It’s starting…

(Distributed to Kansas newspapers Jan. 6, 2014)

Martin HawverJust a week from now, 165 Kansans will be savoring lunches, dinners and drinks bought by someone else…and trying to figure out how to make themselves irreplaceable to their legislative constituents, their campaign contributors and enough voters that they get to come back in 2015.

The 2014 Kansas legislative session starts Jan. 13. There’s plenty to do, but the key this election-year session for statewide elected officials and members of the Kansas House is to get re-elected. Keep the state operating, of course, but primarily, get re-elected.