Kris Kobach

Kris Kobach

Politician

Kris William Kobach is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the attorney general of Kansas since 2023. He previously served as the 31st secretary of state of Kansas from 2011 to 2019.

Prior to serving as Kansas’ 45th Attorney General, Kobach engaged in three federal lawsuits against the Biden administration. He brought suit against OSHA in November of 2021 on behalf of employers and employees impacted by Biden vaccine mandates and won. He also filed suit in June of 2021 against the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of ICE agents and sheriffs who are barred by the administration from detaining and deporting illegal alien criminals. In 2022, Kobach filed suit in federal court against the Biden administration to stop the U.S. Air Force from expelling pilots at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita for exercising their religious beliefs.

Kobach served as the 31st Kansas Secretary of State, 2011-2019. His first four-year term as Kansas Attorney General began in 2023. He lives near Lecompton with his wife, Heather, and their five children.