Rep. Dennis “Boog” Highberger, a Lawrence Democrat, won’t be running for Kansas speaker of the House today. But Highberger thought that after years of obfuscation from those in power, the time had come to send a message. When I reached the representative by phone this month, he didn’t sound distraught about losing the chance to run. While the letter that I’m quoting from today was addressed to Democrats, Highberger had extra comments planned for Republicans. He wants to pass rules changes that would prevent a future speaker from threatening the minority party the way that Hawkins did.

Source: CNN January 09, 2023 15:42 UTC