WICHITA, Kan. (AP) An attorney serving on a commission that screens applicants for the Kansas Supreme Court is helping raise funds for a campaign to retain justices in next week’s election.
Topeka attorney Natalie Haag said Wednesday that she believes passionately that Kansas has a selection system that gives the court strong justices.
Haag said she’s sent hundreds of fundraising emails to fellow attorneys and acquaintances for Kansans For Fair Courts. It is backing the justices.
Five of the seven justices are on the ballot. Four were appointed by predecessors of conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and are targeted for ouster.
One of Haag’s emails this spring told recipients that supporters of the justices needed to raise $500,000 by June 30.
Fellow attorneys named Haag to the Supreme Court Nominating Commission in 2011.
