
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the Kansas primary (all times local):
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A retired college president has unseated Kansas Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce in the Republican primary.
Former Hutchinson Community College President Ed Berger prevailed in Tuesday’s election in the 34th state Senate District in south-central Kansas.
Berger criticized fiscal policies pursued by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and said public schools aren’t adequately funded. Berger also said Bruce was “in lockstep” with Brownback.
Bruce is from Nickerson and has been majority leader for four years. He has remained a reliable Brownback ally amid the budget problems following massive income tax cuts in 2012 and 2013 championed by the governor.
Berger served 23 years as the top administrator at Hutchinson Community College and retired in 2014.
Berger will face Democrat Homer Gilson of Hutchinson in the November election.