Kansas

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Highest-power issue: Emergency orders that criminalize peaceful trade and assembly. Current recommendation: Toss-up.

1. Emergency orders that criminalize peaceful trade and assembly · power 80
2. Warrantless long-term location tracking · power 80
3. Forfeiture of property without a criminal conviction · power 64
4. Criminal penalties for peaceful home enterprise · power 24

Governor

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The governor signs or vetoes statutes, issues and withdraws executive orders, appoints agency heads, and proposes the budget. The office does not write a criminal penalty on its own.

Emergency orders that criminalize peaceful trade and assembly

Placeholder scenario. During a declared emergency, an order makes it a crime to open a peaceful business or hold a peaceful gathering, with no separate violent act required. Sample entry for Kansas.

Harm: 4
Reach: 4
Office impact: 5
Power: 80

Conduct 4 and penalty severity 3 (Misdemeanor, up to a year) blend 60/40 into harm 4. Power 80 = 4 × 4 × 5.

Who can act

A governor does not write the statute. The office can veto a penalty, refuse to expand it, appoint the people who enforce it, and propose the budget that feeds it. Where the harm lives in an order or an agency rule, the governor's pen is the direct instrument. On an emergency order, the governor is often the author. Ending the order, narrowing it, or refusing to renew it is direct power over the penalty. Placeholder analysis, not a description of any current officeholder.

Winnability is Pauline Cho's chance in this office, 4 of 5. It is a property of the leading score, not of the statute. Pauline Cho is fictional.

2026 gubernatorial election

Toss-up

Placeholder governor race for the 2026 cycle in Kansas. Candidates are fictional. Alignments come from the “close” profile so the mix of calls is reproducible.

Formula: Toss-up — The lead sits inside the toss-up gap. Leading score: Pauline Cho. (The lead sits inside the toss-up gap.)

Each segment is issue power times alignment. Alignment runs from −1 to +1. Right of zero, the candidate would narrow the penalty. Left of zero, they would keep or expand it. Fictional candidates.

Fictional candidate

Victor Alm

Cautious-reform placeholder · Winnability 3 · Score 40

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Fictional candidate

Pauline Cho

Incumbent-leaning placeholder · Winnability 4 · Score 46

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Placeholder call for Kansas, Governor. The issue in this office is “Emergency orders that criminalize peaceful trade and assembly.” Editors mark a toss-up because the score gap between Pauline Cho and Victor Alm sits inside the toss-up threshold. The lead sits inside the toss-up gap. Pauline Cho and Victor Alm are fictional.

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Legislature

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The legislature drafts the statute, sets the penalty and the mental state, funds the agencies, and can sunset an emergency power. On most of these issues it holds the text.

Warrantless long-term location tracking

Placeholder. Agencies collect a person's movements for weeks without a warrant and use the file to prosecute nonviolent offenses. The tracking is the intrusion; the downstream penalty is often a felony. Sample entry for Kansas.

Harm: 4
Reach: 5
Office impact: 4
Power: 80

Conduct 4 and penalty severity 4 (Felony imprisonment) blend 60/40 into harm 4. Power 80 = 4 × 5 × 4.

Who can act

The legislature writes the penalty, the mental state, and the budget. On the question of how severely the law punishes peaceful conduct, this is usually the office with the text in its hands. One seat matters only as part of a majority, which is what winnability has to reflect. On location tracking, the legislature can require a warrant by statute and suppress evidence taken without one. Placeholder analysis, not a description of any current officeholder.

Winnability is Wendy Choate's chance in this office, 4 of 5. It is a property of the leading score, not of the statute. Wendy Choate is fictional.

2026 legislative elections

Endorse Wendy Choate

Placeholder legislature race for the 2026 cycle in Kansas. Candidates are fictional. Alignments come from the “clear” profile so the mix of calls is reproducible.

Formula: Endorse Wendy Choate (The lead clears the toss-up gap.)

Each segment is issue power times alignment. Alignment runs from −1 to +1. Right of zero, the candidate would narrow the penalty. Left of zero, they would keep or expand it. Fictional candidates.

Fictional candidate

Wendy Choate

Limited-government placeholder · Winnability 4 · Score 92

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Fictional candidate

Helen Crowe

Enforcement-first placeholder · Winnability 3 · Score -40

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Placeholder call for Kansas, Legislature. The issue in this office is “Warrantless long-term location tracking.” Wendy Choate leads Helen Crowe after winnability weighting, with a winnability of 4 out of 5, and the gap clears the toss-up rule. The editorial call matches the formula. Wendy Choate is not a real candidate.

