Season of the witch: Kansas Republicans party through the midterms like it’s 1692

Photo: State Sens. Cindy Holscher, an Overland Park Democrat, and Ty Masterson, an Andover Republican, debate at the Kansas State Fair on Sept. 12, 2026, in Hutchinson. (Photo by Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector). Opinion article by Clay Wirestone. Kansas Reflector – October 19, 2026.

Kansas Republicans are going medieval on Democrats this spooky season. From gubernatorial candidate Ty Masterson hurling allegations of witchcraft to the Kansas Republican Party deciding to spread the biblical “truth” about homosexuality (think Sodom and Gomorrah), the Grand Old Party has time traveled back hundreds of years. All they need to do now is stock up on scarlet letter “A”s to stitch on divorcees. Meanwhile, some GOP appointees haven’t gotten the memo and are busy bearing false witness, but we’ll get to them in time. […]

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Please Note: You can watch the Ty Masterson video below. The portion discussing witchcraft starts at the 35:45 mark.

Video: Sunday Night | Senator Ty Masterson – Praise Chapel Wichita

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