TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans held onto an eastern Kansas congressional seat Tuesday they had been in danger of losing because of questions about their novice candidate’s public statements. Steve Watkins defeated Democrat Paul Davis…

There’s a reason candidates are leaving nothing to chance and, even today, are out on the campaign trail: Some voters are still on the fence in their support. The 2nd District race for Congress is…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Some Republicans say they hope President Donald Trump’s visit to Topeka today will boost Steve Watkins’ 2nd Congressional District campaign, which has faced questions over claims he has made about his…

Standard procedure for wannabe politicians is a process called vetting, that is, ensuring there’s no skeletons in the closet. Campaigners for Steve Watkins missed that memo. Watkins, Republican from Topeka, is running against Paul Davis,…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A political novice who rode his profile as an outsider-adventurer to the Republican nomination in a competitive Kansas congressional district is facing scrutiny about some of the biographical details he shares…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican candidate in a hotly contested Kansas congressional race acknowledged Wednesday that claims he made on the campaign trail about starting and expanding a small business in the Middle East…

Democratic congressional candidate Paul Davis hosted a round-table discussion with a dozen area health care professionals Thursday in Pittsburg. Davis, who is locked in a neck and neck contest with political rookie Steve Watkins (R-Topeka)…

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…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Paul Davis kicked off a promising Democratic campaign to flip a GOP-leaning Kansas congressional district with a pledge to oppose Nancy Pelosi’s return as House speaker. It didn’t change the GOP’s…