title: Kris Kobach
text: Kris William Kobach (born March 26, 1966) is an American politician who is the Attorney General-elect of Kansas. He was the 31st Secretary of State of Kansas from 2011 to 2019. He served as Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party from 2007 to 2009.
  
  Kobach was the Republican candidate for Governor of Kansas after beating incumbent Governor Jeff Colyer in the primaries by 345 votes. He lost to Democrat Laura Kelly in the general election.
  
  On July 8, 2019, Kobach launched his 2020 campaign for the United States Senate seat of retiring Senator Pat Roberts. He lost the Republican nomination to U.S. Representative Roger Marshall in August 2020.
  
  Kobach was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He studied at Harvard University, University of Oxford, and at Howard University School of Law. He served on the Overland Park City Council. Kobach was a professor of constitutional law at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.
  
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  Other websites
   Kansas Secretary of State
   Campaign website 
  
  1966 births
  Living people
  People from Madison, Wisconsin
  Harvard University alumni
  Alumni of the University of Oxford
  Yale University alumni
  Politicians from Kansas
  US Republican Party politicians
  21st-century American politicians
  Kansas Republicans
  People from Overland Park, Kansas