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Gov. candidates spar over federal bailouts
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TOPEKA (AP) — Democrat Tom Holland is trying to gain ground in the Kansas governor’s race by linking the Republican nominee, U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, to federal financial bailouts. Brownback’s campaign contends that Holland is distorting the senator’s record. The issue flared anew when a Brownback aide told The Topeka Capital-Journal on Monday that the Holland campaign was spreading a “falsehood” about the senator, while Holland’s camp accused Brownback of trying to confuse voters with “weasel words.”