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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican running for Kansas governor has named his wife as his running mate.

Former state Sen. Jim Barnett announced Thursday that Rosemary Hansen is his choice for lieutenant governor. She and the previously divorced Topeka physician married in September.

Washburn University of Topeka political scientist Bob Beatty says he knows of no other instance of spouses on the same ticket in Kansas.

Barnett is one of four major GOP candidates for governor in a crowded field with a sizable part of the Republican electorate undecided.

Hansen has served 26 years as a foreign servic...