In Bob Dole’s Hometown, Kansans Grieve for the Man and His Political Style

In Bob Dole’s Hometown, Kansans Grieve For The Man And His Political Style

The New York Times – by Mitch Smith

RUSSELL, Kan. — A quarter-century has passed since Bob Dole left the Senate and lost his bid for the presidency. But in his hometown on the Kansas Plains, a place Mr. Dole gave near-mythic status in his political origin story, he is still everywhere: On the side of the grain elevator. On a downtown mural. On street signs and plaques and, at the local historical society, in black-and-white photos where he is hunting jack rabbits and wearing a Russell High Broncos basketball jersey.

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