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Last Updated on Friday, 18 September 2009 10:27 Written by rslcpol Friday, 18 September 2009 10:19
From cjonline.com:
Independence Republican Sen. Derek Schmidt said Wednesday he had abandoned consideration of a bid for secretary of state to launch a campaign for attorney general in 2010.
Schmidt, who has served as the Senate’s majority leader since 2005, said he filed paperwork in Topeka to begin raising money and organizing the run for GOP nomination as attorney general. The only other declared Republican candidate is Ralph DeZago, the Junction City prosecutor.
Attorney General Steve Six, a former Douglas County judge, is seeking the Democratic nomination. He was appointed to the job by then-Gov. Kathleen Sebelius following the resignation of Paul Morrison, who stepped down amid a sex scandal.