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Opinion editor for @KansasReflector. Once called "more calming and grounding than a bottle of Xanax." Husband of @maxwires, father of 13 year old.
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Kansas GOP leaders’ alarming plot to cancel U.S. Senate elections unfolded in plain sight last year Original

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By Clay Wirestone Verified
| Kansas Reflector
With the benefit of four days’ research and additional reporting, I can say that the possibility of GOP leaders executing an anti-democracy stunt to keep U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall’s seat in the party remains distressingly real. Our focus here is a law passed in 2025 by Republican supermajorities in the Kansas House and Senate that seized appointment power from Democratic governor Laura Kelly.
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The calm before the storm

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By Clay Wirestone Verified
| Iola Register Verified
We wallow through late June, the long days alternating between prickling rain and sodden heat, news of the world outside obscured by the muggy haze of long weekends, summer vacations and evenings spent streaming “Widow’s Bay” (it’s excellent). I enjoy the days, at least for now, because they offer the briefest respite before another wrenching political season. Call it the calm before the storm, 2026 edition. We’re in for some crazy times.
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Calm before the storm: These four issues could demolish Kansas state government by year’s end Original

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By Clay Wirestone Verified
| Kansas Reflector
We wallow through late June, the long days alternating between prickling rain and sodden heat, news of the world outside obscured by the muggy haze of long weekends, summer vacations and evenings spent streaming “Widow’s Bay” (it’s excellent). I enjoy the days, at last for now, because I know they offer the briefest respite before another wrenching political season. Call it the calm before the storm, 2026 edition.
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