For 14 years, Laura Kelly has been the outsider looking in as a Democrat in the state senate. Though she watched Republicans set policy, Kelly didn’t let her underdog status go to waste. Instead she…

WASHINGTON — Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas looks vulnerable to Democrats — and some Republicans, and that’s a big reason the 2020 race has quickly drawn a prominent potential challenger, former U.S. Attorney for Kansas…

Jason Kander’s decision to withdraw Tuesday from the mayor’s race to seek treatment for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder will surprise many Kansas Citians. Anyone who reads his courageous and candid statement, though, will reach the…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jason Kander, citing depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, is dropping out of the Kansas City mayor’s race. Kander posted a message on his campaign website and Facebook page saying that in…

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Paul Davis says he’s frustrated, but he doesn’t really show it. Sitting at a wooden desk in his campaign office in downtown Lawrence, the bespectacled Democrat matter-of-factly states that he’s irked by…

With seventy-some days to the 2018 general election, Greg Orman has become reviled by Democrats and others as a “spoiler,” who could easily help far-right Republican Kris Kobach win election as governor of Kansas. It…