Three former Republican officials from Kansas, including retired Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, declared their support for Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday.
EXCLUSIVE: Three more Republicans are crossing the aisle to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House. Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan., former Kansas state senator and Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger and Deanell Reece Tacha, a retired federal judge, condemned the current state of the GOP in a statement shared with Fox News Digital Thursday. 'This election presents a stark choice that is not easy for any of us. The Republican Party of Dwight D.
Kassebaum, who now goes by Nancy Kassebaum Baker, served in the U.S. Senate from December 1978 through January 1997. She was the first woman elected to represent Kansas in the chamber, and her career included a stint as chair of the Senate Labor Committee. Tacha was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by former President Reagan in 1985 and served as chief judge from 2001 until 2008. Praeger served as the Kansas Insurance commissioner from 2003 to 2015.
Troye is one of several people who headlined a Republicans for Harris event Thursday alongside former representatives Barbara Comstock, R-Va., and Denver Riggleman, R-Va. A new Marist College poll found Harris and Trump neck and neck in three critical states. The two candidates are tied at 49% among likely voters in North Carolina, while Trump slightly edges Harris in Georgia and Arizona 50% to 49% in both states. Those statewide polls were conducted Sept. 19-24.
Asked for comment on the Kansas Republicans' endorsement, the Harris campaign sent Fox News Digital a broader statement on the Republicans for Harris initiative. 'The Vice President is bringing together voters from across the political spectrum by running a campaign about freedom, democracy and opportunity,' said Austin Weatherford, National Republican Outreach Director.
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