Tag: election

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The future of a much-criticized database that checks if voters are illegally registered in multiple states is up in the air after its patron, Kris Kobach, lost the Kansas race for…

Every time that Rep. Kent Thompson holds up his hand to defend the Kansas Constitution, its import weighs heavily on his conscience. Monday’s swearing-in ceremony to signal the start of the 2019 legislative session will…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Republican Sen. Pat Roberts, the longest-serving member of Congress in Kansas history, announced Friday that he won’t run again in 2020, setting up a scramble to replace him in a GOP-leaning…

WASHINGTON — Sen. Pat Roberts likes to quote a piece of advice from his mentor, the late U.S. Rep. Keith Sebelius of Kansas: “Smother your enemies with the milk of human kindness and pray it…

The latest defections from the Kansas Republican Party — two Johnson County legislators — show politicians in some corners of the state trying to catch up with changes in the voters they need to win…

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…

In Wisconsin, Republican lawmakers are refusing to accept the voters’ will. Instead of preparing to work with Gov.-elect Tony Evers, a Democrat, Republicans are furiously working to undercut his authority as well as that of…

According to the official tally released Friday, voter turnout among Kansans for the 2018 midterm election bested that of 2014’s midterm by 20 percent.  A full 58 percent of the state’s 1,841,776 registered voters participated;…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has provided the special counsel with written answers to questions about his knowledge of Russian interference in the 2016 election, his lawyers said Tuesday, avoiding at least for now…

Iola City Councilman Michael Middleton resigned his post Tuesday because he is moving out of Iola?s third voting ward. Middleton has been on the Council since his appointment in May 2017. ?I want to thank…