2020 Election

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Democratic candidates hold large leads in Douglas County Commission races

Two progressive candidates who opposed Douglas County’s plan to expand its jail appeared set to win election to the County Commission. In the early ballot returns, Democratic candidates Shannon Reid and Shannon Portillo held strong leads over their Republican challengers for the County ...

Trump, GOP largely carry Kansas; incumbents hold onto House seats

Story updated at 10:59 p.m. Tuesday TOPEKA (AP) — Republican Roger Marshall won the most competitive U.S. Senate race in Kansas in decades, while President Donald Trump carried the state again in the presidential race and voters elected two new Republican congressmen. The marquee race in ...

Kansas’ hotly contested U.S. Senate race will soon be decided

TOPEKA — Democrats went into Tuesday's election with their best chance in half a century of winning a Senate seat in Kansas, as voters in the typically reliable Republican state sought to settle the most expensive political contest in its history. The race between Republican Roger Marshall, ...