While her California trip shows that Whitman could be a powerful force in building a GOP coalition, Tuesday's stop in Nevada was a reminder of why she's been such a controversial figure in GOP politics. The two topics have met with mixed electoral and judicial success in previous states where they have come up for a vote. In Issue Ads Kansas's Governmental Ethics Commission ruled Thursday that a new state law requires an anti-abortion group to disclose how much it spent on an independent advertising campaign that targeted Republican Gov. Bill Graves. With the likely prospect that Republicans could win every statewide office for the first time this year, thousands of politically appointed state government employees are wondering if they will have jobs come January. As if to offer proof, Ebner's Democratic opponent, incumbent Glen Maxey, is also gay.
Political observers say the race between two homosexuals is a first in Texas.