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Kansas Attorney General

Current State AG
Kris Kobach (R)
Political Party
Republican
Assumed Office

2023

Kris Kobach was elected as the 45th Kansas Attorney General in 2022. AG Kobach previously served as the 31st Secretary of State of Kansas from 2011 to 2019.  In 2001, AG Kobach received a White House Fellowship from President George W. Bush, and he went on to serve in the United States Department of Justice under Attorney General John Ashcroft as counsel to the attorney general. Early in his career, AG Kobach clerked for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and shortly thereafter became...

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Kris Kobach was elected as the 45th Kansas Attorney General in 2022. AG Kobach previously served as the 31st Secretary of State of Kansas from 2011 to 2019.  In 2001, AG Kobach received a White House Fellowship from President George W. Bush, and he went on to serve in the United States Department of Justice under Attorney General John Ashcroft as counsel to the attorney general. Early in his career, AG Kobach clerked for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and shortly thereafter became a professor of constitutional law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

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The AG is an elected position in Kansas.

  • Next Election:November 3, 2026
  • Election Process:Elected
  • Term/Limit:4 years / none


Latest Kansas Attorney General News & Insights

Alaska Names New AG; Iowa and Kansas AGs Appoint New Chief Deputies

Alaska: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed Stephen J. Cox as the next Alaska AG, effective August 29, 2025. Former Alaska AG Treg Taylor previously announced that he would be stepping down on August 29, 2025. AG Cox is a former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, and had previously served as a DOJ…

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Challenger Enters Kansas AG Race; Ohio Names New Solicitor General

Democrat Chris Mann, a former police officer and prosecutor, announced that he will be running for Kansas AG. Mann is the first person to announce entry into the race to unseat AG Kris Kobach, who defeated Mann in the 2022 general election. Ohio AG Dave Yost announced his selection of Mathura Sridharan as the state’s…

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Republican AGs Counter Latest Student Loan Repayment Relief Efforts

A group of 23 Republican AGs, led by Missouri AG Andrew Bailey and Kansas AG Kris Kobach, wrote a letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) expressing opposition to the ED’s Proposed Rule which would give it authority to grant hardship waivers of certain student loan debts.

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