Two races to watch in the Kansas primary election happening Tuesday highlight the Republican Party’s desire to harness intense but limited enthusiasm for far-right fringe political personalities while nominating institutionalist candidates who are seen as more electable in November.
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Kansas failed Wednesday to resuscitate a proof-of-citizenship law that the 10th Circuit said “undisputedly has disenfranchised approximately 30,000 would-be Kansas voters.”
Read moreRepublican immigration hardliner and former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach launched his campaign for U.S. Senate on Monday.
Read moreAs he threatens to shut down the southern border, President Trump is considering bringing on a border or “immigration czar” to coordinate policy across federal agencies, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
Read moreKansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was defeated by his Democratic challenger Laura Kelly in the Kansas gubernatorial race Tuesday night in a tight contest.
Read moreIn Kansas, the politics of health care may be the dominant factor in determining if the historically red state will turn a shade of blue on Nov. 6.
Read moreThe Kansas Supreme Court cleared a path Thursday for a grand jury investigation into allegations that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and other election officials mismanaged the 2016 elections.
Read moreKansas Gov. Jeff Colyer conceded Tuesday evening in the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary, saying he will endorse Secretary of State Kris Kobach a week after their neck-and-neck finish threatened to send the race to a recount.
Read moreElection officials discovered vote discrepancies in the Kansas GOP gubernatorial race, cutting challenger Kris Kobach’s current lead over incumbent Gov. Jeff Colyer in half.
Read moreKansas Secretary of State and anti-illegal immigration firebrand Kris Kobach was locked in a dead heat with incumbent Gov. Jeff Colyer late Tuesday night, as election officials were still tallying votes for the GOP gubernatorial primary.
Read moreAs Kansas voters go to the polls for Tuesday’s primary, they will determine if the Sunflower State is in the firm hold of President Donald Trump or the more moderate Republicans who broke through two years ago to gain a foothold.
Read moreAfter reviewing the records of President Donald Trump’s disbanded voter-fraud commission, Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said Friday that its only objective was to support the president’s unfounded statements that millions of illegal votes were cast during the 2016 elections.
Read moreA federal judge struck down Kansas’ voter ID law Monday and sanctioned Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, ordering him to take additional legal education classes.
Read moreThe Kansas Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a citizen-initiated grand jury petition can investigate Secretary of State Kris Kobach on allegations that he intentionally failed to register qualified voters.
Read moreA federal judge Wednesday found Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in contempt of court for disobeying a 2016 court order on the state’s voter ID law, and spared no words in blistering Kobach and his staff.
Read moreThe federal trial to determine the legality of a voter ID law in Kansas wrapped up Monday afternoon as another expert whose work was used by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to assert widespread fraudulent voting had his credibility called into question.
Read moreThe sixth day of the federal bench trial to determine the legality of voter ID laws spotlighted the work of a political scientist used by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to bolster his claim that thousands of noncitizens have registered to vote.
Read moreA heated argument between a federal judge and a witness marked the fifth day of a voting rights trial already filled with procedural mistakes by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
Read moreAfter a week of procedural delays, a video deposition of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach played in the federal bench trial to determine the legality of voter ID laws.
Read moreIn the third day of a federal bench trial that could help determine the legality of voter ID laws, lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday challenged the claim of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach that thousands of noncitizens voted in Kansas elections.
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