Kansas Rep. Aaron Coleman says he s leaving Democratic Party
House Dems file complaint against new lawmaker
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Kansas state Rep.-elect Aaron Coleman, D-Kansas City, sits for a portrait for the Legislature s website, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in a basement hallway of the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Coleman has had a temporary order issued against him in court, directing him to have no contact with the campaign manager of a former opponent. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Posted at 10:50 AM, Jan 12, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-12 14:02:20-05
Topeka Capital-Journal
House Democrats said Tuesday they had formally filed a complaint against Rep. Aaron Coleman, of Kansas City, Kan., to jumpstart the expulsion proceedings to boot the controversial lawmaker from office.
The move comes after Coleman, who unseated longtime incumbent Democrat Stan Frownfelter in the August partisan primary election, announced earlier in the day that he would change his registration from Democrat to independent.
House Democrats have refused to give Coleman committee assignments and have even taken the extraordinary step of denying him office space, something he has vocally opposed on Twitter.
That culminated in the party switch, which Coleman announced to the public Tuesday morning.
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Kansas Democratic female legislators, House speaker to Aaron Coleman: Resign
Incoming Kansas House Democratic female legislators put out a letter Monday calling on Rep.-elect Aaron Coleman, D-Kansas City, Kan., to resign. We believe in second chances. We believe that people can change. However, actions in recent weeks, combined with his history of violence, continuously demonstrate that he is unfit to serve, Rep.-elect Mari Lynn Poskin, D-Leawood, said in the letter.
Coleman didn t immediately respond to a request for comment.
But on Twitter, he fired back at the female lawmakers. Neo-liberal corporate Democrats in the #ksleg cannot claim to advocate for women if they seek to overturn the vote of thousands of women who voted for me, he wrote.
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