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Eric Holder and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) may seem like polar opposites, but the outgoing U.S. Attorney General said this week that he and the libertarian-leaning senator have a surprising amount of views in common.

Speaking by phone Tuesday with MSNBC, Holder talked about his various priorities, including fighting strict state voter ID laws and restoring voting rights to felons. On the latter issue, in particular, Holder had some praise for Senator Paul: We agree on more things than people would expect.

Indeed, Sen. Paul has been among a handful of Republicans to join Holder in calling for an end to mandatory minimum sentencing laws, decrying the militarized police response to Ferguson, Mo., protests in August, and dismissing the GOP push for stricter voter ID laws as a waste of effort.

The potential 2016 candidate recently visited Ferguson for a listening session with local black leaders, a move that many consider to be another one of the his attempts to reach out to people infamously underrepresented in his party.

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Democrat John Hickenlooper threatens to grant clemency to mass shooter if he loses
Democrat John Hickenlooper threatens to grant clemency to mass shooter if he loses.

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USA: Ferguson #39;Moral Monday #39; protesters target Democrat fundraiser
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Giffords to begin 9-state tour on women, guns Giffords to begin 9-state tour on women, guns

Gabby Giffords is launching a nine-state tour to promote tougher gun laws that she says will help protect women and families.

Gabby Giffords has launched a nine-state tour to promote tougher gun laws that she says will help protect women and families.

Republican Doug Ducey and Democrat Fred DuVal are set to face off for the fifth and final time as each tries to convince voters to elect them as the next Arizona governor.

Republican Doug Ducey and Democrat Fred DuVal are set to face off for the fifth and final time as each tries to convince voters to elect them as the next Arizona governor.

An Arizona lawmaker plans to introduce a proposal next year to legalize recreational marijuana before a similar proposal could get decided by voters in 2016.

An Arizona lawmaker plans to introduce a proposal next year to legalize recreational marijuana before a similar proposal could get decided by voters in 2016.

A Bill Clinton White House staffer saw unsavory motives in a short, innocuous-looking letter from Arkansas Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee in May 1999. Now that aide, Fred DuVal, is himself running for governor in Arizona as a Democrat.

A Bill Clinton White House staffer saw unsavory motives in a short, innocuous-looking letter from Arkansas Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee in May 1999. Now that aide, Fred DuVal, is himself running for governor in Arizona as a Democrat.

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OTTAWA A week after the first same-sex marriage in Kansas and an order halting any more candidates comments indicate the state will go down swinging in an attempt to stop further unions.

A.J. Kotich, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, said at a forum organized by the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Monday night he will defend the Kansas Constitution and its prohibition against same-sex marriage if elected.

Current Attorney General Derek Schmidt, a Republican, is already fighting the legalization of same-sex marriage.

Kotichs comments ensure that whoever occupies the office after the election will continue to argue in favor of the ban in court.

You obviously have to defend our constitution, Kotich said. You take an oath when you become attorney general. The oath says that I hereby shall affirm or swear that I shall defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Kansas. And I believe that in 2005 we voted to have a constitutional amendment ban on such marriages. So number one, as your attorney general I would have to defend that.

Despite an election cycle that is proving tough for some high-level Kansas Republicans such as Gov. Sam Brownback and Sen. Pat Roberts, Schmidt is considered the prohibitive favorite in his race against Kotich. Public Policy Polling, of Raleigh, N.C., gave Schmidt a 26-point lead over Kotich in polling released Monday.

Last week the Johnson County District Court clerks office issued a same-sex marriage license, but the Kansas Supreme Court halted any more licenses from being issued after Schmidt asked the high court to intervene. A hearing has been set for Nov. 6.

Kansas laws are presumed constitutional unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction rules otherwise. No court has ruled otherwise in a case challenging the Kansas Constitutions prohibition on same-sex marriage, so I presume it to be constitutional, Schmidt told the Capital-Journal in response to a question about gay marriage for a voters guide.

Although Kansas ban has not been struck down, a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear cases challenging bans in other states effectively legalized gay marriage in those states by letting lower court rulings tossing out the bans to stand.

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