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Dave Helling

Kris Kobach, Roger Marshall and Susan Wagle: What’s the state of the Kansas GOP?

Kris Kobach
This June 2, 2018, file photo provided by the Kobach for Governor campaign shows Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach posing next to a Jeep mounted with a replica machine gun at the Old Shawnee Days Parade in Shawnee, Kan. AP

With Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts retiring, there are three candidates with name recognition vying for his seat: U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall, state Senate President Susan Wagle, and Kris Kobach, who lost the race for governor to Laura Kelly in 2018. Also, three new faces seek to unseat Sharice Davids in the 3rd District for the U.S. House. Will Kansas Republicans come together? Michael Ryan joins Dave Helling and Derek Donovan to talk about it.

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