Republican · Kansas Attorney General
Sources for Kris Kobach
91 public sources used in researching this candidate. Every claim in the profile traces back to one or more of these URLs.
27
primary
59
secondary
5
social
Primary Records
27 sources- Open
Kansas Public Disclosure Commission / Kansas.gov · 2026-05-19
Kansas State Wide Office - 2026 Election Cyclekansas.gov
- Kobach, Kris is listed under Attorney General Candidates
- KPDC links Kobach's appointment of treasurer and January 2026 finance report
- Filing URL: kansas.gov/ethics/CFAScanned/StWide/2026ElecCycle/SWLinks2026EC.htm
- Open
Kris Kobach for Attorney General · 2026-05-19
Kobach Campaign Announces Record-Breaking Cash on Hand and Official Re-Election Filingkriskobach.com
- Campaign says Kobach officially filed for re-election
- Campaign reports $502,626 cash on hand
- Campaign says no personal contribution or self-loan was used to reach that cash total
- Open
Kris Kobach for Attorney General · 2026-05-19
51 Kansas Sheriffs endorse Kobach for Attorney Generalkriskobach.com
- Campaign says 51 Kansas sheriffs endorsed Kobach's attorney-general re-election
- Campaign release lists Ellis County Sheriff Scott Braun among endorsers
- Release frames Kobach's record around law enforcement, KBI, fentanyl, organized retail crime, and crime-rate claims
- Kobach was elected Kansas's 45th Attorney General in November 2022
- Kobach served as Kansas Secretary of State from 2011 to 2019
- Official bio identifies Title IX, Obamacare/DACA, election-integrity commission, and RAGA chairmanship
- Campaign biography lists education, Justice Department service, DACA litigation, OSHA vaccine-mandate litigation, DHS/ICE litigation, and Air Force religious-exemption litigation
- Campaign biography says Kobach's first four-year term as attorney general began in 2023
- Today marks an historic turning point in Kansas. - campaign/ballot-measure statement, source: https://kriskobach.com/meet-kris/ (accessed 2026-04-01)
- Open
Kansas Public Disclosure Commission / Kansas.gov · 2026-05-19
Kris W. Kobach Campaign Finance Receipts and Expenditures Report - January 2026kansas.gov
- Report covers 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31
- Total contributions and other receipts were $337,330.24
- Total expenditures were $52,558.52
- Open
Kansas Public Disclosure Commission / Kansas.gov · 2026-05-19
Kris W. Kobach Appointment of Treasurerkansas.gov
- Kris W. Kobach's office sought is Attorney General
- Treasurer listed as Laura Francis
- FEC lists respondents including We Build the Wall, Kobach, and Kobach for Senate
- FEC summary says the Commission found reason to believe a below-market email-list rental created a corporate contribution and in-kind reporting issue
- Disposition was pre-probable-cause conciliation
- Kobach created the Special Litigation Unit
- The unit handles constitutional issues and policy-priority litigation
- Highlighted cases include Title IX, DACA/Obamacare, and ATF/Second Amendment
- Open
Kansas Attorney General · 2026-05-19
State of Kansas vs. U.S. Department of Education - Title IXag.ks.gov
- Kansas sued over a Title IX rule replacing sex with gender identity
- Page says Kobach argued the Department of Education lacked authority
- Page links the case to girls' facilities, due process, and First Amendment/religious-belief concerns
- Open
Kansas Attorney General · 2026-05-19
Kansas v. United States of America and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servicesag.ks.gov
- Kobach filed a federal lawsuit challenging Obamacare eligibility for DACA recipients
- Page says the rule would affect 4,350 DACA recipients in Kansas
- Kobach led a coalition challenging an ATF rule alleged to violate the Second Amendment
- The page says the coalition objected to how the rule treated individual firearms sellers
- Open
Kansas Attorney General · 2026-05-19
Kobach Secures Landmark Win in Live Nation/Ticketmaster Monopolization Caseag.ks.gov
- Kobach and 33 other attorneys general won a Live Nation/Ticketmaster monopolization jury verdict
- Release says Kobach rejected a DOJ/eight-state settlement and continued litigation
- AG office announced a PSA featuring Kobach about AI chatbot risks to children and teenagers
- Kobach said he is committed to holding AI companies legally responsible
- Kobach demanded Apple implement safeguards against CSAM distribution on iCloud
- Release says Apple was asked to respond by April 17, 2026
- Open
Kansas Attorney General · 2026-05-19
Kobach leads 25-state coalition in amicus brief against noncitizen votingag.ks.gov
- Kobach led 25 states in a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief involving Arizona proof-of-citizenship election laws
- Release says Kobach's office is prosecuting multiple noncitizens who voted in Kansas elections
- Open
Kansas Attorney General · 2026-05-19
Kobach joins coalition to defend executive order on election integrityag.ks.gov
- Kansas joined 10 states to defend a presidential executive order concerning citizenship verification and voter-list checks
- AG release says Shawnee County District Court issued a temporary injunction in State ex rel. Kobach v. Harper
- Release says Kobach served as lead counsel
- Release says the court required Kansas driver's licenses to list sex at birth during that phase
- Open
Kansas Attorney General · 2026-05-19
Kobach leads 14-state coalition in support of students' First Amendment rightsag.ks.gov
- Official news-release index says Kobach led fourteen states urging the Supreme Court to vindicate a high-school student's rights after flyers for a pro-life student group were forbidden
- Kansas AG News Releases
- Open
Kansas Attorney General · 2026-05-19
Kobach warns consumers to be wary of fake traffic violation scamag.ks.gov
- Kobach warned consumers about fake traffic-violation notices sent by text and email
- Open
Kansas Attorney General · 2026-05-19
Kobach secures restitution, permanent ban against out-of-state contractorsag.ks.gov
- AG office secured judgments and permanent bans against out-of-state contractors
- Release frames the case as protection for seniors and Kansas consumers
- Open
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · 2026-05-19
Fish v. Kobach - District Court Opinionecf.ksd.uscourts.gov
- Federal district court struck down Kansas's documentary proof-of-citizenship voter-registration requirement
- Kobach submitted testimony on Kansas Supreme Court selection
- The official AG site is more active as a governing communications hub. Its homepage leads with naloxone distribution boxes and a Census lawsuit about excluding undocumented immigrants from apportionment counts (source)....
