Beginning Thursday, Hays Post will publish in-depth profiles on the five candidates in the running for Kansas governor.

The profiles will feature Republican Kris Kobach, Democrat Laura Kelly, Libertarian Jeff Caldwell, and independents Greg Orman and Rick Kloos. Profiles on Kobach, Kelly and Orman were written by award-winning reporter Roy Wenzl, formerly of the Wichita Eagle. The profiles of Kloos and Caldwell were compiled by the staff of the Kansas Press Association.

The profiles will be published one per day from Thursday through Sunday.