Dear editor, The Kansas Republican primary is over. Both Jeff Colyer and Kris Kobach were Brownback party loyalists. Colyer appeared to differ on Brownback’s tax cut disaster, but if he had been elected governor he…

Perhaps because he has nothing to lose, former Republican Kansas Gov. Bill Graves felt comfortable Tuesday in endorsing Democrat Laura Kelly for governor. And though they may agree, other Republicans aren’t feeling as emboldened to…

On Thursday, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach reappointed Johnson County Election Commissioner Ronnie Metsker to a full four-year term. The announcement was expected. Metsker is a former chairman of the Johnson County Republican Party,…

Will the “Trump effect” carry Kris Kobach and Republican congressional candidates to victory this November? Some commentators believe that an endorsement by President Donald Trump represents a powerful force in winning state and local elections,…

Kris Kobach lost his 2004 bid for Congress to Democrat Dennis Moore by a hefty margin — nearly 12 percentage points in a district that went Republican a few years later. Ask Moore’s media consultant…

The defection of longtime Republican Steve Baccus to the gubernatorial campaign of independent Greg Orman illustrates how divisive Kris Kobach is to the Kansas Republican Party. Baccus is best known in these parts as the…

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…

In mid-July the Register’s editorial page endorsed Gov. Jeff Colyer as the Republican nominee for Kansas governor. Colyer was our man because we believed he has done a reasonably good job of leading the state…

This year’s gubernatorial race stacks up to be a humdinger. Two principal candidates are in place, Laura Kelly, Democrat, and Greg Orman, who plopped down petitions containing 10,000 signatures Monday to claim a spot on…

Like any other Kansan, state Senate President Susan Wagle has every right to endorse a candidate in the gubernatorial race. But she does not have the right to ballyhoo her endorsement of Kris Kobach from…