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CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME TO COLYER INSTEAD OF COYLER - Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer addresses the media at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, a day after his primary race against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. (Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Robert Choromanski, executive director of the Kansas Organization of State Employees, listens on a hearing between Joe Norwood, Corrections Secretary, and the legislative committee as they discussed the Lansing Correction Facility, in Topeka, Kan., Thursday Aug. 3, 2017. (Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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House Appropriations Committee Chairman Troy Waymaster, a Bunker Hill Republican, questions Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood during a hearing with the legislative committee as they discussed the Lansing Correction Facility, in Topeka, Kan., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. (Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Kansas Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka, questions Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood during a hearing with the legislative committee as they discussed the Lansing Correction Facility, in Topeka, Kan., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. (Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood answers a question from a lawmaker during a hearing with the legislative committee as they discussed the Lansing Correction Facility, in Topeka, Kan., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. (Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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FILE - In this March 9, 2017, file photo, Kansas Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, left, and Gov. Sam Brownback participate in a humanitarian award ceremony at the statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Colyer is preparing to become Kansas' next governor after nearly a decade helping fellow conservative Republicans shape health care policy. Colyer would be elevated when Brownback, his two-term running mate, resigns to become President Donald Trump's ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. (Thad Allton/Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)

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FILE- In this June 7, 2017, file photo, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback gave a statement to the media in Topeka. Brownback signed a bill Thursday, June 15, that would increase spending on the state's public schools in an effort to comply with a court mandate. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)

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Commissioner Shari Albrecht, left, Chairman Pat Apple, center, and Commissioner Jay Emler, of the Kansas Corporation Commission unanimously voted down the approval of a merger on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Topeka, Kan., between Westar Energy and Great Plains. (Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Brian Fedotin, the deputy general council for the Kansas Corporation Commission, walks through reasons why the merger of Westar Energy and Great Plains should not go through prior to the commissioners voting on the merger on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Topeka, Kan. (Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Kansas Corporation Commission Chairman Pat Apple, left, alongside Commissioner Jay Emler, wrap up a hearing on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Topeka, Kan., after unanimously voting down the approval of a merger between Westar Energy and Great Plains. (Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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In a Monday, April 17, 2017 photo, more than 400 people march to the front of St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kan., in hopes of keeping the doors to St. Francis Hospital open. The owner of St.Francis, a nonprofit Catholic hospital in Topeka, said Tuesday that it will stop operating the facility this summer, whether or not it finds a buyer, and that Kansas' refusal to expand state health coverage for the needy contributed to the hospital's financial troubles. (Keith Horinek/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Attendees sing Amazing Grace in front of St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kan., during a candlelight vigil on Monday, April 17, 2017. The vigil was held in hopes of keeping the doors to St. Francis Hospital open. The owner of St.Francis, a nonprofit Catholic hospital in Topeka, said Tuesday that it will stop operating the facility this summer, whether or not it finds a buyer, and that Kansas' refusal to expand state health coverage for the needy contributed to the hospital's financial troubles. (Keith Horinek/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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In a Monday, April 17, 2017 photo, employees of St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kan., hold signs at a candle light vigil in Topeka, Kans. The owner of St.Francis, a nonprofit Catholic hospital in Topeka, said Tuesday that it will stop operating the facility this summer, whether or not it finds a buyer, and that Kansas' refusal to expand state health coverage for the needy contributed to the hospital's financial troubles. (Keith Horinek/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Pastor Jon Bruss of St. John's Lutheran Church gives the prayer along with Anna Munns, at the candle light vigil held at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kan., on Monday, April 17, 2017, in hopes of keeping the doors to St. Francis Hospital open. The owner of St.Francis, a nonprofit Catholic hospital in Topeka, said Tuesday that it will stop operating the facility this summer, whether or not it finds a buyer, and that Kansas' refusal to expand state health coverage for the needy contributed to the hospital's financial troubles. (Keith Horinek/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Rep. Susan Concannon, R-Beloit, urges her colleagues, Monday, April 3, 2017, just before the vote on overriding Gov.Sam Brownback's veto, at the Statehousei Topeka, Kans. Democrats and moderate Republicans failed Monday to override conservative Gov. Brownback's veto of an expansion bill for the state's Medicaid program. (Thad Allton/Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

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Stephen McAllister, representing the state of Kansas, gives oral arguments before the Kansas Supreme Court Thursday, March 16, 2017, in a legal fight over a state law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure and the larger question of whether the state constitution's Bill of Rights offered a fundamental right to an abortion. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)

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Janet Crepps, senior counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights, argues before the Kansas Supreme Court Thursday, March 16, 2017, on behalf of Kansas City-area physicians Herbert Hodes and Traci Nauser for an independent recognition of the right of Kansas women to terminate a pregnancy and to affirm the district court's injunction putting the law on hold pending trial. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)

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Kansas Supreme Court Justice Eric Rosen asks questions Thursday, March 16, 2017, during oral arguments in a legal fight over a state law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure and the larger question of whether the state constitution's Bill of Rights offered a fundamental right to an abortion.(Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)

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Kansas Supreme Court Justice Lee Johnson asks questions Thursday, March 16, 2017, during oral arguments in a legal fight over a state law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure and the larger question of whether the state constitution's Bill of Rights offered a fundamental right to an abortion. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)

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Kansas Supreme Court Justice Carol Beier asks questions Thursday, March 16, 2017, during oral arguments in a legal fight over a state law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure and the larger question of whether the state constitution's Bill of Rights offered a fundamental right to an abortion. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, Pool)