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- ↑ Kansas anti-abortion measure fails; Medicaid plan targeted Republican lawmakers in Kansas have failed to get a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on the ballot, ABC News , John Hanna (AP), February 7, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ↑ "Kansas GOP leader pushing Medicaid plan not running again". Salina Post. May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ↑ Johnson County Sheriff Frank Denning won’t run again, Kansas City Star, Roxy Hammill, JANUARY 5, 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.