I go in the 2nd District. Took us generations to get it. It’s not going to be headline-grabbing. It’s going to be down in the weeds, roll up your sleeves, do the dirty work of oversight,” Schmidt said.

Former U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda, who captured the Democratic nomination in the 2nd District of eastern Kansas, spoke before her rival Schmidt closed out the event. But Boyda also argued the nation could no longer let fester a persistent problem — the relentless partisanship and division damaging the nation.

“We have so much broken trust. We are so divided,” said Boyda, who cast herself as a political centrist. “I can get the right and the left to speak to each other. That’s just what I’ve been about for 20 years.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas congressional forum: Schmidt vows to tackle bureaucracy, Boyda calls for bipartisanship * Kansas Reflector

Republican and Democratic candidates for Congress in Kansas gathered for question-and-answer interviews hosted by the Kansas Chamber.