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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

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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Kansas AG to Lead RAGA; Minnesota Assistant AG to Chair NAAG Antitrust Task Force

The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) announced that Kansas AG Kris Kobach was elected RAGA Chairman, with his one-year term beginning in November 2024. The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) has announced that Minnesota Assistant AG Elizabeth Odette, the manager of the Antitrust Division in the Minnesota AG’s Office, has been selected as chair…

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Ohio and Kansas AGs Seek Stay of EPA Air Quality Rule by the Supreme Court

Ohio AG Dave Yost and Kansas AG Kris Kobach have completed briefing on their emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the EPA’s “Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter” final rule while it is pending review before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

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