Hawkins reveals campaign fundraising for insurance commissioner
House Speaker Dan Hawkins on Friday morning reported a record fundraising amount for his campaign for insurance commissioner.
Hawkins reported raising $417,305 during 2025, including...
NEW: Top Senate Democrat joining race for insurance commissioner
Dinah Sykes, the Senate's top Democrat from Lenexa, is planning to run for state insurance commissioner against Republican House Speaker Dan Hawkins.
Sykes on Thursday...
New campaign finance limits boost historic House GOP fundraising push
The Republican House caucus set a new fundraising record for an off-election year with the help of a new law increasing campaign contribution limits...
UPDATED: Corson piles up key union support in Democratic primary for governor
(UPDATED to include comment from KNEA)
As they seek the Democratic nomination for governor, state Sens. Cindy Holscher and Ethan Corson have pledged to support...
State election officials reject Maughan’s new filing for Kansas House
State election officials on Monday rejected former Republican state legislator Carl Maughan's filing to run again for the Kansas House as he tries to...
Former lawmaker beset by legal troubles running for Legislature
Former Republican state Rep. Carl Maughan of Colwich is seeking to return to the Kansas Legislature despite legal troubles that included being charged twice...
Holscher raffles away signed Taylor Swift album for contributions; Is that allowed?
As political fundraising comes to a close for 2025, Democratic state Sen. Cindy Holscher came up with an idea to raise some last-minute cash...
Schmidt wins backing of national political women’s group for governor
Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt has picked up support in her bid for governor from a national political women's group that seeks to elect conservative...
Schwab names interim JoCo election commissioner
Secretary of State Scott Schwab has named Connie Schmidt to replace Fred Sherman as interim Johnson County election commissioner.
Schmidt served as Johnson County election...
UPDATED: JoCo election commissioner resigns
(Updated to include comment from Sherman and details about the search process; also corrects the residency requirement for the candidate.)
Fred Sherman has suddenly resigned...
