TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas House majority leader has been spared a primary election showdown with a fellow Republican lawmaker who’s also a political ally.
This year’s political redistricting put Majority Leader Arlen Siegfreid and Rep. Mike Kiegerl in the same House district. Both are from the Johnson County city of Olathe.
Kiegerl had made clear he didn’t want to run against his friend, but he filed before the redistricting was complete and was unable to meet a deadline for quitting the race.
On Tuesday, the State Objections Board took care of the matter by granting Siegfreid’s request to remove Kiegerl from the Aug. 7 ballot.