- AG official homepage, captured 2026-05-11. Key visible signals: naloxone access, Census lawsuit, AG facts, consumer protection, open government, AG opinions, and official social links.
- Kansas AG Official Site: https://www.ag.ks.gov/
- Confidence Level: MEDIUM -- Ellis County was not among Mann's five winning counties, meaning Kobach carried it. Ellis County is historically Republican. The Kansas Secretary of State's official 2022 General Election vot...
- Kansas Secretary of State: 2022 General Election Official Vote Totals (PDF)
- Kansas.gov social-media directory, captured 2026-05-11. Key visible signals: state directory lists Attorney General Kris Kobach and links official Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube, and RSS channels.
- AG Kobach statement
Reporting and Public Context
59 sources- Kansas Reflector: Gender Marker $1 Fine
- Kansas Reflector: Judge Rebukes Kobach with $1 Fine
- Kobach Religion - WhatReligionIsInfo
- Morning Star Church Lawrence
- Public reporting ties Kobach to Morning Star Church in Lawrence. The church website is https://msclawrence.com/, and local reporting has referred to it as his church.
- "whereTheyWorship": "Public reporting ties Kobach to Morning Star Church in Lawrence. The church website is https://msclawrence.com/, and local reporting has referred to it as his church."
- Sunflower State Journal: Kobach denounces vandalism at his church
- KCUR: Kansas Trial Investigates Religious Discrimination in Kobach's Office
- Across the accessible public set reviewed, Kobach presents the 2026 attorney general race less as a new persuasion campaign than as a continuation of the same governing brand he has used in office: litigation, immigrati...
- Kobach's public footprint is unusually split between campaign branding and the official attorney general apparatus. The campaign site is still live under the AG campaign brand, with a January 8, 2026 release saying he f...
- Kris Kobach campaign homepage, captured 2026-05-11. Key visible signals: AG re-election filing, $502,626 cash-on-hand claim, RAGA chair announcement, endorsement quote from Sen. Roger Marshall, campaign videos, voluntee...
- Kansas Reflector: Pfizer Lawsuit
- ACLU: Fish v. Schwab (formerly Fish v. Kobach)
- ProPublica: How the Case for Voter Fraud Was Tested -- and Utterly Failed
- ProPublica: How the Case for Voter Fraud Was Tested and Failed
- ProPublica: How the Case for Voter Fraud Was Tested
- NPR - Kobach wins primary
- NPR: Kobach Wins GOP Primary
- ACLU: Court's Ruling Holding Kobach in Contempt
- KSHB: Kobach Ordered to Pay $26K for Contempt
- Rolling Stone: Kobach and Trump's Spectacular Voter Fraud Failure
- Kansas Reflector: Kobach, Kansas AG and Legislature to Blame for Voting Law Legal Costs
- KCUR: ACLU Says Kobach Owes $52K
- Kansas Reflector: Kelly v. Kobach
- KCUR: Kobach Squeaks to Political Comeback
- KCUR: "Kris Kobach squeaks to a political comeback" (Nov 9, 2022)
- Kansas Reflector: Mann Concedes
- Kansas Reflector: "Mann surrenders quest to overtake Kobach" (Nov 11, 2022)
- CNN: Kobach Fined for Campaign Finance Violations
- ACLU: Kobach Exposed at Trial
- Brennan Center - Anti-Voting History: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/uncovering-kris-kobachs-anti-voting-history
- Currently, Kobach is engaged in three federal lawsuits against the Biden administration. - campaign bio, source: https://kriskobach.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Kris-Kobachs-Five-Point-Plan-for-the-Kansas-Attorney-Gen...
- He lives near Lecompton with his wife, Heather, and their five children. - campaign bio, source: https://kriskobach.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Kris-Kobachs-Five-Point-Plan-for-the-Kansas-Attorney-Generals-Office.pdf...
