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Brownback Wins Re-Election

By Associated Press

11/04/2014

Governor Brownback

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Republican Governor Sam Brownback has narrowly won re-election in Kansas against a Democratic opponent who attempted to make their race a referendum on the incumbent's tax cuts.

Brownback's race with Democratic challenger Paul Davis remained close as ballots from Tuesday's election were counted, but voters gave the incumbent a second, four-year term.

The governor successfully pushed the GOP-dominated Legislature during his first term to slash personal income taxes to boost the state's economy. The state cut its top rate by 26 percent and exempted the owners of 191,000 businesses from income taxes altogether.

The cuts gave Brownback a national reputation in conservative circles.

Davis argued that the cuts wrecked the state's finances and endangered education funding.

Republicans painted Davis as a liberal supporter of Democratic President Barack Obama.

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