Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle withdrew Thursday from the Republican contest for U.S. Senate, while former Secretary of State Kris Kobach affirmed his candidacy for retiring U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts' seat by reserving a place on the August primary ballot. Wagle, who had been pressured by state GOP officials to quit, said she wouldn't file by the noon Monday deadline. That would leave a field of GOP candidates for U.S. Senate with Kobach, of Lecompton; U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall, of Great Bend; plumbing company owner Bob Hamilton, of Bucyrus; former NFL player Dave Lindstrom, of Overland Park; and four Republican longshots...
