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State Senate seats at stake Horgan agreed, but said she was predicting a close contest.
“I knew, before I ever decided to run for this office, that it would be a tight race,” she said. “The breakdowns on likely voters, party affiliation and socioeconomic demographics make this district one of the most diverse in the state. Voters need to decide who will care for the people of Southeast Kansas, and who will stand up and fight for what’s right and what’s moral.” A third-party candidate is also running for the 13th Senate District seat. Larry Monaghan, 59, of Arcadia, is a disabled Army veteran, who has several times run for public office representing the Libertarian party, but has never been elected. 14th District The 14th Senate District post also is up for election, but Democratic challenger David L. Miller admits he’s a long shot to oust longtime Republican incumbent Dwayne Umbarger. “If by some miracle I got elected, I’d be in a unique position to shake things up in Topeka,” said Miller, a union plumber from Parsons. Umbarger, who was first elected to the seat in 1996, now serves as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, which crafts the Senate’s budget proposal. The 14th District encompasses Labette, Neosho and portions of Cherokee and Montgomery counties. Miller, a former state representative who served in the Kansas house from 1973 to 1977, said his primary issue is government ethics. “I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s not much ethics in Topeka, among either political party,” he said. Umbarger said he did not know how to respond to such a broad statement from his opponent. “I talk about the issues; I don’t get down in the mud,” he said. “I think people are tired of the mud slinging, and they want to hear about the issues and what we’re doing about it.” If re-elected, Umbarger said he planned to use his position as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee to make sure the state had a balanced budget in light of the current nationwide economic woes. “There’s been a lot of reports that Kansas is one of the few states that has its financial house in order,” he said. 
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