Kansas politician who crusaded against abortion loses big

Kansas politician who crusaded against abortion loses big
By Diane Carroll | Kansas City Star


For the second time in two years, voters in Kansas have handed a stinging defeat to Phill Kline, an anti-abortion crusader who made his reputation by attempting to prosecute the state's abortion providers, first as state attorney general, and then, after he lost re-election to that post, as a district attorney in suburban Kansas City.

With all of the vote counted, Steve Howe trounced Kline by a margin of 60 percent to 40 percent in unofficial returns to select the Republican candidate for district attorney in Johnson County, Kan., a well-off suburb of Kansas City. Howe garnered 33,260 votes to Kline’s 22,188, according to final unofficial returns.

Howe will face Democrat Rick Guinn in the Nov. 4 general election.

Abortion played a key role in the race because Kline is the first prosecutor since Roe v. Wade to file criminal charges against a Planned Parenthood clinic.

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Now maybe Phill Kline will take the hint and just go away.....what a tool.

Joe....x-JOCO resident.

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