KC Radio: Kris Kobach Off KCMO Air For Campaign

Kris Kobach

Emergence of a Republican challenger in Secretary of State Kris Kobach's campaign for re-election necessitates a leave of absence from his weekly radio show on politics, according to cjonline.com.

Kobach is a Sunday night talk-show regular on KCMO 710 AM, but he must step aside through the August primary and possibly the November general election. Otherwise, each of his opponents for the job of Kansas secretary of state would have the right under Federal Communications Commission regulations to seek equal time on the station.

Kobach’s 2010 Republican opponents signed waivers of their right to claim time, and Kobach asked 2014 GOP challenger Scott Morgan to likewise relent. Morgan declined to sign the document, which would forbid Kobach from mentioning his re-election bid on the air and require him to ignore callers who wanted to talk about the race.

"I've never heard a convincing argument as to why I should sign it," Morgan said. "It's the nature of campaigns — to compete."

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