Republicans fear Kobach primary win in Kansas could jeopardize Senate GOP control
Kris Kobach, the former Republican secretary of state of Kansas who lost his bid for governor in 2018, is now trying to claim a Senate seat there with the help of a Democrat-linked group and without the blessing of GOP party leaders.
Voters head to the polls on Tuesday in Kansas and four other states — Arizona, Michigan, Missouri and Washington — in some of the last primaries left on the year's election calendar.
Two main combatants have emerged in the 11-candidate Kansas contest — Kobach, the immigration hawk and voter fraud crusader, and Rep. Roger Marshall, a mainstream GOP candidate. The race has raised alarm among Republicans who fear that if a polarizing candidate like Kobach wins the primary he could lose in November, putting their Senate majority at risk. Some Republican had wanted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to run.
Kobach has a shot against Marshall, said Professor Patrick Miller, a political science professor at the University of Kansas.
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