Secretary of state removes No Labels candidates from ballot

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Secretary of State Scott Schwab removed state Sen. Marci Francisco and state Senate candidate Echo Van Meteren from the ballot as candidates for the No Labels Party.

Schwab notified each candidate Wednesday afternoon, telling them that the filing was not valid under state law because a convention to nominate the candidates was not called by the state chair of the No Labels party.

The decision to invalidate the No Labels candidacies does not affect Francisco's and Echo Van Meteren's ongoing races for the Kansas Senate. Francisco is running a Democrat. Van Meteren is running as a Republican.

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