Paul Davis, center, the Democratic candidate for Kansas governor, confers with former Kansas Senate President Steve Morris, left, a Hugoton Republican, and former state Sen. Wint Winter Jr., right, a Lawrence Republican, before a news conference, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at the public library in Topeka, Kan. Morris and Winter are leaders of a group of dissident Republicans backing Davis over GOP Gov. Sam Brownback. (AP Photo/John Hanna)