Kris Kobach beats Chris Biggs and himself to become Kansas Secretary of State

As just about everybody paying attention expected, Kris Kobach steam-rolled his way into Kansas Secretary of State’s office last night. He kind of humiliated his Democratic rival, Chris Biggs, 59 percent to 37.

Kobach certainly deserves credit for knocking off Biggs, the lucid incumbent who flatly refused to engage in fear mongering or interesting campaigning. Kobach, like any crafty politician, traded on his name recognition, scary threats of illegals and dead people (and illegal dead people!) voting and, as KCUR reported just last week, voters’ apathy about the post. Kobach’s march to office was inevitable.