- > -- Kris Kobach campaign document, 2022, https://kriskobach.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Kris-Kobachs-Five-Point-Plan-for-the-Kansas-Attorney-Generals-Office.pdf
- https://kansas.gop/event/kobach-for-attorney-general-campaign-kick-off/ -- Kobach campaign announcement -- accessed 2026-03-30
- Kansas Reflector: Kobach Fentanyl Initiative
- Tony's Kansas City: Did Kobach Cut Crime?
- Kansas Reflector: Kobach FEC Fine
- The still-live campaign video archive reinforces Kobach's older AG campaign frame. The campaign site embeds videos about Congress testimony, attacks on Chris Mann, family safety, sheriff/law-enforcement support, qualifi...
- Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube are confirmed as platform presence but did not expose reliable current post inventories. The campaign videos page embeds six videos, including "Kris Kobach Testifies Before Congress," "T...
- Kansas AG: Reelection Announcement
- Kobach for AG: https://kriskobach.com/
- 1 month ago -- Post warning Kansas legislators that Kansas may be sued over in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants. Engagement on Kobach item: 29 replies, 83 reposts, 308 likes, 35K views, 7 quotes. Topic: immigra...
- Kris Kobach campaign biography, captured 2026-05-11. Key visible signals: credentials, DACA litigation, Biden vaccine-mandate litigation, DHS/ICE litigation, Air Force religious-exemption litigation, family, and AG serv
- The Federalist coverage of Pfizer lawsuit, published 2024-06-18. Key visible signal: credible indexed coverage of Kobach's pub
- BallotReady profile, captured 2026-05-11. Key visible signals: verified campaign website, Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram; official AG website, contact page, Facebook, and Twitter/X.
- CNN - Kobach wins Kansas GOP primary
- Heather Kobach: 5 Fast Facts
- Kris Kobach - Wikipedia
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kobach
- Federalist Society - Kris Kobach Bio
- Kris Kobach - Ballotpedia
- Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Kris_Kobach
- Fish v. Kobach - Wikipedia
- ACLU Kansas: Kansas Drops Kobach Appeal of Contempt
- Truthout: Kansas Kills Kobach's National Voter Purge System
- DGA: Derek Schmidt Continues Kobach's Legacy of Costing Taxpayers Millions
- Kansas Reflector: Kobach AG Record Coverage
- Kansas Reflector (Kobach tag): https://kansasreflector.com/tag/kris-kobach/
- Above the Law: Kobach Fires Law Firm That Donated to Democrats
- KCUR: Kelly Beats Kobach
- ProPublica: Kris Kobach's Lucrative Trail of Courtroom Defeats
- ProPublica: Trail of Courtroom Defeats
- SPLC: When Mr. Kobach Comes to Town
- SPLC Report: https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/when-mr-kobach-comes-town-nativist-laws-and-communities-they-damage/
- Yahoo News: Epstein Files and Kobach
- GLAAD: Kris Kobach
- ACLU Kansas: AG Kobach Power Grab
- America's Voice: Who is Kris Kobach
- ACLU Kansas - AG Kobach Tracking: https://www.aclukansas.org/publications/kansas-attorney-general-kris-kobach/
- KCUR (Kobach tag): https://www.kcur.org/tags/kris-kobach
- Lawrence Times (Kobach coverage): https://lawrencekstimes.com/
- lawrencekstimes.com
- KCUR: "Well-known, polarizing Kris Kobach faces newcomer Chris Mann" (Oct 4, 2022)
- Kansas Reflector: "Kansas AG candidates Kris Kobach, Chris Mann make pitch to voters in TV debate" (Oct 26, 2022)
- Flatland KC: "Kobach, Mann Spar Over Proper Role of Kansas Attorney General"
- Kansas Reflector: "Kris Kobach is not a good attorney -- Kansas attorney group announces support for Chris Mann"
Public Online Activity
5 sources- Hart's public alignment signal is built more through events and organizations than through reposts. The captured Bluesky feed contains no reposts from other accounts and no shared posts from Democratic primary opponents...
- For Kansas-specific issues, Hart's feed names rural healthcare, agriculture, severe-weather forecasting, and county-level campaign stops. On April 22, he wrote that he heard from farmers "across the political spectrum"...
- Hart's national and foreign-policy posts are present but less frequent than healthcare, agriculture, campaign events, and biography. On April 23, he posted, "When troops are in active operations, accountability matters...
- Visible audience response is small on Bluesky and larger on YouTube Shorts. The most-engaged Bluesky item was the March 16 filing post, with 7 likes, 1 repost, 0 replies, and 0 quotes as of the May 11, 2026 capture ([so...
- Proctor's public alignment network on his own feed centers on Kansas Republican officeholders, election-policy organizations, and his own legislative work product. His Facebook page features a campaign video titled ["Kr...
- Engagement on Proctor's content is not evenly distributed. His Facebook page hosts the highest-engagement videos when they touch enforcement of election law and ballot-integrity claims, including the [Kobach-framed enfo...
