Tag: governor
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas new Democratic governor-elect said Thursday that she will look to block enforcement of a new adoption law that she and LGBT-rights activists consider discriminatory, a sharp break with the states…
Democrat Laura Kelly fended off perhaps the most energizing and divisive figure in Kansas politics on Tuesday to become the next governor of Kansas. Kelly beat out self-described full-throttled conservative GOP nominee Kris Kobach, the…
An eight-year reign of Republican dominance and political muscle in this state came to an end Tuesday when Democrat Tony Evers defeated GOP Gov. Scott Walker, the central figure in Wisconsin politics for more than…
Those blue dots in a sea of red were enough to elect Democrat Laura Kelly our next governor. Metropolitan Kansans in Wichita, Topeka, Kansas City, Lawrence and Manhattan pushed Sen. Kelly to a comfortable lead…
Two of the top three campaigns for Kansas governor are relying heavily on a single source of cash: their own money. The last major campaign reports filed before next weeks election revealed that, in the…
Election 2018: This is the fourth of a series of articles on the five candidates for Kansas governor. TOPEKA, Kan. Hes brushed aside the states woeful financial straits. Hes dismissed concerns that driving…
Election 2018: This is the third of a series of articles on the five candidates for Kansas governor. Topekan Rick Kloos admits he is a frustrated Republicans running as an Independent for Kansas governor. Decisions…
Former Republican Kansas Gov. Mike Hayden has endorsed Democrat Laura Kelly in this years race for governor. That means only one living Kansas governor has stayed totally out of the race: Republican Sam Brownback. Though…
Greg Orman is running for Kansas governor as an independent and unconventional candidate this year because he thinks he has something profound to offer citizens. So when people ask him how polls this year repeatedly…
Election 2018: This is the first of a series of articles on the five candidates for Kansas governor. On the evening of July 13, 1992, former Texas Representative Barbara Jordan, suffering from multiple sclerosis, was…
