Five candidates in Douglas County faced no opposition Tuesday evening, and four of them will also run unopposed in November. Though running unopposed, all garnered significant numbers of votes in Tuesday's primary election. Those candidates are: -Rep. Boog Highberger, D-Lawrence, who ...

Story updated at 11 p.m. Tuesday: Lt. Jay Armbrister has won the race for Douglas County sheriff by close to 1,340 votes, according to unofficial election results Tuesday night. Barring a remarkably successful write-in campaign, Armbrister will likely be elected sheriff in the November ...

Christina Haswood, a 26-year-old lifelong Lawrence resident, is now poised to become both the youngest sitting member of the Kansas Legislature and only the third Native American in the body’s history after handily winning a contested Democratic primary for the Kansas 10th District House ...

The race for the Douglas County Commission’s 2nd District seat looked like it would come down to the wire, possibly days after polls closed Tuesday. Incumbent candidate Nancy Thellman held a slight lead over two Democratic challengers — Shannon Reid and Sara Taliaferro — to retain her ...

Story updated at 10:54 p.m. Tuesday TOPEKA — Freshman Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins lost his Republican primary Tuesday after being charged with felony election fraud and other crimes. State Treasurer Jake LaTurner unseated Watkins after arguing that the criminal charges against Watkins made an ...

Douglas County's deputy register of deeds held a slight lead to take over the office's top position. Kent Brown, 34, was leading Kim Murphree, 61, in the Democratic primary to fill the Douglas County Register of Deeds seat. In the unofficial final results, Brown had received about 51% of the ...