Kris William Kobach is an American politician serving as the 31st and current Secretary of State of Kansas since 2011. A former Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party and member of the City Council of Overland Park, Kansas, he was the Republican nominee in Kansas's 3rd congressional district in the 2004 election, losing to Democratic incumbent Dennis Moore.Kobach came to prominence over his hardline views on illegal immigration and his involvement in the diffusion of high-profile anti-illegal immigration ordinances in various American towns. Kobach is also known for his calls for stronger voter ID laws in the United States and a Muslim registry. He has made claims about the extent of voter fraud in the United States that studies and fact-checkers have concluded are false or unsubstantiated.As Secretary of State of Kansas, Kobach implemented some of the strictest voter identification laws in the United States and fought to remove nearly 20,000 registered voters from the state's voter rolls. Following considerable investigation and prosecution, Kobach secured nine convictions for voter fraud; all were cases of double voting, and most involved voters who had misunderstood their voting rights.Kobach announced in June 2017 that he would run for Governor of Kansas against incumbent Governor Jeff Colyer. On August 7, 2018, Kobach narrowly led Colyer in the Republican gubernatorial primary by an initial margin of 191 votes. After Kobach's lead widened , Colyer conceded the race on August 14. Kobach was defeated by Democrat Laura Kelly in the general election.
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