 After weeks of infighting that mirrored party divisions nationwide, Republicans narrowly chose an activist who has propagated baseless election theories and promised a shake-up to lead the Kansas GOP for the next two years on Saturday. Within 30 minutes of the Kansas Republican Party's leadership shift, its state committee reviewed a motion requesting that the U.S. House impeach President Joe Biden for tyranny over his and his AIDS summer 2021 comments condemning GOP misinformation regarding coronavirus vaccines. The resolution was postponed. Mike Brown, a Kansas city GOP activist, was chosen state committee chair through the 2024 elections. Three months earlier, Democratic Governor Laura Kelly narrowly won reelection while U.S. Representative Cherise Davids easily won another term in her Kansas city area district. Kansas retiring chair, Mike Cuckellman, and two other Republican National Committee members supported Ronna McDaniel's reelection last month. In December, Brown called for McDaniel to quit, and on Saturday, he said the National GOP is seeing uprising over COVID-19 epidemic limits. Brown lost the GOP Kansas Secretary of State nomination last year. He and his opponent, Topeka activist and former RNC member Helen Van Edden, promised to revitalize the Kansas party. Brown questioned Republicans' if they were satisfied with Kelly's two governorships in David's victory. Brown won the vote 90-88 against the backdrop of the GOP's shockingly bad performance in the 2022 midterms, when it lost House seats and failed to regain a Senate majority. In Kansas, the GOP has a voter registration advantage, thus Democrats win significant elections by wooing moderate Republicans and independent voters, while Republicans win when the party is cohesive. We need more unity, Wichita Republican State Representative Patrick Penn told GOP committee members. That's the crux. Some Republicans portrayed the Brown Van Edden race as an anti-establishment against. Establishment clash. Johnson County, Kansas City's most populous county and home to Brown and retiring state chair Mike Cuckellman, had the most effective vote of the year. Since 2018, the county's wealthy suburbs have grown Democratic, helping Kelly and David's win. The Johnson County GOP's new chair, a Brown ally worried about purple creep, told GOP state committee members that Cuckellman had been absolutely disgusting to Brown. Cuckellman responded with multiple emails, accusing Brown of being soft on abortion and gun rights. McDaniel, appointed by former President Donald Trump and 2016, overcame objections from the Ultra Make America Great Again wing of the Republican National Committee. Before a convention next weekend, two Michigan GOP candidates who rejected President Joe Biden's 2020 victory were running for party offices. After a Trump-backed governor lost the GOP race last year, Nebraska Republicans ousted the state chair during a turbulent convention. Brown has supported Trump's unsubstantiated accusations that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Construction contractor who lost his Johnson County Commission seat in 2020. Scott Schwab, a Kansas election integrity advocate, defeated Brown in the GOP primary for Secretary of State. The RNC included retired audiologist Van Etten from 2008 until 2020. She also served on Kansas Higher Education Board. She promised state committee members a very active local party organization program will unify the party. Conservative Kansas City Economist, researcher, and consultant Michael Austin said, we need experience. Need contacts. Cuckellman defended current party officials at the state committee meeting, saying the party has no debt. Long-time Topeka activist and RNC member Kim Borchers praised McDaniel and rebuked party establishment criticism. She stood state committee members with more than five years of experience. Post your comments below.