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Republicans Are Bailing On Kobach

40% of GOP Legislators Refuse to Back Kobach Kris Kobach has a new problem: Republicans. After a contentious primary in Kansas that Kobach only won by 343 votes, tensions are still boiling over. Last week, former Republican governor Bill Graves shunned Kobach to endorse Democratic nominee Laura Kelly. And yesterday, the Kansas City Star reported…

DGA Launches New Video in Kansas: “Double Down”

Kobach Will Bring Back Brownback’s Disastrous Tax Plan, and Go Even Further In light of Kris Kobach’s nomination in Kansas last night, the Democratic Governors Association launched a new web video “Double Down” to highlight Kobach’s promises to restore the Brownback tax plan and make even more cuts to education, transportation, and health care than Brownback…

DGA Statement on the Resolution of the Kansas Republican Primary

Tonight, Democratic Governors Association Executive Director Elisabeth Pearson released the following statement on the resolution of the Republican primary in Kansas: “Kris Kobach is Sam Brownback on steroids,” said Pearson. “Kansans aren’t going to get a change from a candidate who praised Sam Brownback as a ‘transformative governor.’ Not only would Kobach reinstate the disastrous…

“Tensions Rising Between Colyer and Kobach” as Messy Primary Drags On Into Week 2

United Behind Laura Kelly, Democrats Focus on Moving Past Brownback Years It’s week two of the Kansas GOP standoff between Gov. Jeff Colyer and Sec. of State Kris Kobach, and there’s no end in sight. With roughly a hundred votes separating them, both Colyer and Kobach are lawyering up preparing for a recount fight. The…

Ugly GOP Primary Drags On in Kansas

Colyer-Kobach Continue Endless Battle Over Who Gets to Carry the Brownback Torch After a year of nasty campaigning and party infighting, Kansas Republicans were looking forward to a merciful end to the race between Gov. Jeff Colyer and Sec. of State Kris Kobach. Not so fast. The count with 100 percent of precincts reporting had…

DGA Statement on Laura Kelly’s Primary Victory in Kansas

Tonight, Democratic Governors Association Chair Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and DGA Vice Chair Gina Raimondo (D-RI) released the following statement about state Senator Laura Kelly’s primary victory in Kansas: “Congratulations to Laura Kelly on her primary victory in Kansas,” said Inslee. “Kansas is ready for a change after 8 years of Sam Brownback’s disastrous economic…

The Stefanowski Budget Plan: From the People Who Brought You Sam Brownback’s Kansas Disaster

Art Laffer Was Architect of Brownback Failed Tax Experiment Bob Stefanowski wants to turn Connecticut into Kansas. At least that’s what he’s telling voters with his latest ad. In the ad, Stefanowski touts his budget plan that was “developed by the same highly regarded economists” who worked for Reagan. On the screen we see Stefanowski,…

KS Ed Boards Slam Kobach as “Embarrassment For the State of Kansas”

Kobach Earns Contempt of Court Ruling, Leaves Taxpayers to Pick Up the Bill This weekend, editorial boards levied more harsh criticism at Kansas Sec. of State Kris Kobach for earning his second contempt of court charge in his one man voter suppression crusade. A federal judge ordered Kobach to repay his opponent’s legal fees after…

ICYMI: KC Star Editorial Slams Colyer for Upholding Brownback-Era Discrimination Policy

“So much for Colyer’s much ballyhooed ‘new tone.’” In case you missed it, Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer is under fire for refusing to reinstate LGBTQ protections for state workers, effectively upholding his predecessor Sam Brownback’s position. The Kansas City Star editorial board published a scathing editorial criticizing Colyer for following in Brownback’s footsteps and scaring…

Kobach Makes Bizarre Slavery Comment In GOP Debate

Kobach Compares Himself to “Slave Farmers” In a bizarre and offensive move, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach used his first Republican gubernatorial debate to compare himself to a “slave farmer.” From the Topeka Capital-Journal: In response to a question about a property tax lid applied to city and county governments, there was consensus that…

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