Live results 3266 of 3315 precincts reporting / Unofficial results / Precinct breakdown
- Kris Kobach GOP 476,111 votes 59.1%
- Chris Biggs DEM 299,808 votes 37.2%
- Phillip Horatio Lucas LIB 16,689 votes 2.1%
- Derek Langseth REF 13,278 votes 1.6%
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- Chris Biggs July 19 at 10:30 a.m. Read transcript
- Statehouse Live: Kobach campaign given maximum fine of $5,000 for mistakes in reporting campaign funds
- 03:41 p.m., October 26, 2011 Updated 08:27 p.m.
- Ethics Commission Chair Sabrina Standifer said she was “disappointed” in the way the ethics complaint had been represented by Kobach. “This is in no way, shape or form self-reporting,” she said.
- Kansas ethics commission may levy fine for errors in financial reports from Kris Kobach’s campaign for secretary of state
- 10:55 a.m., September 29, 2011 Updated 01:29 p.m.
- Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is facing questions for a second time in less than three years about flawed finance reports filed by political organizations he led, and the latest issues could result in a $5,000 fine for the treasurer of his campaign last year.
- Kobach at center of two Supreme Court decisions in illegal immigration cases
- 01:11 p.m., June 7, 2011 Updated 05:11 p.m.
- On Monday, the court refused to review a California Supreme Court ruling that upheld a state law giving California high school graduates reduced tuition at state schools, regardless of their immigration status. The court did not give a reason for its action.
- Wichita man petitions state to keep President Obama off Kansas ballot in 2012
- 12:15 p.m., April 11, 2011 Updated 04:17 p.m.
- The State Objections Board ruled 3-0 that David Merton Shultz’s request was too early.
- Statehouse Live: Kansas Legislature approves Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s voter ID bill, sent to Gov. Brownback for signature
- March 29, 2011
- Starting next year, all voters will be required to show photo ID before casting a ballot under legislation sent to Gov. Sam Brownback on Tuesday.
- Kansas House sends voter ID bill to governor
- 12:07 p.m., March 29, 2011 Updated 12:44 a.m.
- Kansas is expected to start requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls next year after a bill imposing the new rule won final approval Tuesday from the state Legislature.
- Statehouse Live: Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission says no to Kris Kobach getting KU lecture honorarium
- March 24, 2011
- The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission decided on Wednesday that Kobach could not receive a $10,000 honorarium for the lecture.
- Kobach testifies in debate over whether undocumented college students should continue to get in-state tuition rates in Kansas
- February 8, 2011
- Pleas from both sides of the immigration debate were expressed Tuesday as a House committee considered repealing the law that allows some undocumented students to pay the same lower tuition rates as legal residents of Kansas.
- Southern Poverty Law Center immigration report focuses on Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach
- January 24, 2011
- A new Southern Poverty Law Center report criticizing attempts by states and cities to crack down on illegal immigration focuses on Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
- Kobach introduces legislation to require that voters in Kansas show photo identification
- 09:02 a.m., January 18, 2011 Updated 05:05 p.m.
- The NAACP and League of Women Voters has opposed many of the proposals, saying that they suppress voter turnout especially among minorities and the elderly.
- Coalition to fight photo-voter ID proposal
- January 3, 2011
- The Kansas Voter Coalition said on Monday that the proposal by Kobach, a Republican who takes office Jan. 10, is “a solution to a problem whose existence cannot be demonstrated empirically.” Gov.-elect Sam Brownback also supports voter ID.
- Kansas likely to join ranks of states implementing stringent new immigration regulations
- December 30, 2010
- Kansas legislators expect next year to join the growing list of states trying to keep illegal immigrants out and to discourage businesses from hiring them. One of the top legal minds in that movement is about to take office as Kansas’ secretary of state, and he said he’s ready to advise lawmakers.
- Top Democrat says he’ll pursue legislation to prevent Secretary of State-elect Kris Kobach from representing clients in immigration cases
- 05:06 p.m., December 29, 2010 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- The top Democrat in the Kansas House says he’ll pursue legislation to prevent Republican Secretary of State-elect Kris Kobach from representing legal clients in immigration cases.
- Statehouse Live: Secretary of State-elect Kobach names Rucker to top position on staff
- December 24, 2010
- In August, Rucker received an informal admonition from the state’s disciplinary administrator for lawyers for failing to correct information given to the Kansas Supreme Court when Rucker served as chief deputy to Kline during investigations of abortion providers.
- Kansas election results certified with few irregularities reported
- November 29, 2010
- During the general election there were 856,831 Kansans who voted for a 50 percent turnout.
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