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Kris William Kobach (/ ˈkoʊbɑːk / 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.
Kris Kobach. since January 9, 2023. Formation. June 30, 1854. Website. www.ag.ks.gov. 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. [3]
He served in the United States Department of Justice under Attorney General John Ashcroft as Counsel to the Attorney General. He has litigated some of the most high-profile cases in the country, including defending statutes and ordinances against the ACLU on multiple occasions.
The Office of the Attorney General is dedicated to making the Kansas government more accessible to the public. Under Kansas law, citizens have the right to access public records and observe many meetings where decisions are made that affect our state.
The Office of the Attorney General is established by the Kansas Constitution. As the state's chief legal officer and top law enforcement official, the Attorney General performs a range of duties as prescribed by state law and legal precedents.
Jan 9, 2023 · TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly called Monday for leaders in Republican-leaning Kansas to follow the lead of the state’s residents and “turn down the volume” on “this hate, this vitriol, this divisiveness” in politics as she started a second term with a new, hard-right state attorney general.
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Apr 29, 2021 · WICHITA, Kansas — Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach kicked off a race for state attorney general Thursday, aiming his hardline immigration and voting policy politics at the...