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Everyone Is Reading Our Poll as a Settled Race. The Data Say Something Weirder.

Jul 13, 2026

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5 min read

Everyone Is Reading Our Poll as a Settled Race. The Data Say Something Weirder.

A big lead is not a locked race. Two weeks after we published our independent poll of the Democratic primaries, the number that keeps getting quoted is the one that matters least (and the number that actually decides August is sitting quietly in the crosstabs).

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Speaking for 37,000, asking none of them

Jul 6, 2026

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4 min read

Speaking for 37,000, asking none of them

A small, organized group can decide a primary and barely register in the general. Here's what that looked like from the inside.

Stefanie Anderson

Capitol Bee

We Paid for a Poll. Here's What It Found.

Jun 19, 2026

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9 min read

We Paid for a Poll. Here's What It Found.

We paid for an independent read of the Democratic primaries for Governor and U.S. Senate. Here's what it found — and, just as important, what it can't tell you.

Capitol Bee

Where We Go From Here

Apr 27, 2026

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5 min read

Where We Go From Here

After a chaotic close to the 2026 session, a look at what’s next — for Kansas, and for this newsletter.

Topeka Buzz

Topeka Buzz: March 27, 2026

Mar 27, 2026

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12 min read

Topeka Buzz: March 27, 2026

The state budget passed 67-53 through a prisoner property claims bill; the House never reached General Orders; 5+ conference committee vehicle swaps in five days; First Adjournment arrives

Topeka Buzz

Topeka Buzz: March 26, 2026

Mar 26, 2026

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9 min read

Topeka Buzz: March 26, 2026

We got the facts wrong on HB 2124—here's the correction. Plus: the House enters its final two days without having touched General Orders, and the housing voucher ban clears after two failed conferences.

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Capitol Bee

Everyone Is Reading Our Poll as a Settled Race. The Data Say Something Weirder.

Jul 13, 2026

•

5 min read

Everyone Is Reading Our Poll as a Settled Race. The Data Say Something Weirder.

A big lead is not a locked race. Two weeks after we published our independent poll of the Democratic primaries, the number that keeps getting quoted is the one that matters least (and the number that actually decides August is sitting quietly in the crosstabs).

Capitol Bee

Speaking for 37,000, asking none of them

Jul 6, 2026

•

4 min read

Speaking for 37,000, asking none of them

A small, organized group can decide a primary and barely register in the general. Here's what that looked like from the inside.

Stefanie Anderson

Capitol Bee

We Paid for a Poll. Here's What It Found.

Jun 19, 2026

•

9 min read

We Paid for a Poll. Here's What It Found.

We paid for an independent read of the Democratic primaries for Governor and U.S. Senate. Here's what it found — and, just as important, what it can't tell you.

Capitol Bee

Capitol Bee

Everyone Is Reading Our Poll as a Settled Race. The Data Say Something Weirder.

Jul 13, 2026

•

5 min read

Everyone Is Reading Our Poll as a Settled Race. The Data Say Something Weirder.

A big lead is not a locked race. Two weeks after we published our independent poll of the Democratic primaries, the number that keeps getting quoted is the one that matters least (and the number that actually decides August is sitting quietly in the crosstabs).

Capitol Bee

Speaking for 37,000, asking none of them

Jul 6, 2026

•

4 min read

Speaking for 37,000, asking none of them

A small, organized group can decide a primary and barely register in the general. Here's what that looked like from the inside.

Stefanie Anderson

Capitol Bee

We Paid for a Poll. Here's What It Found.

Jun 19, 2026

•

9 min read

We Paid for a Poll. Here's What It Found.

We paid for an independent read of the Democratic primaries for Governor and U.S. Senate. Here's what it found — and, just as important, what it can't tell you.

Topeka Buzz

Topeka Buzz

Topeka Buzz: March 27, 2026

Mar 27, 2026

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12 min read

Topeka Buzz: March 27, 2026

The state budget passed 67-53 through a prisoner property claims bill; the House never reached General Orders; 5+ conference committee vehicle swaps in five days; First Adjournment arrives

Topeka Buzz

Topeka Buzz: March 26, 2026

Mar 26, 2026

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9 min read

Topeka Buzz: March 26, 2026

We got the facts wrong on HB 2124—here's the correction. Plus: the House enters its final two days without having touched General Orders, and the housing voucher ban clears after two failed conferences.

Topeka Buzz

Topeka Buzz: March 25, 2026

Mar 25, 2026

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13 min read

Topeka Buzz: March 25, 2026

Immigration benefits ban heads to governor after tight 22-18 Senate vote with nine Republican defections; PBM regulation also clears; conference committee vehicles proliferate; House faces budget, tax policy, and constitutional amendments with three days left

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Capitol Bee

Everyone Is Reading Our Poll as a Settled Race. The Data Say Something Weirder.

Jul 13, 2026

•

5 min read

Everyone Is Reading Our Poll as a Settled Race. The Data Say Something Weirder.

A big lead is not a locked race. Two weeks after we published our independent poll of the Democratic primaries, the number that keeps getting quoted is the one that matters least (and the number that actually decides August is sitting quietly in the crosstabs).

Capitol Bee

Speaking for 37,000, asking none of them

Jul 6, 2026

•

4 min read

Speaking for 37,000, asking none of them

A small, organized group can decide a primary and barely register in the general. Here's what that looked like from the inside.

Stefanie Anderson

Capitol Bee

We Paid for a Poll. Here's What It Found.

Jun 19, 2026

•

9 min read

We Paid for a Poll. Here's What It Found.

We paid for an independent read of the Democratic primaries for Governor and U.S. Senate. Here's what it found — and, just as important, what it can't tell you.

Capitol Bee

Where We Go From Here

Apr 27, 2026

•

5 min read

Where We Go From Here

After a chaotic close to the 2026 session, a look at what’s next — for Kansas, and for this newsletter.

Topeka Buzz

Topeka Buzz: March 27, 2026

Mar 27, 2026

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12 min read

Topeka Buzz: March 27, 2026

The state budget passed 67-53 through a prisoner property claims bill; the House never reached General Orders; 5+ conference committee vehicle swaps in five days; First Adjournment arrives

Topeka Buzz

Topeka Buzz: March 26, 2026

Mar 26, 2026

•

9 min read

Topeka Buzz: March 26, 2026

We got the facts wrong on HB 2124—here's the correction. Plus: the House enters its final two days without having touched General Orders, and the housing voucher ban clears after two failed conferences.

Topeka Buzz

Topeka Buzz: March 25, 2026

Mar 25, 2026

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13 min read

Topeka Buzz: March 25, 2026

Immigration benefits ban heads to governor after tight 22-18 Senate vote with nine Republican defections; PBM regulation also clears; conference committee vehicles proliferate; House faces budget, tax policy, and constitutional amendments with three days left

Topeka Buzz

Topeka Buzz: March 24, 2026

Mar 24, 2026

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8 min read

Topeka Buzz: March 24, 2026

PBM regulation clears the House 104-17 after conference committee guts SB 20 and bypasses Speaker Hawkins' blockade; Senate vote still needed

Topeka Buzz

Topeka Buzz: March 23, 2026

Mar 23, 2026

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11 min read

Topeka Buzz: March 23, 2026

Final week opens with 59 House concurrence votes, the state budget, and dueling property tax amendments still in play

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