TOPEKA — Establishment Republicans sought Tuesday to thwart polarizing conservative Kris Kobach's bid for Kansas' open Senate seat, a task complicated by President Donald Trump's refusal to endorse their favored candidate in the primary. Republicans haven't lost a Senate contest in Kansas ...
The Kansas secretary of state’s office on Monday warned Kansans that they could expect some delays in the reporting of results from Tuesday’s primary election because of significant increases in requests for mail-in ballots brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the primaries for the ...
Many primary races for public office will soon come to an end, and voters have one last day to make a decision. Tuesday is election day in Kansas, which is the final day for Douglas County voters to cast a ballot for many county, state and federal primary races. Voters have until 7 p.m. to ...
Holton — Establishment GOP leaders are scrambling to pull out a win in a tense battle for the nomination in Kansas’ U.S. Senate race, and they won’t be able to count on last-minute help from President Donald Trump. Trump has signaled to allies that he won’t endorse in the primary ...
After President Donald Trump's suggestion Thursday morning that the Nov. 3 general election should be delayed, only two members of Kansas' congressional delegation specifically said they opposed the idea when asked for comment by the Journal-World. Rep. Sharice Davids, the state's lone ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A super PAC supporting conservative Kris Kobach's campaign for an open U.S. Senate seat from Kansas has sent out a mailer accusing his chief rival in the Republican primary of performing abortions. The claim against Rep. Roger Marshall, an OB-GYN endorsed by major ...
LIBERTY, Mo. — A detective who investigated Rep. Steve Watkins wrote in an affidavit that the Kansas congressman told her he didn't vote in a 2019 Topeka City Council election, despite evidence showing he had cast a ballot in the race after listing a UPS store as his home address. The ...
TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins of Kansas gave seemingly contradictory answers when questioned Tuesday about an incorrect voting registration form that led to three felony charges against him. Watkins, a Republican, told The Kansas City Star that he did not tell a criminal investigator that ...
TOPEKA — Freshman Rep. Steve Watkins had less campaign cash than his main Republican rival as the GOP primary race entered its final 20 days, online finance records show. State Treasurer Jake LaTurner had about $379,000 in campaign cash on July 15, compared to Watkins' $256,000. The race ...
Updated at 12:06 p.m. Friday WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday presented one of the nation's highest civilian honors to Jim Ryun, a former Republican congressman and the first U.S. high schooler to break the 4-minute barrier in running the mile. Ryun, a University of Kansas ...
Updated at 4:56 p.m. Tuesday TOPEKA — Retiring Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts declared his support Tuesday for Rep. Roger Marshall as his replacement, the latest signal that the Republican establishment is determined to push Marshall past polarizing conservative Kris Kobach in the GOP ...
When Republican voters in Kansas began opening their advance ballots last week, many noticed a candidate in the list of choices for U.S. Senate and wondered whether it was a mistake. John L. Berman appears at the bottom of a list of 11 candidates for the seat and is listed as a resident not ...
TOPEKA — A freshman Kansas congressman misled a sheriff's detective by blaming staff for a problem with his state voter registration form that led to three felony criminal charges, a prosecutor alleged Monday in a new court filing. Republican Rep. Steve Watkins listed a postal box at a UPS ...
For the second election cycle in a row, Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District has caught the attention of national political analysts, who say the GOP primary matchup between frontrunners Steve Watkins and Jake LaTurner could play a big role in whether the seat stays in Republican hands. The ...
It has been nearly 90 years since the state of Kansas elected a Democrat to the United States Senate. But for months, political experts have speculated that 2020 could be the year that streak ends — depending on how the Republican primary shakes out. Though more have filed, two leading ...
Updated at 6:16 p.m. Friday TOPEKA — A freshman Kansas congressman facing felony criminal charges over previously listing a UPS Inc. postal box as his residence on a state voter registration form has been forced to temporarily give up his House committee assignments. Republican Rep. Steve ...
Topeka — A Kansas official who is trying to unseat a freshman congressman who has been charged criminally with election fraud picked up the endorsement Thursday of another member of the state’s congressional delegation. Rep. Ron Estes said he is endorsing State Treasurer Jake LaTurner over ...
Topeka — The presumed Democratic nominee for an open Senate seat in Kansas raised almost $1.3 million more than the top-tier Republican primary candidates combined during the second quarter of the year, despite a GOP candidate loaning $1.5 million to his own campaign. Democratic state Sen. ...
WICHITA — A month after cancelling a speech by Ivanka Trump, Wichita State University's technical school has embraced a national ad program the president's daughter has touted telling workers who lost jobs because of the pandemic to “Find Something New.” The tech school's president, ...
TOPEKA — A freshman Kansas congressman who listed a UPS Inc. postal box as his residence on a voter registration form is seeking to disqualify a prosecutor from pursuing a case against him. Kansas Congressman Steve Watkins’ attorney filed a motion Wednesday night asserting that Shawnee ...