[Opinion] Kansas secretary of state acts on legal opinion, drops Republican candidate for governor

Kansas secretary of state acts on legal opinion, drops Republican candidate for governor

Kansas attorney general says conservative GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Billings must be removed from ballot after his running mate quit.

BREAKING: Secretary of state removing Billings from ballot following A.G. opinion

Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab is removing Republican Doug Billings from the ballot as a candidate for governor after the attorney general issued an opinion saying Billings couldn't run as a solo candidate after his running mate dropped out. In an opinion issued Friday, the attorney general concluded that because the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run together as a joint candidacy, a vacancy in one slot terminates the ov…