'Revenge of the Establishment:" Tea Party, Freedom Caucus Member Ousted in Primary By Establishment Figure Back By (Get This) Agricorp Interests

The GOP seems to be a corporate lobbying organization with some deeply insincere pro-life agitation.

So the Establishment won another one. Yayyyy.

A doctor backed by agriculture and business groups ousted U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp Tuesday in a Kansas Republican primary race that focused on the tea party-backed incumbent's battles with GOP leaders and criticism that he was too cantankerous to be effective.

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Great Bend obstetrician Roger Marshall won the tough contest against Huelskamp in the 1st District, which spans western and much of central Kansas.

Marshall's supporters argued Huelskamp's combativeness harmed the district. Huelskamp lost his seat on the House Agriculture Committee in 2012; farm groups turned against him, and many Republican voters saw it as a crucial issue in a farm state.

"Getting kicked off the Agriculture Committee is a crime that can't be forgiven," Brian Scheideman, a 52-year-old driver's education instructor, said after voting in his hometown of Wamego for Marshall. "I don't mind the independent voice, but you've got to figure out how to work with people."

Ah, the establishment kicked him off the committee, and then the establishment postulates this is a reason he should be kicked out of office. Because he can't "get along" with Democrats and donors.

Jazz Shaw has an alternate explanation -- maybe he lost simply because he was buried with out-of-state donor class cash.

I've kind of seen that happen myself.

posted by Ace at 12:18 PM

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