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By Tim Carpenter 

HORTON — Hope Waupoose is lucky to live within walking distance of the Kickapoo Nation Health Center.

She is six months into a high-risk pregnancy that may culminate with a doctor's order of total bed rest.

Prominent Democratic Party officials from across Kansas are in Denver for their party's national convention. That is, with one notable exception: Second District Congresswoman Nancy Boyda is staying at home. We get more from Kansas Public Radio's Joseph DiNitto.

http://kansaspublicradio.org/newsstory.php?itemID=10112

In Letter Sent Last Friday, Boyda Outlines Vision for a Thoughtful and Informed Election Season
 
TOPEKA, KS – On Friday, August 22, Congresswoman Nancy Boyda (Kansas Second District) wrote to challenger Lynn Jenkins to formally propose a series of four town hall debates in the Kansas Second District Congressional race.
 
The proposed debates – two in September and two in October – will offer Second District voters the opportunity to learn more about the policies and ideas of both candidates for Congress.
 

By JOHN MILBURN

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Army officials and members of Congress broke ground Monday on a $15.5 million religious complex at Fort Leavenworth to replace a historic church that stood 112 years before burning in 2001.

The complex will have a chapel with a main sanctuary that can seat 600 and could be expanded to hold 1,200. It also will have classrooms and be connected to a smaller chapel.

Soldiers have used smaller chapels since the former St. Ignatius building burned.

Last week, I joined over a hundred supporters to launch my re-election campaign with a rally at the Topeka Statehouse.  Thanks so much to all of you who attended!
 
In case you weren't able to join us last week, here's the prepared text of my announcement speech.  A video will follow soon!

TV Commercial, 16-Page Newspaper Insert Highlight Boyda's Vision for Energy Independence

TOPEKA, KS – Beginning today, Congresswoman Nancy Boyda (Kansas Second District) is publishing a 16-page newspaper insert in 48 newspapers across the Kansas Second Congressional District. The tabloid-sized Voter’s Guide: A 2020 Vision for America’s Energy Future unveils Congresswoman Boyda’s proposals for America’s energy policy, including a detailed look at where America’s energy will come from in

CONGRESSWOMAN BOYDA KICKS OFF RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN WITH EVENTS IN PITTSBURG, TOPEKA 

TOPEKA, KS – Congresswoman Nancy Boyda (Kansas Second District) today officially kicked off her campaign for re-election to the U.S.

AT BOYDA’S REQUEST, DCCC PULLS RESERVED AD TIME IN KANSAS SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 

20-Page Newspaper Insert Highlights Accomplishments in Congress and Sets Tone for Upcoming Campaign

TOPEKA, KS - Over the next week, Congresswoman Nancy Boyda (Kansas Second District) will publish a 20-page newspaper insert in 48 newspapers across the Kansas Second Congressional District. The tabloid-sized Congressional Update highlights Congresswoman Boyda's legislative and constituent service accomplishments from the last two years, and it sets the tone for her upcoming 2008 re-election campaign.