Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) unanimously chose Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach as its next chairman.
RAGA is a national political advocacy group that works to elect and re-elect Republican attorneys general across the nation to “promote and protect the Constitution, freedom, and opportunity for future generations.”
It is a great honor to have been selected by my 27 colleagues to lead the organization of Republican attorneys general that has been so pivotal in stopping the unconstitutional actions of the Biden-Harris administration. #ksleg https://t.co/tebugK26MY
— Kris W. Kobach (@KrisKobach1787) October 3, 2024
Kobach, whose one-year term begins on Wednesday, November 6, succeeds Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes as RAGA chairman.
Reyes, who was elected chair in 2023, said, “Serving as RAGA Chairman this year has been an excellent capstone on my 11 years as Utah Attorney General.”
“I plan to work hard for my final month as Chairman leading to Election Day. Then, I wish my colleagues and incoming Chairman Kris Kobach tremendous success as they continue to uphold the Constitution and defend the rule of law,” Reyes added.
Kobach said he “appreciates” Reyes’s “steady leadership” over the past year and added, “I look forward to leading our organization in the year ahead.”
Since the beginning of the Biden-Harris administration, Republican attorneys general have filed a collective 183 lawsuits to successfully stop “illegal actions” pursued by the administration, according to RAGA.
RAGA Executive Director Peter Bisbee said the group’s new chairman, Kobach, is an “excellent choice” to lead RAGA “at a time when the administrative state needs to be held accountable to a new standard established by the Supreme Court and both corporate and government bad actors refuse to follow the law.”
In addition to Kobach being elected as the next chair, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson was also elected RAGA Vice Chairman.
Wilson succeeds Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen as vice chairman.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmeti remains the policy chairman of RAGA.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
Photo “Kris Kobach” by Kris Kobach. Background Photo “Kansas Capitol” by Tony Webster. CC BY-SA 2.0.
