GOP official quits in support dustup

GOP official quits in support dustup
By STEVE KRASKE
The Kansas City Star

The Johnson County Republican chairman has demanded that Mark Parkinson resign as a GOP precinct committeeman because of his support for a Democrat for Kansas attorney general.

Parkinson shot back that he already had done just that.

Parkinson announced Monday that he was backing Democrat Paul Morrison for attorney general. Morrison had been a Republican but switched parties to take on GOP Attorney General Phill Kline.

Parkinson said Wednesday that he had sent county GOP Chairman Doug Patterson an e-mail Monday resigning from the elective precinct position.

“We know that one of our responsibilities is to support all Republican office holders, and in good conscience we can no longer do that,” Parkinson said in the e-mail.

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Parkinson grew up in Wichita, and ran for political office the first time at age 19. If he would like to move home, we would welcome him. Of course, the Republican Party in Wichita is just as screwed up as it is in Johnson County. Now if Mark would just reregister as a D.

Thanks for posting this.

I almost missed it.