Tim Wood, an advocate for those with disabilities, will not be running as the Democratic candidate for state House District 45. Wood, of Lawrence, had announced his candidacy last month, but didn't file to run for office by Monday's deadline. Wood works for the Disability Rights Center of ...

With less than a week to go before the filing deadline at noon Monday, races for Douglas County Commissioner and various township clerk positions are drawing scant interest. Only one county seat is up for election this year - the First District County Commission seat currently held by ...

State Sen. Denis Pyle, a conservative Republican from Hiawatha, [announced Friday][1] that he may challenge Republican Pat Roberts for the U.S. Senate, arguing that he doesn't think the current Tea Party candidate, Milton Wolf, is up to the job. In a statement on his website, Pyle said he is ...

Kansas [Congressman Tim Huelskamp][1] is known for posting some pretty pointed tweets on a daily basis. Most of the time they're devoted to ridiculing the Obama administration, Democrats, the federal health care law and similar topics. But a couple of tweets he posted this week attacking the ...

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts took to the Senate floor today to defend the Koch brothers amidst an onslaught of recent attacks from Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "Practically every morning, our Leader starts our session by giving a speech personally attacking David and Charles Koch and their ...

Democrat Margie Wakefield plans to officially file for the Second District congressional race on Thursday, with a campaign kickoff rally to follow at noon at the restored Great Overland Station rail depot in north Topeka. Wakefield is a Lawrence attorney who is trying to unseat incumbent ...