Democrat Chad Taylor is asking the Kansas Supreme Court to step in and prevent his name from appearing on the Nov. 4 ballot for the U.S. Senate. Taylor filed the petition Thursday, asking for an order preventing Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach from placing his name on the ...

A new poll sponsored by KSN-TV in Wichita shows a statistical dead heat in the U.S. Senate race between Republican Sen. Pat Roberts and independent challenger Greg Orman. According to a report on the [station's website][1], the latest [SurveyUSA][2] poll shows Orman at 37 percent; Roberts at ...

Independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman said Saturday that he regrets having contributed money in 2006 to Missouri Rep. Todd Akin, a Republican who later said that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant. "I had a friend call me and ask me to support a congressman who was on ...

The U.S. Senate race in Kansas appears to have been taken over by the national organizations of both political parties, albeit in very different ways. The latest news today is that the National Republican Senatorial Committee has [taken over][1] the troubled campaign of Sen. Pat Roberts, ...

UPDATE — 3:10 p.m. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kansas must remain on the November ballot even though he wants to withdraw against incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Roberts. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Thursday Democrat Chad Taylor did ...

Democratic candidate for governor Paul Davis launched his first TV ad of the campaign on Wednesday, and then promptly pulled it off the air after the Kansas Republican Party said an actor in the commercial had previously been charged with sex offenses. "His first ad strikes a confident tone, ...