The Kansas governor’s race was a nail-biter with incumbent Laura Kelly eking out a 1.4% cushion over  Attorney General Derek Schmidt. Of the 976,276 votes counted, Gov. Kelly was ahead by fewer than 14,000 when…

TOPEKA — New polling in the Kansas governor’s race showed Wednesday that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and independent governor candidate Dennis Pyle expanded their appeal in the past month while Republican nominee Derek Schmidt was…

In selecting their next attorney general, Kansas voters have a choice between a political newcomer whose record of public office — if decidedly not public service — is blank, and a political retread whose sell-by…

Dear readers, here are some of my picks on the Nov. 8 ballot and why.  United States Senator Sen. Jerry Moran earns our support because he upheld the U.S. Constitution as one of the first…

Chris Mann always felt called to serve the public. It just didn’t turn out the way he expected. Mann, Democratic candidate for Kansas attorney general, met with about 20 people on Sunday afternoon at the…

Patrick Schmidt, candidate for the 2nd Congressional District, will be at Iola’s new coffee shop, Fillmore Coffee House & Plant Cafe, 102 S. Washington, at 2:30 Thursday afternoon for a meet-and-greet. Schmidt, a Democrat, is…

Just when you’re ready to swear off politics, someone gives you pause.  That would be Chris Mann, the Democrat running for Kansas Attorney General, who is “turning my pain into purpose,” in his first-time quest…

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas — The final challenge for Republican Kris Kobach’s political rebound may depend on how strongly Kansas voters feel about national Democrats and how much they fear a liberal agenda seeping into their…

It’s a strange sensation sitting in a room watching a politician try to backpedal from the biggest thing he ever did in office.  I had that experience this week while attending a campaign debate for…

TOPEKA — Republican and Democratic candidates for Kansas attorney general clashed on immigration issues, women’s rights and voting laws during their first debate Thursday, held at the Wichita Crime Commission Forum.  Both candidates said the…