Frustrated by their
inability to achieve some policy goals, conservatives in Republican
states are turning against moderate members of their own party, trying
to drive them out of state legislatures to clear the way for reshaping
government across a wide swath of mid-America controlled by the GOP.
Political
groups are helping finance the efforts by supporting primary election
challenges targeting several dozen moderate Republicans in the Midwest
and South, especially prominent lawmakers who run key state committees.
Two
years after Republicans swept into power in many state capitols, the
challengers say it's time to adopt more conservative policies.
"If
you don't believe in that playbook, then why are you on the team?"
declared Greg Smith, a Kansas state representative who's running for the
state Senate, with the goal of making it more conservative.
The
push is most intense in Kansas, where conservatives are attempting to
replace a dozen moderate Republican senators who bucked new Gov. Sam
Brownback's move to slash state income taxes.
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