Kris Kobach Finds Controversy in Kansas This Time
How about we talk about a national figure who really is looming in the Kansas elections? That would be Kris Kobach, Kansas’ very own secretary of state.
Before he was elected to a statewide office, Kobach, a lawyer, had made a name for himself by helping states and cities pass laws aimed at making life difficult for undocumented immigrants. None of that changed after he became secretary of state.
Not content to hang around the office streamlining the state’s business filing system, Kobach hit the road early and often. He was in Arizona, helping officials defend a harsh anti-immigrant law. He was in Alabama, helping legislators draft one. He was in Texas, helping his rock ‘n’ roll buddy Ted Nugent lobby for the right to shoot feral hogs out of helicopters.
And then, on Sept. 3, intrigue came knocking right in Kansas.
A struggling Democratic candidate, Chad Taylor, wanted to withdraw as his party’s nominee for the U.S. Senate seat. That move would clear a path for Orman.