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

By Sam Zeff,

Published August 15, 2018 at 3:47 PM CDT

When Gov. Jeff Colyer conceded on Tuesday night, he trailed Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach by less than 350 votes out of more than 300,000 Republican ballots.

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.

Bob Beatty, political science department chair, Washburn University
Jim McLean, editor and reporter, Kansas News Service
Stephan Bisaha, reporter, Kansas News Service

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.

Dr. Jennifer Lowry, director of Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Innovations at Children's Mercy Hospital
Dr. Natasha Burgert, pediatrician, Pediatrics Associates on the Plaza

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