High-ranking Republicans in Kansas will be working to eliminate divisions between some GOP voters. That comes after this week's primary election, which featured some contentious races among Republicans.
There were Republican primaries in Kansas for offices including the U.S. Senate, the U.S House and the state Legislature. Some of them were tough fights, but the state Republican Party's executive director, Clay Barker, says they're going to be sending a simple message now to Kansas Republicans.
"Push the idea it's one big team, everybody moves forward together," says Barker.
One of the most divisive primaries this year was between tea party-backed challenger Milton Wolf and Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts. Just moments after being declared the winner, Roberts started laying the groundwork to pick up Milton Wolf voters.
"Friends, we can't afford to waste scarce resources and energy tearing ourselves apart. We can't afford a fractured party," says Roberts.
In the fall election, Roberts will be facing Democrat Chad Taylor, Independent Greg Orman and Libertarian Randall Batson.
