Polling location in Kentucky Township, Jefferson County (Photo by Laura Lorson)
More registered Republicans in Kansas voted for someone other than Pat Roberts for the U.S. Senate... but the long-time politician still won his primary election Tuesday night. It was a close call for Senator Roberts, but ultimately... he claimed victory by fighting-off his main challenger, the tea party-backed Milton Wolf. Roberts beat the Leawood radiologist - but only by seven percentage points.
Roberts finished the race with just 48 percent of the vote. The other 52 percent was split among his three Republican challengers, with Wolf capturing 41 percent of the vote. Roberts will now face two more challengers in the fall: Democrat Chad Taylor and independent candidate Greg Orman. Taylor, the Shawnee County District Attorney, advanced in the Democratic primary. And Orman, the independent candidate, has been gaining more name recoginition with a heavy advertising campaign.