How Kobach’s Tenure As Sec. Of State Plays Into His Own Mess Of A Gov Race

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach listens as US President Donald Trump speaks during the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building nex... Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach listens as US President Donald Trump speaks during the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House in Washington, DC, July 19, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

August 14, 2018 4:33 p.m.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is known for instituting strict restrictions on who has access to the ballot box. But does Kobach’s controversial two-term tenure have anything to do with the chaos currently unfolding in his own undecided GOP...

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