LAWRENCE — Lawrence attorney and Democrat Margie Wakefield said that she is considering a challenge to US Representative Lynn Jenkins in the 2014 election. Wakefield said that people are disillusioned with Congress and that Jenkins’ vote last week on the Farm Bill was a vote against Kansas values and in favor of Washington politics. On a straight party vote House Republicans approved a Farm Bill that stripped out the Food Stamp Program used by 48 million Americans. Wakefield said the connection of farm subsidies with the Food Stamp Program was a key alliance formed 40 years ago by former US Senator Bob Dole of Kansas and Democratic US Senator George McGovern of South Dakota. Wakefield said that over the next few months she will travel extensively through the 2nd District.
Updated 7/16/13 @ 12:20 am
