Kansas governor concedes to Kris Kobach in GOP primary

Kris Kobach.
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One week after the Kansas Republican gubernatorial primary, Gov. Jeff Colyer conceded the race on Tuesday night to Secretary of State Kris Kobach.

The race was too close to call last Tuesday night. Officials counted more than 313,000 ballots, and found that Kobach had a slim lead of 345 votes. During the recount last week, Colyer called on Kobach to recuse himself; he did, but then sent Colyer a letter accusing him of undermining "the public's confidence in the election process."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.