Brownback’s Shadow Hangs Over Kansas Race

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August 7, 2018 1:14 p.m.

If Kansas has a Democratic governor next year, it might be as much former Gov. Sam Brownback's (R) fault as anyone's. Brownback had some of the worst poll numbers in the country when he left office to become President Trump's...

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