From cjonline.com:

OVERLAND PARK — While the job description calls for defending and enforcing the laws of Kansas, the race for attorney general has taken a decidedly national tone.

In particular, it has become about the new federal health care act and whether it is an unprecedented “power grab” as Republican Derek Schmidt sees it or whether it is a law that doesn’t conflict with the Kansas Constitution as viewed by Democrat Attorney General Steve Six.

“This is a great race for Kansas voters. There is a significant difference,” Six said. “We have focused on what I think are the right priorities. My opponent has his issues he’s identified as priorities and the voters can choose.”

Schmidt brings a resume to the race that includes working for U.S. senators and a stint in the consumer affairs division in the 1990s when Republican Carla Stovall was in office. He was elected to the Kansas Senate in 2000 and has served as majority leader since 2005. He’s campaigned on his legislative experience writing laws cracking down on drugs and violent crime.

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