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Judiciary

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Judges rule on warrants, constitutional limits, and how a penalty is applied. They do not rewrite a clear statute, and this scorecard does not ask them to.

Forfeiture of property without a criminal conviction

Placeholder. The state takes a car, a bank account, or a small business on the claim that the property was involved in a crime, without a conviction of the owner. Peaceful people lose the property that is the case. Sample entry for Kansas.

Harm: 4
Reach: 4
Office impact: 4
Power: 64

Conduct 5 and penalty severity 2 (License, property, or forfeiture) blend 60/40 into harm 4. Power 64 = 4 × 4 × 4.

Who can act

Judges apply the text and the constitution. They can refuse an unreasonable search, limit a forfeiture, or strike a penalty that exceeds the charter. They cannot supply a mental state the legislature deleted. Office impact is high when the dispute is constitutional and low when the statute is plain. On forfeiture, judges decide innocent-owner claims and whether the procedure meets the constitution. They do not set the statute's default. Placeholder analysis, not a description of any current officeholder.

Winnability is Yves Rask's chance in this office, 4 of 5. It is a property of the leading score, not of the statute. Yves Rask is fictional.

2026 judicial elections

Endorse Yves Rask

Placeholder judiciary race for the 2026 cycle in Kansas. Candidates are fictional. Alignments come from the “clear” profile so the mix of calls is reproducible.

Formula: Endorse Yves Rask (The lead clears the toss-up gap.)

Each segment is issue power times alignment. Alignment runs from −1 to +1. Right of zero, the candidate would narrow the penalty. Left of zero, they would keep or expand it. Fictional candidates.

Fictional candidate

Yves Rask

Limited-government placeholder · Winnability 4 · Score 73.6

Fictional placeholder. Not a real candidate. Limited-government placeholder.

Fictional candidate

Clara Nguyen

Enforcement-first placeholder · Winnability 3 · Score -32

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Placeholder call for Kansas, Judiciary. The issue in this office is “Forfeiture of property without a criminal conviction.” Yves Rask leads Clara Nguyen after winnability weighting, with a winnability of 4 out of 5, and the gap clears the toss-up rule. The editorial call matches the formula. Yves Rask is not a real candidate.

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Attorney general

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The attorney general decides appeals, civil enforcement, and often whether the state will defend a statute. Charging power over ordinary crimes may sit with county attorneys. The entry says so when that split matters.

Criminal penalties for peaceful home enterprise

Placeholder. A zoning rule makes it a misdemeanor to teach, repair, or sell from one's own home, with no nuisance and no unwilling neighbor required. Sample entry for Kansas.

Harm: 3
Reach: 4
Office impact: 2
Power: 24

Conduct 3 and penalty severity 3 (Misdemeanor, up to a year) blend 60/40 into harm 3. Power 24 = 3 × 4 × 2.

Who can act

An attorney general rarely rewrites a statute. The office decides which cases to bring, which appeals to pursue, which settlements to accept, and, in many states, whether to defend a statute at all. That is power over how a penalty is used, not over the fact that it exists. On home enterprise, the attorney general rarely files the citation. Impact is low unless the office is defending a statewide ban. Placeholder analysis, not a description of any current officeholder.

Winnability is Xenia Vale's chance in this office, 1 of 5. It is a property of the leading score, not of the statute. Xenia Vale is fictional.

2026 attorney general election

Toss-up

Placeholder attorney general race for the 2026 cycle in Kansas. Candidates are fictional. Alignments come from the “longshot” profile so the mix of calls is reproducible.

Formula: Toss-up — The better-aligned candidate is below the winnability floor. Leading score: Xenia Vale. (The better-aligned candidate is below the winnability floor.)

Each segment is issue power times alignment. Alignment runs from −1 to +1. Right of zero, the candidate would narrow the penalty. Left of zero, they would keep or expand it. Fictional candidates.

Fictional candidate

Xenia Vale

Limited-government placeholder · Winnability 1 · Score 9.6

Fictional placeholder. Not a real candidate. Limited-government placeholder.

Fictional candidate

Miles Ortega

Enforcement-first placeholder · Winnability 5 · Score -15.6

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Placeholder call for Kansas, Attorney general. The issue in this office is “Criminal penalties for peaceful home enterprise.” Editors mark a toss-up because Xenia Vale has the better liberty alignment, and a winnability of 1, which is below the floor the coalition will endorse. The better-aligned candidate is below the winnability floor. Xenia Vale and Miles Ortega are fictional.

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