U.S. Senate hopeful Greg Orman stopped at Fisher Electric in Kansas City, Kan., Friday to make a last-minute appeal before next Tuesday’s election.
Orman, who’s running as an independent, is touting his plan to end Washington, D.C., gridlock. He supports term limits for members of Congress and wants to end donations from lobbying groups while Congress is in session.
Orman says his opponent, GOP incumbent Pat Roberts, is too focused on opposing the president to be an effective leader.
"What you hear is, 'Help us get elected, so we can prevent the other party's agenda from happening.' We don’t need an election to prevent things from happening," Orman said during the press event. "They’re already doing it. With a Republican House and a Democratic president, if all they want to do is stop the other side, they have the tools to do it today."
Kansas Republicans fired back at Orman on Friday, filing a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging Democrats are working on the independent candidate's campaign. There is no Democrat on the ballot after Chad Taylor dropped out of the race.
Orman called the filing a "game" on the part of Roberts and the Kansas GOP.
"Pat Roberts doesn't have anything concrete to tell the voters of Kansas. He doesn't have any plans to make their lives better or attack our country's big problems," Orman said.
Roberts is planning to kick off a two-day "Take Back the Senate" tour Sunday, urging Kansans to vote for him Tuesday and give Republicans a majority in both houses of Congress.
