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The attorney general of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Kris Kobach assumed the office on January 9, 2023.
Kris William Kobach (/ ˈ k oʊ b ɑː k / KOH-bahk; born March 26, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the attorney general of Kansas since 2023. He previously served as the 31st secretary of state of Kansas from 2011 to 2019.
On December 18, 2022, Powell was named the Kansas Solicitor General, Kansas' top appellate attorney, by then Kansas Attorney General-elect Kris Kobach. [9] Following the start of Kobach's term, Powell succeeded Brant Laue as Kansas Solicitor General on January 9, 2023. [10] [11]
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Kobach, who won election as Kansas attorney general in 2022, has sidestepped questions about whether the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. In a 2022 interview with the Associated Press, ...
Former U.S. Attorney General Josh Ashcroft, who mentored Kobach at the Department of Justice in the early 2000s, attended the Kansas Republican’s swearing-in on Monday.
Derek Larkin Schmidt [1] (born January 23, 1968) [2] is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Kansas Attorney General from 2011 to 2023. A Republican, Schmidt was first elected to office serving in the Kansas Senate, where he represented the 15th district from 2001 to 2011, and served as Agriculture Committee chairman and Senate majority leader.
The Kansas State Cabinet, under current Governor Laura Kelly, consists of the Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, the Adjutant General, the Superintendent of Highway Patrol, and eleven departments each headed by a Secretary. Lieutenant Governor – chief deputy to the Governor, responsible for acting as Governor during the Governor's absence.