Lt. Gov. David Toland had long been expected to emerge as the Democratic Party's standard-bearer in Kansas after Gov. Laura Kelly's term ends.
Dynamic personality. Deep connections with the business community. Instrumental in some of the state's biggest economic development deals such as Panasonic.
He's always been expected to be the Democratic candidate to seek the governorship after Kelly leaves office, so much so that even Republicans began referring to the Kelly/Toland administration in any statements criticizing the current governor.
But there have been no signs so far that Toland is interested in the . . .
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