Chris Mann Wins Kansas Attorney General Race, Ending GOP's 20-Year Hold
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 7
Chris Mann Wins Kansas Attorney General Race, Ending GOP's 20-Year Hold
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 7
Summary
Chris Mann, a Democrat and former police officer and prosecutor, defeated Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach, giving Democrats the Kansas post for the first time in 20 years.
Kobach had become a national figure by pushing claims of widespread illegal voting and hard-line immigration views, but voters denied him another term as Kansas politics shifted.
The result added to a strong Democratic night in Kansas: Adam Hamilton won a Senate seat, the party's first there since the 1930s, and Democrat Cindy Holscher was leading in the governor's race.
Kansas still votes Republican for president by wide margins, yet Democratic gains in statewide races and in the Kansas City suburbs point to a broader erosion of the GOP's dominance.