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The centrist political group No Labels is getting on the ballot in individual states, causing consternation among members of the major political parties about the organization's endgame.

A Democratic congressional candidate and the Kansas Republican Party are trading barbs over some comments about education. The Republican Party released a video today (WED) showing comments made in July by 2nd District Democratic candidate Tobias Schlingensiepen (SHLING-en-zee-pen). KPR’s Stephen Koranda has more.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7b5470000====================(TRANSCRIPT)In the video, Schlingensiepen says he’s branded an elitist by his opponents because he has a college education. Kansas Republican Party chair Amanda Adkins says Schlingensiepen should apologize to people in the district who don’t have college degrees. She says some people without degrees are running small businesses and farms and working to rebuild manufacturing. Schlingensiepen says they are putting a political spin on his comments. He told reporters he values education, but he's no different from people who chose options other than college. Schlingensiepen is challenging Republican Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins. Anchor lead out:Also running in the district is Libertarian Dennis Hawver.==============In the video, Schlingensiepen says "I went a semester to Washburn then graduated from the University of Kansas in 1986 with a Bachelor in Classical Languages. So I'm now officially branded as an elitist by the opposition ... I actually have an education."

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A polling place in Topeka during the primary elections. (Photo by Stephen Koranda)A mix-up at a polling place in Topeka could affect the outcome of two Republican primary elections for seats in the Kansas House. Shawnee County Election Commissioner Elizabeth Ensley Deiter (DYE-ter) says a trained supervisor made a mistake and gave some voters the wrong ballots. Ensley Deiter says she’s never seen an issue like this in her 20 years as election commissioner.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7b2960000Ensley Deiter says she removed the supervisor and fixed the problems, but more than 300 people had already voted. Her office is working to determine how many voters received the wrong ballots. The mistake could affect two House elections. In one race, the top finisher only won by 41 votes. The Shawnee County Board of Canvassers will consider what actions to take, if any, during a meeting on Monday.

The requests would need the support of some Republicans to advance.

It’s time again for My Farm Roots, a series from Harvest Public Media in which we hear Americans’ stories and memories of rural life. Because when you hail from farm country, roots run deep.About 20 years ago, Becky Doyle had a big surprise come her way. The governor of Illinois tapped her to run the state’s Department of Agriculture. Up until then, she and her husband had been running a hog and grain farm. But at age 37, she took over the ag department, though she never really left the farm.Pictured at Top: Doyle sits on the patio outside the hog and grain farm she and her husband run in central Illinois. (Bill Wheelhouse/Harvest Public Media)As secretary of agriculture, Becky Doyle and Gov. Jim Edgar, center, ride through the 1991 Illinois State Fair. (Courtesy State Journal-Register)Harvest Public Media is a collaboration of public media stations across the Midwest. To hear more My Farm Roots stories – or to share your own – visit HarvestPublicMedia.org.

For the first time, political parties in Jordan are enabled to play a bigger role, relying on their platforms, amid fears of a wider war in the region.

Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party its biggest-ever electoral victory, fueling her ambitions to pursue to a political agenda which she says could "split public opinion."

Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf can run for another term while holding on to his post as army chief, the country's Supreme Court said. The move angered opposition leaders, who had been demanding he relinquish control of the military.

After a strike-related delay, television's prestigious awards ceremony will air on Monday.