Kansas governor candidate engulfed by blowback over ‘no-show job’ at Wichita State. It’s about time.

By: Clay Wirestone

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: July 9, 2026

Words: 1,258

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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Some of us have to work for a living.

Others of us are Ty Masterson.

I don’t mean his efforts as Senate president, which we report on assiduously and for which the Andover Republican collects $85,000 per 90-day session. That already puts the gubernatorial candidate ahead of the average Kansan’s salary of $58,230 for a whole year’s worth of work.

No, I mean his role as director of “GoCreate, a Koch Collaborative” at …

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