140 years later, voters may have elected second Black Kansan to hold statewide office

140 years later, voters may have elected second Black Kansan to hold statewide office

TOPEKA — Edward McCabe was a two-term state auditor in Kansas, making waves as the first Black Kansan to serve in a statewide office. McCabe served as a Republican until 1887, when party members forbade him from running for a third term, and that was the last time a Black Kansan served in a statewide […]