Secretary of State Scott Schwab asks Kansas Legislature to raise penalty for threatening an election worker, which he says is a bipartisan problem.

The top elections official in Kansas is running for governor after building his public profile by pushing back against unfounded election conspiracy theories and breaking with fellow Republicans on voting rights issues.

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Republican lawmakers introduced bills that would regulate ballot drop boxes and eliminate the grace period for late-arriving mail ballots.

Born in Great Bend, Schwab, 52, served over a decade in the Kansas House of Representatives before winning the Republican primary and general election to become secretary of state in 2019. He was re-elected to the post in 2022. His office is responsible ...

Kansas leaders from both sides of the aisle stepped inside the $4 billion plant in De Soto to celebrate its imminent opening.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' top elections official launched a campaign for governor Wednesday after building his public profile by pushing back against unfounded election conspiracy theories and ...

Kansas' Top Elections Official Is Running for Governor After Pushing Back on Conspiracy Theories TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' top elections official launched a campaign for governor Wednesday ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ top elections official launched a campaign for governor Wednesday after building his public profile by pushing back against unfounded election conspiracy theories and ...

Kansas Republican Secretary of State Scott Schwab has announced he is running for governor in 2026, making him the first candidate to declare.

Jenny Reardon, who grew up in Lenexa, Kansas, is a professor of sociology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and founding director of the university’s Science and Justice Research Center.

Kansas House elections committee weighs reform ideas for state campaign-finance law and oversight duties of Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission.