Topeka is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County,in northeast Kansas,in the Central United States. As of the 2020 census,the population of the city was 126,587. The Topeka metropolitan statistical area,which includes Shawnee,Jackson,Jefferson,Osage,and Wabaunsee Counties,had a population of 233,870 in the 2010 census.
Phillip D. Kline is a former American attorney who served as a Kansas state legislator,district attorney of Johnson County,and Kansas Attorney General. Kline,a member of the Republican Party,lost re-election as attorney general to Democratic challenger Paul J. Morrison in 2006. Kline was appointed by the Republican County Central Committee to fill the vacancy left by Morrison's election as Kansas Attorney General,becoming district attorney of Johnson County on the day he left office as attorney general and essentially switching jobs with Morrison. Kline then ran for a full term as district attorney,but was defeated in the 2008 Republican primary.
Carla J. Stovall - also known as Carla Stovall Steckline - is a Republican politician from Marion,Kansas who served as Attorney General of the State of Kansas from 1995 to 2003. During her tenure,she also served as president of the National Association of Attorneys General.
The Wichita Massacre,also known as the Wichita Horror,was a week-long violent crime spree perpetrated by brothers Reginald and Jonathan Carr in the city of Wichita,Kansas,between December 8 and 15,2000. Five people were killed,and two people,a man and a woman,were severely wounded. The brothers were arrested and convicted of multiple counts of murder,kidnapping,robbery,and rape. They were both sentenced to death in October 2002. Their vicious crimes created panic in the Wichita area resulting in an increase in the sales of guns,locks,and home security systems.
The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of seven justices,led by Chief Justice Marla Luckert,the court supervises the legal profession,administers the judicial branch,and serves as the state court of last resort in the appeals process.
Eric S. Rosen is a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court by Governor Kathleen Sebelius in 2005.
Derek Larkin Schmidt is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Kansas Attorney General from 2011 to 2023. A Republican,Schmidt was first elected to office serving in the Kansas Senate,where he represented the 15th district from 2001 to 2011,and served as Agriculture Committee chairman and Senate majority leader. Schmidt became the state attorney general in 2011,after he defeated incumbent Democrat Stephen Six.
Caleb Stegall is an American attorney and writer who resides in Perry,Kansas. He has served as the district attorney for Jefferson County,Kansas,and chief counsel to Governor Sam Brownback before he was appointed to the Kansas Court of Appeals. On August 29,2014,Stegall was appointed by Governor Brownback to the Kansas Supreme Court,replacing Nancy Moritz,who had been appointed by President Barack Obama to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Raymond F. Merrick is a Republican former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing district 27 from 2013 to 2017. He was elected Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives in December 2012.
Tyler Charles Lockett was an American judge,attorney,and jurist. He served as a Justice on the Kansas Supreme Court from 1983 to 2003.
Douglas S. Wright was an American attorney and politician who was the mayor of Topeka,Kansas and a candidate for the United States Congress. Wright,who served as Mayor of Topeka from 1983 to 1989,was the son of another former Topeka mayor,Chuck Wright,who led the city from 1965 to 1969.
Chris Biggs is an American lawyer and politician who was the 30th Secretary of State of Kansas. He was appointed on March 16,2010,by Governor Mark Parkinson to replace Ron Thornburgh who resigned on February 15,2010. On Nov. 2nd,2010,he was defeated for election to a full term by a wide margin.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Kansas have federal protections,but many face some legal challenges on the state level that are not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Kansas under the US Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas,although the state legislature has not repealed its sodomy laws that only apply to same-sex sexual acts. The state has prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment,housing and public accommodations since 2020. Proposed bills restricting preferred gender identity on legal documents,bans on transgender people in women's sports,bathroom use restrictions,among other bills were vetoed numerous times by Democratic Governor Laura Kelly since 2021. However,many of Kelly's vetoes were overridden by the Republican supermajority in the Kansas legislature and became law.
The 2014 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Kansas,concurrently with the election of Kansas' Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kansas on November 4,2014. Primary elections were held on August 5.
William Jennings Wertz was a lawyer,Kansas state senator from 1941 to 1942 and a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from March 1,1950,to December 4,1950,and again from January 8,1951,to October 1,1965.
The 2022 Kansas Attorney General election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the Attorney General of Kansas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced he would retire to run for Governor. The Republican nominee was former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach,and the Democratic nominee was former police officer,prosecutor,and state securities regulator,Chris Mann. Kobach narrowly won,taking 50.80% of the general election vote to Mann's 49.20%.
