Kris Kobach

American lawyer and politician (born 1966)

IncumbentAttorney General — KSRepublicanRunning nowVugol ID VM-FTF-BX4Y FEC S0KS00257

Running for Attorney General, KS, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/kris-kobach

Roster source: Wikipedia (secondary source) (2026-09-19)

Kris Kobach — Photo — Photo · Alice Linahan Voices Empower · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Kris Kobach — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from WilliamJHendrixKS · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Races

2026 · Attorney General, KS · General · Republican · on the ballot · source
2026 · Attorney General, KS · Primary · Republican · won · 280,973 votes · source
2020 · U.S. Senate, KS · Primary · Republican · lost · 108,726 votes (26.1%) · source
2018 · Governor, KS · General · Republican · lost · 453,030 votes (42.9%) · source

Background

Kris William Kobach 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.

Kobach rose to national prominence as a hardliner on immigration, including his involvement in implementing high-profile ordinances targeting illegal immigration in various American cities.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-24 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kobach

Website and social

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Sources

Portrait — WilliamJHendrixKS · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-24 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kobach
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6437211
Roster — Wikipedia (secondary source) — https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_Kansas_Attorney_General_election&oldid=1375724708
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kris_Kobach_Kansas,_Secretary_of_State_(13419571233)_(1).jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kris_Kobach_Kansas,_Secretary_of_State_(13419571233)_(cropped).jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kris_Kobach.jpg
photo_gallery — https://kriskobach.com/category/newsroom/press-releases/
photo_gallery — https://kriskobach.com/category/newsroom/press-releases/

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