# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2022-07-24T13:30:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

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Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab is Kansas’ top election official, overseeing an elections system largely administered by local officials across the state’s 105 counties. After Kris Kobach’s tumultuous tenure, which saw the office mired in lawsuits and controversies as Kobach championed aggressive voting restrictions, Schwab has largely drained the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office of public drama over the past four years
 
Schwab, a 50-year-old Overland Park resident and former state lawmaker, has repeatedly vouched for the security and integrity of elections in Kansas —a state former President Donald Trump won by double digits in 2020— as false allegations of fraud and conspiracy theories nevertheless take root.
 
But he is still a Republican in a Republican-dominated state.
 
As Schwab runs for re-election, the first-term secretary of state is navigating treacherous political terrain. He’s among a host of Republican secretaries of state —and other GOP statewide officials— under pressure from Trump supporters who have embraced false conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
 
His primary opponent, former Johnson County Commissioner Mike Brown, is provoking baseless suspicions about Kansas elections and attacking Schwab as soft on election security.
 
The hard-right Republicans Brown is most likely to attract may hold false or distorted views about election integrity. But they are also the kind of voters who tend to show up to vote in primary elections, their election-related misgivings notwithstanding.
 
Schwab is responding by delicately walking a tightrope as the primary approaches. He has stood by the security of Kansas elections, but is also trying to reach skeptical Republicans in a language they’ll understand.
 
The stakes extend well beyond his own race. Ultimately, how he handles this balancing act will affect how much confidence Kansas Republicans place in elections locally— and may influence whether any Republicans stay away from the polls on Aug. 2.
 
Read more at the link in our bio. ✏️ Jonathan Shorman and Katie Bernard
 
#kansas #secretaryofstate #politics #election2022 #primaryelection

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