What is Kris Kobach?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Kris Kobach |image = Kobach in 2021 (cropped).png |office = 45th [[Attorney General of Kansas]] |governor = [[Laura Kelly]] |term_start = January 9, 2023 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Derek Schmidt]] |successor = |office1 = 31st [[Secretary of State of Kansas]] |governor1 = [[Sam Brownback]]<br />[[Jeff Colyer]] |term_start1 = January 10, 2011 |term_end1 = January 14, 2019 |predecessor1 = [[Chris Biggs]] |successor1 = [[Scott Schwab]] |office2 = Chair of the [[Kansas Republican Party]] |term_start2 = January 28, 2007 |term_end2 = January 31, 2009 |predecessor2 = [[Tim Shallenburger]] |successor2 = [[Amanda Adkins (politician)|Amanda Adkins]] |birth_name = Kris William Kobach |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|3|26}} |birth_place = [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[Wisconsin]], U.S. |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = {{marriage|Heather Mannschreck<br>|June 23, 2001}} |children = 5 |education = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]])<br />[[Brasenose College, Oxford]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|DPhil]])<br />[[Yale University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) |website = {{url|kriskobach.com|Campaign website}} }} '''Kris William Kobach''' (born March 26, 1966) is an American politician who is the 45th and current [[Attorney General of Kansas]] since 2023. He was the 31st [[Secretary of State of Kansas]] from 2011 to 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-endorses-anti-immigration-hardliner-kris-kobach-in-kansas-gop-primary/2018/08/06/6c64d14c-9960-11e8-b60b-1c897f17e185_story.html?utm_term=.3f5106c17c2a|title=Trump endorses anti-immigration hard-liner Kris Kobach in Kansas GOP primary|last=Sonmez|first=Felicia|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> He served as Chairman of the [[Kansas]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] from 2007 to 2009. Kobach was the Republican candi