With Pompeo out, GOP looks to Rep. Marshall in Kansas race
4 years, 7 months ago

With Pompeo out, GOP looks to Rep. Marshall in Kansas race

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — The passing of Monday’s deadline to file to run for Kansas’ open Senate seat confirmed that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo won’t be a candidate, and a major anti-abortion group threw its support behind Rep. Roger Marshall to keep immigration hardliner Kris Kobach from the GOP nomination. It also left Marshall and Kobach, the former Kansas secretary of state who lost the 2018 governor’s race, as the top rivals in a GOP field of 11 candidates. “Considering the fact that Kris Kobach managed to lose a gubernatorial election in a deep red state, it understandably creates anxiety among Republicans if he were to be the Republican nominee,” said Whit Ayres, a GOP pollster. “The establishment wants to compromise.” The GOP is spooked because the presumed Democratic nominee, Kansas City-area state Sen. Barbara Bollier, a former moderate Republican, raised nearly $3.5 million for her campaign by the end of March, more than any other candidate so far.

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Kansas GOP picks Rep. Marshall for Senate seat over Kobach
4 years, 5 months ago

Kansas GOP picks Rep. Marshall for Senate seat over Kobach

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Republicans on Tuesday nominated Rep. Roger Marshall for the Senate over polarizing conservative Kris Kobach, heeding the party establishment’s advice as it tries to keep a normally safe seat out of play in what could be a difficult year for the GOP. Kobach, the former Kansas secretary of state, is nationally known for advocating restrictive immigration …

Conservative Kris Kobach Loses Kansas GOP Senate Primary
4 years, 5 months ago

Conservative Kris Kobach Loses Kansas GOP Senate Primary

NPR  

Conservative Kris Kobach Loses Kansas GOP Senate Primary Enlarge this image toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Charlie Riedel/AP Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall has defeated former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in the Republican Senate primary, according to The Associated Press, calming Republicans' worst fears about putting a seat in a deep red state in play this fall with the Senate …

GOP leaders can’t bank on Trump’s help in Kansas Senate race
4 years, 5 months ago

GOP leaders can’t bank on Trump’s help in Kansas Senate race

Associated Press  

HOLTON, Kan. — Establishment Republican leaders are scrambling to pull out a win in a tense party battle for the nomination in the Kansas Senate race, and they won’t be able to count on last-minute help from President Donald Trump. Although GOP leaders believe Kobach’s hardline anti-immigration message is too divisive to win a general election — and may jeopardize …

Retiring Kansas Sen. Roberts endorses Rep. Marshall for seat
4 years, 5 months ago

Retiring Kansas Sen. Roberts endorses Rep. Marshall for seat

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Retiring Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts declared his support Tuesday for Rep. Roger Marshall as his replacement, the latest signal that the Republican establishment is determined to push Marshall past polarizing conservative Kris Kobach in the GOP primary. “I sit on the Health Committee and know first-hand how important it will be to keep a Kansas view on …

Democrat outpaces top of GOP field in Senate race in Kansas
4 years, 5 months ago

Democrat outpaces top of GOP field in Senate race in Kansas

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — The presumed Democratic nominee for an open Senate seat in Kansas raised almost $1.3 million more than the top-tier Republican primary candidates combined during the second quarter of the year, despite a GOP candidate loaning $1.5 million to his own campaign. It is airing a 30-second spot describing rival and western Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall as “fake, …

GOP establishment boosting Kansas congressman’s Senate bid
4 years, 6 months ago

GOP establishment boosting Kansas congressman’s Senate bid

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Establishment Republicans who’d been coy for months about the GOP primary for Kansas’ open Senate seat are increasingly putting their thumbs on the scale, hoping to push Rep. Roger Marshall to victory over polarizing conservative Kris Kobach. “You’re seeing a lot of people starting to circle the wagons around Roger Marshall,” said Kelly Arnold, a former state …

Marshall struggles to unite GOP establishment in Kansas race
4 years, 7 months ago

Marshall struggles to unite GOP establishment in Kansas race

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Roger Marshall represents western Kansas in a congressional district rich in GOP votes and donors that has given the state four U.S. senators over the past 50 years. “It’s still Kobach’s to lose,” said Tim Shallenburger, a former state GOP chairman and state treasurer. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has told people that U.S. Secretary of State …

With Pompeo out, GOP can’t dodge Kansas Senate race headache
5 years ago

With Pompeo out, GOP can’t dodge Kansas Senate race headache

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s declaration Tuesday that he won’t run for Senate in Kansas returned some Republicans to worrying that they can’t block a polarizing conservative from winning the GOP nomination and putting the seat in play. “Everybody but Kobach probably should get together and say, ‘Now why are we doing this and what are we …

Mike Pompeo says reports he’ll run for Senate are ‘completely false’
5 years, 1 month ago

Mike Pompeo says reports he’ll run for Senate are ‘completely false’

CNN  

Washington CNN — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo categorically denied reports that he is preparing to make a run for the Senate in Kansas, declaring them “completely false” ahead of an appearance Monday alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has said Pompeo is his “first choice” to run for the seat. But Trump himself has seemed open to the …

Impeachment intensifies buzz about Pompeo run for US Senate
5 years, 1 month ago

Impeachment intensifies buzz about Pompeo run for US Senate

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — A persistent buzz about Mike Pompeo stepping down as the top U.S. diplomat to run for an open Senate seat in Kansas has built to a roar as impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump have intensified scrutiny of the State Department. Many Republicans still see Pompeo as their best candidate for preventing the Kansas race from becoming …

Kobach’s brand still sells with GOP in Senate race in Kansas
5 years, 1 month ago

Kobach’s brand still sells with GOP in Senate race in Kansas

Associated Press  

WICHITA, Kan. — Kris Kobach isn’t fazed that fellow Republicans worry he’s unpopular or too brash in pushing his hard-right views to keep Kansas’ open Senate seat in GOP hands next year. “Yeah, Donald Trump can do it, but not everybody’s Donald Trump.” Yet for all the GOP concerns, Kobach’s brand still sells on the right — where the party’s …

Riyadh, Seoul ... Wichita? Pompeo seeks refuge in home state
5 years, 2 months ago

Riyadh, Seoul ... Wichita? Pompeo seeks refuge in home state

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s schedule usually reads like a list of foreign capitals. Kelly Arnold, a former Kansas GOP chairman, called Pompeo “the most popular Republican in the state” and said he continues to excite the party’s base. “At the same time, I am selfish and would love to have him representing the state of Kansas, as …

Kansas’ Pompeo could swing Senate race, but will he run?
5 years, 4 months ago

Kansas’ Pompeo could swing Senate race, but will he run?

Associated Press  

MANHATTAN, Kan. — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo didn’t address speculation that he might run for the Senate in Kansas during a Friday college lecture in his home state, though some who attended left convinced it’s still possible. Answering questions from the audience of about 900 after the speech, the closest he came to addressing the speculation that he’ll …

Kobach launches US Senate bid in Kansas; some in GOP wary
5 years, 6 months ago

Kobach launches US Senate bid in Kansas; some in GOP wary

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kris Kobach, a nationally known advocate of tough immigration policies and vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, launched a campaign Monday for the U.S. Senate in Kansas amid hostility from some Republicans worried that his loss in the governor’s race could threaten the party’s Senate majority. It’s not a time for a senator who’s Republican-lite.” Kobach, the …

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