Kansas politics

By getting off on the wrong foot with Democrats and some in his own party, Roger Marshall of Kansas may have limited his effectiveness in a closely divided U.S. Senate.

Wins by conservatives over GOP moderates could mean more conflict between lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.

Typically, sitting members of Congress are challenged over ideological differences. But in Kansas' 2nd District, the incumbent and one of the challengers are trying to prove who is more aligned with President Donald Trump.

MANHATTAN, Kansas — Five Republicans running for the U.S. Senate debated farm issues in Manhattan on Saturday. They all described themselves as...

Five Republicans with backgrounds in health care, nonprofits, politics and engineering are looking to take back the U.S. House seat that represents Johnson, Wyandotte counties and a slice of Miami County.

It's a crowded field to replace Kansas' Republican mainstay in Washington. This story updates as candidates get in or drop out.

TOPEKA, Kansas — A Democrat hasn’t won a U.S. Senate race in Kansas since the early days of the Great Depression. It took that economic crisis to propel...

Even though it’s the offseason, Kansas Rep. Rui Xu says being a legislator is a full-time job. Over the course of a week, on top of his part-time gig as...

One might think the end of her first legislative session as Kansas governor would give Laura Kelly some relief. "Oh, not much," she said. "We've been...

This week, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly withdrew the nomination of a judge she’d named to the state’s Court of Appeals, after tweets surfaced showing the judge…