POST-ELECTION ROUNDTABLE ASKS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

The 1998 Post-Election Roundtable is sponsored by Robert J. Dole Institute for Public Service and Public Policy in Lawrence and the KU Capitol Center in Topeka. This is the third in a series of biennial post-election roundtables.

Panelists will focus on the results of the hotly contested third congressional district race in which Dennis Moore, D-Lenexa, defeated incumbent Vince Snowbarger, R-Olathe. Other topics include the nature of party politics in Kansas in the wake of Gov. Bill Graves' overwhelming primary defeat of David Miller, former Republican party chair; and the future of Kansas policy-making with Graves' reelection.

Participants include:

KU political scientists

Burdett Loomis, moderator, interim director of the Robert J. Dole Institute for Public Service and Public Policy and professor.

Allan J. Cigler, professor.

Journalists

David Awbrey, freelance writer, Lawrence.

Scott Canon and Steve Kraske, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo.

Nick Haines, KANU FM radio, Lawrence.

Jim McLean, Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka.

Campaign representatives

Joyce Allegrucci for re-elected Commissioner of Insurance Kathleen Sebelius, D-Topeka.

Mary Isenhour for Tom Sawyer, D-Wichita, defeated in governor's race.

Mike Matson for re-elected Republican Governor Bill Graves.

Larry Jacob, finance director for the Moore for Congress campaign, and a staff representative for the Rep. Vince Snowbarger, R-Olathe, campaign.

Elected officials

Rep. Jim D. Garner, D-Coffeyville, House Democratic Caucus.

Rep. Phill Kline, R-Shawnee, House Republican Caucus.

Story by Mary Jane Dunlap, University Relations, (785) 864-8853; e-mail: mjdunlap@ukans.edu