Far-Right Former Kansas AG Launches US House Bid

Former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt (R) announced Friday that he will run for Congress in a bid to replace outgoing Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-Kan.). The three-term attorney general is now gunning for the House after narrowly losing a 2022 gubernatorial bid to Gov. Laura Kelly (D). Schmidt embraced far-right positions on vaccines, transgender rights and critical race theory during his gubernatorial campaign. He also faced criticism for embracing election denial rhetoric surrounding the 2020 election, including working with a group which later urged people to participate in what became...