Tag: kansas

  • Previewing Kansas’ August 4 battleground primaries

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    There are three battleground primaries taking place in Kansas on August 4. Battlegrounds are elections that Ballotpedia expects to have a meaningful effect on the balance of power in governments or to be particularly competitive or compelling. Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Kansas Eleven candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate…

  • Kansas education board blocks governor’s order delaying school start date

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    The Kansas State Board of Education on July 22 voted to block an executive order issued by Governor Laura Kelly (D) that would have delayed the start of public and private school instruction in the state until after Labor Day. Kelly issued the executive order on July 20 in light of Kansas’ recent spike in…

  • One Kansas Supreme Court justice faces retention election in November

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    One Kansas Supreme Court justice, Eric Rosen, will face a retention election on November 3, 2020. He was appointed by a Democratic governor. Currently, two justices on the court were appointed by a Republican governor while four were appointed by a Democratic governor. The governor appoints the seven justices of the supreme court through a…