Okay, I've now exhausted any & every road to KANSAS! LOL Last notes on TRUST KANSAS reference!

Kansas. In the late 1850s, this was the white-hot center of American politics. The writing of the state constitution lit the fuse on the Civil War. But by the 20th century, things settled down to a mostly predictable routine. No Kansas Democrat has been elected to the U.S. Senate since the Great Depression, and Kansas has voted Republican in 19 of the past 20 presidential elections.

Few statewide politicians in the United States are more closely identified with Trump than Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who was the vice chair of the president’s recently disbanded commission on supposed election fraud. A super-smart standout at Harvard, Oxford and Yale, Kobach is a former chairman of the Kansas GOP with a national reputation for his leadership in the anti-immigration movement.

His Trump ties run deep. Both men were prominent in the anti-Obama “birther” movement, and Kobach was a source for the president’s widely debunked claim that cheating on a grand scale cost Trump a popular-vote victory. Even when Trump’s approval rating sank into the 30s in the fall, Kobach welcomed Donald Trump Jr. to town to raise money for his campaign.

Kris William Kobach, ['koʊbɑk] is the Secretary of State of Kansas. He has served since 2011. A former chairman of Kansas Republican Party and city councilman in Overland Park, Kansas, he ran for Kansas's 3rd congressional district in 2004 and lost.

Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer had been working for years to cultivate the traditional wing of the state GOP — work that has paid off in the form of a big lead in early fundraising. When Trump nominated Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican, to serve as U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom last year, it appeared that Colyer would add a year of incumbency to his résumé. But delays in the confirmation process had stranded Brownback in Topeka for an additional six months.

Jeff Colyer (b. June 3, 1960, in Overland Park, KS) is the 47th and current Republican Governor of Kansas. He took office on January 25, 2018, after former Gov. Sam Brownback (R) was appointed to a post in Donald Trump's administration.

With no requirements for the office of the Governor & several teenagers taking advantage of this, announcing their candidacy, the Gubernatorial 2018 elections should be very interesting!

Kansas's current senators are Republicans Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran. 29 of Kansas's senators have been Republicans, 3 have been Democrats, and 2 have been Populists. Kansas last elected a Democrat in 1932, which is the longest streak of having Republican senators in the nation.

Kansas's current senators are Republicans Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran. 29 of Kansas's senators have been Republicans, 3 have been Democrats, and 2 have been Populists. Kansas last elected a Democrat in 1932, which is the longest streak of having Republican senators in the nation.

Members of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas include:

Kansas's 1st district: Roger Marshall (R) (since 2017)

Kansas's 2nd district: Lynn Jenkins (R) (since 2009)

Kansas's 3rd district: Kevin Yoder (R) (since 2011)

Kansas's 4th district: Ron Estes (R) (since 2017)

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Brownback, confirmed in dramatic D.C. vote, leaves legacy of controversy in Kansas

January 24, 2018 06:04 PM

WASHINGTON

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s old friend, Vice President Mike Pence, cast two tie-breaking votes Wednesday to give the Kansas Republican a ticket back to Washington after a year of strife in Topeka.

Six months after he was first nominated, the U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to confirm Brownback as ambassador at-large for international religious freedom, ending a period of uncertainty in Topeka about who was holding the reins of state government.

“I’m glad to have the vice president in my corner,” Brownback told reporters seconds after Pence broke the tie on the initial vote.

A few hours later, Pence again arrived to rescue Brownback’s nomination from the opposition of Senate Democrats and the absence of two Republicans.

Brownback’s nomination faced strong Democratic opposition to his nomination over his record on gay rights.

Indeed, not a single Democrat crossed the aisle to support Brownback, who once was seen as a rising Republican star and possible presidential candidate. Even senators who had served with Brownback for years in Congress voted no, including Dianne Feinstein of California, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Richard Durbin of Illinois and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.

Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri also voted no.

“I just think that it’s really important if you’re going to be the ambassador trying to promote tolerance that you show that kind of attitude, and his difficulty with the question about using religion as an excuse to persecute or prosecute people who are gay, that was a disqualifier,” McCaskill said.

During the tense vote on the Senate floor, Schumer could be heard saying to Republican Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas, “C’mon, this guy screwed up your state.” Moran crossed his arms and stepped away.

After the final confirmation vote Wednesday evening, a visibly subdued Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas couldn’t say why no Democrat would vote for Brownback, a one-time member of their exclusive club.

“You’ll have to ask them,” Roberts said. “You know, it used to be that when a member of the Senate was a nominee that people would put partisan politics aside or disagreements aside and vote for him. And that’s just not the case today.”

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