
Laura Kelly on inauguration day at the Kansas State Capitol on January 14, 2019, in Topeka, Kan.. - Mark Reinstein/Zuma Press/TNS
TOPEKA, Kansas – Former Republican Gov. Bill Graves is once again supporting Democrat Laura Kelly for Kansas governor. Graves, a moderate Republican who served from 1995 until 2003, opted to endorse Kelly over Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the Republican nominee and one of Graves’ former staffers. Early in his career, Schmidt worked as legal counsel to Graves’ office. “In 2018, I broke party lines to support Governor Kelly because Kansas needed a steady hand at the wheel to put Kansas back on the map. Over the last four years, Governor Kelly has done just that. She is a common-sense l...