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Crowded Field of Candidates Compete in Kansas Secretary of State Race

During his two terms as secretary of state, Kris Kobach got Kansas to enact the country’s tightest voter registration requirements.
During his two terms as secretary of state, Kris Kobach got Kansas to enact the country’s tightest voter registration requirements.

Kansas has never seen a secretary of state like Kris Kobach. For the crowd of candidates who want to fill his shoes, the new stature of the office may be both an opportunity and a problem. Kobach is running for governor and will step down form his current post. Celia Llopis-Jepsen of the Kansas News Service brings us a look at several of the candidates vying to take over Kobach’s office.


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The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.