TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas gay rights group has failed to block a conservative Democrat from seeking re-election to the state House.
The State Objections Board on Tuesday rejected a challenge to the primary election filing by Rep. Jan Pauls, of Hutchinson.
The challenge came from Tom Witt, executive director of the Kansas Equality Coalition. The coalition has clashed with Pauls over issues such as same-sex marriage.
Witt questioned whether Pauls truly lives at a former church the lawmaker claims as her knew address. Witt said Pauls and her husband cannot live there legally.
Pauls said she has made the former church her home because her previous residence was drawn into another district during the state’s political redistricting process.
