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patrice

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8. Schodorf's subcommitee chairs: economic development, HOSPITAL funding, and arts and culture.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 04:19 PM

Sep 2012

Schodorf said that she has long focused her Senate career on job creation and providing social services for the less fortunate, noting that her district is largely poor and elderly. Schodorf also chairs subcommittees dealing with economic development and hospital funding and a joint committee on arts and culture issues.

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Jean Schodorf, Kansas State Senator, Leaves Republican Party [View all] highplainsdem Sep 2012 OP

Thanks for the news and link, highplainsdem KansDem Sep 2012 #1

Yes. reflection Sep 2012 #2

Good for Sen Jean Schodorf skeewee08 Sep 2012 #3

But everybody does it! (Cue in Andrea Mitchell and David Gregory ) ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2012 #4

Lazy ass gop water Cha Sep 2012 #13

You are too kind. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2012 #26

That's true. lol Cha Sep 2012 #28

K&R nt avebury Sep 2012 #5

Integrity is incompatible with today's Republican party Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #6

Good Andy823 Sep 2012 #7

Kansan here. While I am glad she is switching parties and making some noise about this, tblue37 Sep 2012 #21

i just hope they do not try to run as democrats -moving the party to the right lunasun Sep 2012 #38

Schodorf's subcommitee chairs: economic development, HOSPITAL funding, and arts and culture. patrice Sep 2012 #8

That is the only thing GOP have accomplished the last FOUR YEARS obstructionism. julian09 Sep 2012 #9

+1 freshwest Sep 2012 #14

Kick this one Kingofalldems Sep 2012 #10

There are good people in the GOP, and they have had enough. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #11

If she chooses to register as a Dem. longship Sep 2012 #15

See, there's a moderate repub sighting! One Cha Sep 2012 #12

See my post 21 above. nt tblue37 Sep 2012 #22

Thanks! Cha Sep 2012 #24

See, I feel about the "good," "decent," "moderate," tblue37 Sep 2012 #29

You're exactly right. kurtzapril4 Sep 2012 #32

and really, it sorta proves the conservatives point hfojvt Sep 2012 #34

Emphatic K&R! Let us hope this is the start of a wave of Republican coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #16

I thank the Senator for her integrity Berlum Sep 2012 #17

This is what the Romney folks call a bed wetter. grantcart Sep 2012 #18

Welcome, Jean! SunSeeker Sep 2012 #19

Are you kidding me? She is only aware of it now after it's been common knowledge xtraxritical Sep 2012 #20

I had the same reaction re: how could she not have known about this previously? spooky3 Sep 2012 #25

'Was defeated in last month's R primary'--So she was PURGED-- ProgressiveEconomist Sep 2012 #23

Put. Her. On. Stage. -nt gcomeau Sep 2012 #27

Sen. Jean Schodorf! Well that’s The Last Democrat Sep 2012 #30

Went to high school with her. She was always righteous. kaiden Sep 2012 #31

"kaiden said, The Last Democrat Sep 2012 #33

I'm expecting a mass exodus in the coming weeks if not months rachel1 Sep 2012 #35

She watches MSNBC???? alp227 Sep 2012 #36

Kick! sarcasmo Sep 2012 #37

Nice personal act...but is there any hope at all Ken Burch Sep 2012 #39

Nearer, my God, to thee... Blue Owl Sep 2012 #40