If there was a radio version of the “Bachelor” or “Bachelorette” TV show in which contestants compete for your favor, it would probably be a lot like the next few months when candidates for the Kansas House of Representatives ask for your vote.
The candidates are on their best behavior, and try to be as appealing and friendly as possible to convince you that they are the ones you want to send to Topeka to manage your government—and essentially your life in Kansas.
There’s good reason for you to take a hard look at the qualities you want in your representatives. You don’t have to marry them, of course, but you will be wed to them and their ideas for government for at least two years.