By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

The Ellis County Republican Party will be hosting a series of “meet and greets” with Republican candidates for state office beginning in April.

“We plan to have two a month between now and the general election in November,” said Elaine Adams, Hays, chair of the local GOP party.

The public is invited to the meetings which will be held at Diamond R Jewelry, 807 Main, Hays. “Dustin Roths has generously allowed us to use his store for these opportunities to meet so many of the Kansas candidates,” she said.

The first meet and greet will be held Sunday, April 1, at 6 p.m. with candidates Kelly Arnold, Wichita, and Clark Shultz, Lindsborg.

Arnold is running for Secretary of State. He is the Sedgwick County Clerk and also chairman of the Kansas Republican Party.

Shultz is campaigning for Kansas Commissioner of Insurance. He currently serves as the Assistant Insurance Commissioner.

Shultz is a former state senator representing the 35th District for one year. He previously served 17 years in the Kansas House representing the 73rd district.

For more information, contact Adams at 785-639-6639 or [email protected].