(UPDATED to include comments from Colyer campaign, Schwab campaign, Eakins campaign, Kansans for Life political action committee, Democratic Governors Association)
Ending months of speculation, Republican Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt on Wednesday joined the race for governor.
Schmidt, now concluding her second term as insurance commissioner, became the third major GOP candidate to announce for governor.
Schmidt, a pharmacist, served as a state senator representing Wabaunsee and Shawnee counties from 2005 to 2018 before she was elected insurance commissioner in 2018.
In an interview, Schmidt recalled how two people fell asleep the first time she testified before the Legislature, which . . .
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