Kansas GOP leaders’ alarming plot to cancel U.S. Senate elections unfolded in plain sight last year

By: Clay Wirestone

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: June 23, 2026

Words: 993

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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With the benefit of four days’ research and additional reporting, I can say that the possibility of GOP leaders executing an anti-democracy stunt to keep U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall’s seat in the party remains distressingly real.

Our focus here is a law passed in 2025 by Republican supermajorities in the Kansas House and Senate that seized appointment power from Democratic governor Laura Kelly. Senate Bill 105 goes further, though — it appears to …

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