By now, we are all familiar with the concept of the Conservative Republican Undead. Unlike many Democratic politicians, who lose one race and disappear forever into the maw of the dreaded private sector, the careers of many conservative Republican politicians cannot be killed. Roy Moore is back in the race for the Senate in Alabama. Newt Gingrich's time as a public nuisance has not yet found the garlic with his name on it, and there's not enough garlic in the world to keep any member of the Paul family from pestering us. And now, in Kansas, we find ourselves once again afflicted with Kris Kobach, the voter-suppression king from that state.

The last we saw of Kobach was his losing a desultory race for governor against Democratic Governor Laura Kelly. Now, he's back to chase after the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Pat Roberts. And already, Kobach is showing the same shrewd staff work that allowed Kelly to stomp him into a roadside gully outside Olathe last fall. From the Kansas City Star:

A campaign committee named Kobach for Senate filed with the Federal Election Commission Monday morning, hours before Kobach was scheduled to give a speech in Leavenworth, where he is expected to kick off his campaign. But the FEC filing initially spelled the former Kansas secretary of state’s name as “Chris,” an inauspicious start to his campaign to replace retiring Republican Sen. Pat Roberts. The spelling was corrected about an hour later. Kobach’s candidacy faced immediate criticism from the GOP establishment in both Kansas and Washington, which is looking to defend its Senate majority in 2020.

What's better? Launching your campaign at Leavenworth or misspelling your own name in the FEC filing? Finally, Kris (Chris) Kobach has found the election fraud he's been looking for, all these years.

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Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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