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Kansas once required voters to prove citizenship. That didn't work out so well

Dec. 29, 2024 11:44 AM EST

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans made claims about illegal voting by noncitizens a centerpiece of their 2024 campaign messaging and plan to push legislation in the new Congress requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Yet there's one place with a GOP supermajority where linking...

Ex-Kansas AG Schmidt wins an open House seat for the GOP. Democratic Rep. Davids is reelected

Nov. 06, 2024 00:06 AM EST

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas attorney general’s successful political comeback in Tuesday’s election kept an open U.S. House seat in Republican hands while the only Democrat in the state’s congressional delegation won reelection. Republican Derek Schmidt won the 2nd...

AP Race Call: Republican Derek Schmidt wins election to U.S. House in Kansas' 2nd Congressional District

Nov. 05, 2024 23:27 PM EST

Republican Derek Schmidt won election to a U.S. House seat representing Kansas on Tuesday. Schmidt defeated Democrat Nancy Boyda in the 2nd Congressional District of eastern Kansas. Both candidates were trying to make a political comeback, seeking a seat that was open because two-term Republican Rep. Jake...

Republican Derek Schmidt wins election to U.S. House in Kansas' 2nd Congressional District

Nov. 05, 2024 23:17 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Derek Schmidt wins election to U.S. House in Kansas' 2nd Congressional District.