TOPEKA - Democratic congressional candidate Paul Davis is enlisting the help of a national Democratic organization to round up support for his campaign in the 2nd District of eastern Kansas. Davis held what might be called an online "meet-and-greet" Wednesday that was hosted by Swing Left, an organization formed in 2016 in the wake of President Donald Trump's election. The group is working in what it considers ...
Story updated at 7:10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10: TOPEKA — An all-Republican board said on Monday that GOP candidate Kris Kobach’s name will stay on the Nov. 6 general election ballot, despite an objection from a liberal activist from Topeka. That same board also said that a Republican candidate for the Kansas House who has been charged in Johnson County with election perjury for filing false information with ...
HUTCHINSON – The three major candidates for Kansas governor traded barbs Saturday before hundreds of raucous supporters at the Kansas State Fair. Democrat Laura Kelly, a state senator from Topeka, charged Republican Kris Kobach with wanting to take Kansas back to “the devastation” of the Brownback administration with his promises to cut taxes and spending. Kobach, Kansas' current secretary of state, in ...
TOPEKA – An official with the Kansas Sierra Club said Friday that the group was pleased when a member of the Kansas Corporation Commission recused himself from a decision this week because of a potential conflict of interest. However, the environmental group remains concerned about further potential conflicts. KCC member Dwight Keen, the owner of an oil and gas production company who has served since April on ...
TOPEKA – Political candidates often make exaggerated or hard-to-verify statements during public debates, and Wednesday’s Kansas gubernatorial debate was no exception. Here's a more in-depth look at some of the claims Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Democratic state Sen. Laura Kelly and independent candidate Greg Orman made during the debate: Kobach on property taxes As part of his promise to ...
Story updated at 5:34 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018: OVERLAND PARK – The three major candidates for governor in Kansas faced each other for the first time Wednesday, offering vastly different views on taxes, education policy, illegal immigration and a host of other issues. Democrat Laura Kelly, Republican Kris Kobach and independent candidate Greg Orman debated for an hour before an audience of about 350 ...