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Seg. 1: Kansas Gov. Colyer Concedes To Kobach. Seg. 2: How Vaping Affects Young Lungs.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach talking with reporters earlier this week. Gov. Jeff Colyer, his Republican primary opponent, has called on Kobach to step aside from Tuesday's vote count.
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Kansas News Service
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach talking with reporters earlier this week. Gov. Jeff Colyer, his Republican primary opponent, has called on Kobach to step aside from Tuesday's vote count.

Segment 1: After the incumbent's endorsement, Kris Kobach emerges as the GOP nominee to face Greg Orman and Laura Kelly in November's midterm.

With the field set for this fall's gubernatorial election in Kansas, the three campaigns left standing will turn their full attention to winning in November. Before we follow suit, we invited political watchers in Topeka to consider the implications a Kobach-Hartman ticket will have on down-ballot Republicans hoping to appeal to moderate voters.


Segment 2, beginning at 23:13: Are e-cigarettes a safer alternative to the old-fashioned variety?

Given that the science on vaping is still relatively new, misperseptions about its effects are understandable. To help clear the smoke around the issue, we asked two local doctors how using e-cigarettes impacts a young person's health and whether the practice is a recommended way to quit smoking.

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Sam grew up in Overland Park and was educated at the University of Kansas. After working in Philadelphia where he covered organized crime, politics and political corruption he moved on to TV news management jobs in Minneapolis and St. Louis. Sam came home in 2013 and covered health care and education at KCPT. He came to work at KCUR in 2014. Sam has a national news and documentary Emmy for an investigation into the federal Bureau of Prisons and how it puts unescorted inmates on Grayhound and Trailways buses to move them to different prisons. Sam has one son and is pretty good in the kitchen.
Luke X. Martin is an assistant producer for KCUR's Up To Date.