Republican Sen. Sam Brownback will seek a second full-term in 2004 against Democrat Lee Jones.

Jones lost the 2004 Democratic primary to virtually unknown candidate Robert Conroy, but Conroy decided to withdraw, saying he was not up to the task of running in the general election. Jones was then installed as the party's nominee by the Democratic State Committee.

The win by Conroy, a 76-year-old retired railroad worker., confounded party leaders because Conroy did little campaigning while Jones traveled the state and spent more than $13,000.

In congressional races, Republican Rep. Jim Ryun is seeking a fifth-term representing the 2nd District. His general election challenger, Democrat Nancy Boyda, raised nearly twice as much money as him in the first quarter of the year. Boyda is a political unknown who had a career in the pharmaceutical industry and briefly taught school.

Third-district Democrat Rep. Dennis Moore is always a top target of House Republicans because he represents a solidly GOP district. The Republican primary was particularly close, with Kris Kobach, a law professor making his first run for Congress, winning in a squeaker against Adam Taff, the moderate Republican who won the nomination in 2002 and ran a tight race against Moore.

Moore is seeking his fourth term. In 1998, he ousted the Republican Vince Snowbarger, who served just one term, then beat challengers in 2000 and 2002. He got 50 percent of the vote against Taff two years ago.

In 2002, Senate Republican Pat Roberts won a second term in a cakewalk with no Democratic challenger and only token, third-party opposition.

Also in 2002, Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, whose father John Gilligan was Ohio's governor from 1971 to 1975, beat Republican Tim Shallenburger to succeed GOP Governor Bill Graves. Graves had been barred by term limits from seeking a fourth term.

In the House races, Democrat Dennis Moore won a third term in the traditionally Republican 3rd District, edging newcomer Adam Taff, a former Navy fighter pilot.

Kansas City, Kan. voters approved Sunday liquor sales, which is legal in Kansas City, Mo. Sunday liquor sales are banned under state law in Kansas, so the vote might lead to a legal fight. Other local governments have begun to approve ordinances allowing for liquor sales on Sundays and holidays and the Kansas Supreme Court may have to step in to equalize the law.