TOPEKA - The two major-party candidates for governor in Kansas offered sharply different views Tuesday on what this year’s election is all about. In a debate in Wichita sponsored by the Kansas Broadcasters Association, which was streamed live by a number of Kansas TV stations, Democrat Laura Kelly framed the race as a referendum on former Gov. Sam Brownback, and she argued that Republican candidate Kris ...
TOPEKA – One year ago, few people in the Kansas political world had ever heard of Steve Watkins. A native of Topeka, Watkins had served in the United States Army since graduating high school in 1995, first as a cadet at West Point, and later stationed in Alaska and deployed in Afghanistan. In fact, it was widely reported that he had never even voted in Kansas until he returned in 2017, registered to vote, ...
TOPEKA - The three candidates for Kansas secretary of state squared off in a televised debate Monday, offering different opinions on a wide range of issues, including whether the state needs to change the election laws that changed dramatically under the current administration of Republican Kris Kobach. Democrat Brian McClendon and Libertarian Rob Hodgkinson both said they would push for changes in a number of ...
TOPEKA – Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach is obviously no stranger to Kansas politics. A former law professor and Overland Park city councilman, Kobach ran unsuccessfully for Congress in the 3rd District in 2004, losing to Democrat Dennis Moore. He also served as chairman of the Kansas Republican Party from 2007 to 2009. Throughout his political career, though, Kobach has been known primarily for ...
Although the Nov. 6 general election is still a little more than three weeks away, voting in Kansas will actually begin this coming week. Tuesday, Oct. 16, is the deadline for voters to register, if they aren't registered already. Because of a federal court ruling earlier this year, people do not need to show proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register. They do, however, need to show a government-issued ...
TOPEKA - A Shawnee County judge on Friday rejected a challenge to the bidding process the state of Kansas used to award contracts to three insurance companies to manage the state's $3 billion per year Medicaid system known as KanCare. Amerigroup Kansas Inc., one of the three current contractors whose agreements with the state expire on Dec. 31, and AmeriHealth Caritas Kansas Inc., another bidder, both filed the ...