Incumbent Kansas Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly has survived Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s bid to unseat her and will move into her second term in Topeka. Kelly collected 49 percent of the vote to Schmidt’s 48 percent, with an estimated 90 percent of the votes counted on Nov. 9. Throughout the summer and fall, polls showed…

First-term incumbent Kansas Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly has an unpopular president headlining her party whose policies are blamed for a 40-year high in inflation, increasing crime, and chaos on the border. Republican challenger, three-term Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, is tied to former Gov. Sam Brownback, who has a unique distinction in these divisive days…