The New York Times reports:

Kris W. Kobach, Kansas’ Republican attorney general, helped to make claims of widespread illegal voting a potent political issue years before President Trump became the party’s leader. But Mr. Kobach was denied another term by voters, The Associated Press reported. The result demonstrated both how Kansas and Mr. Kobach’s own trajectory have shifted since he crashed onto the national political landscape more than 20 years ago. Chris Mann, a Democrat who has worked as a police officer and prosecutor, defeated Mr. Kobach, marking the first time in 20 years that Kansans have elected a Democrat as attorney general.

Mr. Kobach was, in many ways, ahead of his political time. As a law professor and Justice Department official in the 2000s, he pushed for tighter immigration laws. And as Kansas’ secretary of state in the 2010s, he sought and received the authority to prosecute people for illegally voting, making national headlines with the handful of cases he pursued. During his first term as president, Mr. Trump tapped Mr. Kobach to lead a panel on voter fraud. As attorney general, Mr. Kobach has defended a state law restricting gender-transition treatments for minors and pushed unsuccessfully for an elected State Supreme Court.

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In recent months Kobach appeared here for rescinding driver’s licenses for trans and intersex people and for demanding that Kansas cities repeal bans on ex-gay torture. You will recall that Kobach somehow escaped charges over his role as lawyer and board member for Steve Bannon’s private border wall scam.