Hiawatha state Sen. Dennis Pyle, who submitted 8,900 petition signatures Aug. 1 in an attempt to be on Kansas ballots in November as an independent candidate for governor, said Wednesday he was frustrated by pace of the secretary of state's ongoing review of his petition signatures. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

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Derek Schmidt, a Republican candidate for governor, proposed construction of a four-lane highway linking southwest Kansas to southeast Kansas via Wichita to promote economic development in that broad region. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)

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Kasper Schirer appears Tuesday before a Kansas Court of Appeals panel to argue against a state law that allows his client's probation to be extended indefinitely. (Kansas Reflector screen capture from court video)

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Melissa Leavitt appears Monday in a video she posted on TikTok about her request for a statewide recount of the vote on constitutional amendment on abortion. Anti-abortion activists raised $119,600 to the finance a nine-county recount instead of the statewide review of ballots. (Kansas Reflector screen capture from TikTok)

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From left, Shawnee County Commissioners Kevin Cook, Bill Riphan and Aaron Mays meet with Shawnee County election commissioner Andrew Howell on Monday at the election office to certify the Aug. 2 results. (Thad Allton for Kansas Reflector)

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Republican governor candidate Derek Schmidt blamed Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly for academic and mental health challenges of K-12 students and for a shortage of teachers in Kansas classrooms. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

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