TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly and her allies have unseated a fellow Democrat who consistently voted against her in the Kansas Legislature, while GOP voters ousted a lawmaker many Republicans blamed for Kelly's narrow reelection two years ago. Democratic state Rep. Marvin Robinson, of Kansas ...
Douglas County Sheriff Jay Armbrister, who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and has no Republican challenger, is set to serve another four years. Armbrister had secured 8,299 votes with 96% of the votes tallied Tuesday night, while write-in candidates received 205 votes, according to ...
Longtime political experience was a fickle ingredient for ballot success in area legislative races Tuesday night. On the one hand, voters delivered a primary election victory for nearly two-decade-long state Sen. Marci Francisco, but voters rejected the Kansas House minority leader as he ...
Incumbent Douglas County Commissioner Shannon Reid on Tuesday defeated Lawrence City Commissioner Lisa Larsen in the Democratic primary for the county's District 2 seat. Reid will now face Brad Chun, an independent candidate, in the November general election. Reid, the only incumbent county ...
Dakota Loomis, a defense attorney and Baldwin City Municipal Court prosecutor, unseated Douglas County's incumbent DA with a landslide Democratic primary victory on Tuesday night. As of 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, with 97 of 101 precincts reporting, Loomis had 6,313 votes, or 63.5% of the total, in the ...
TOPEKA — A former Kansas attorney general and failed candidate for governor has found at least initial success in his political comeback attempt, winning Tuesday's Republican primary for an open U.S. House seat. Former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt prevailed in the primary in the 2nd ...