Kansas Republicans have a 'coordinated' plan to cancel their 2026 US Senate election (opens in new tab)

That’s my strong suspicion after reading about and reporting on , a Kansas law passed last year that appears to give Republican power brokers a get-out-of-jail free card in this year’s U.S. Senate race.As by Kansas Reflector, the law’s text grants any Senate appointee a free two-year trial period before having to face voters. The bill’s ostensible purpose was to prevent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly from appointing a Democrat to replace Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, but the clause in que...