Kobach's term begins Nov. 6, and he will be taking over from Reyes, the outgoing chair. "Since Kris took office, he has been one of the leading attorney generals in taking on the federal ...

Kris Kobach Announces Bid for Kansas Senate Seat. Mr. Kobach, who was the Republican nominee for governor last year, has most recently championed an effort to build a border wall with private funding.

“I was one of those five attorneys, behind the scenes, drafting that lawsuit,” Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said of a 2020 Texas lawsuit.

In that sense, trans advocates and their supporters should be glad that Kobach has taken on this case in his most blustery mode. When the man has swaddled himself in superhero garb before, he has made ...

But Kobach thinks he’s found the issue to launch his heroic flight across the prairie skies: Enforcing Senate Bill 180, an anti-trans law that appears to be a massive dud on its own terms. Read more ...

Kris Kobach, Kansas’ incoming attorney general, is shown leaving the stage with his wife, Heather (left), after addressing supporters at a Republican watch party in Topeka, Kan., on Nov. 9.

When Kris Kobach announced his bid for attorney general in April 2021, many dismissed the effort as another attempt by Kansas' most infamous politician to regain relevance. Over the course of a ...

Former Kansas secretary of state and failed gubernatorial and Senate candidate Kris Kobach is attempting another comeback as the GOP nominee for attorney general. Will the midterms lift him back ...

Kobach lost the general race for governor to Laura Kelly in 2018, leaving some Republicans speculating he could cost them the attorney general's office if he landed the nomination.

Anti-immigration hardliner and former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach finally broke his losing streak on Tuesday night after winning the Republican primary for Kansas attorney general.

Kris Kobach, running for Kansas AG, still working for scandal-tainted border wall group By Jonathan Shorman. Updated February 22, 2022 11:15 AM.