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Article snippet: Republican strategists are worried their House majority is increasingly endangered by weak top-of-the-ticket candidates. The GOP fears House candidates down ballot could be the casualties if moderate and independent voters balk at backing Republicans because of opposition to conservative Senate and gubernatorial candidates. The concerns have been a theme of this year’s primary season, underlined once again with Tuesday’s results. Hours earlier, another arch conservative won the GOP nomination for governor in Kansas after Gov. Jeff Colyer conceded defeat to Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a week after their state’s primary left the two candidates separated by just a few hundred votes. Kobach and Johnson both ran in the mold of Trump. Trump publicly endorsed Kobach. He did not weigh in on the Minnesota contest, but Pawlenty’s opponent hammered the former governor for his public criticism of the president. Some Republican strategists had hoped that having Pawlenty and Colyer at the top of the tickets would help insulate down-ballot House candidates from Democratic attempts to tie them to MORE. In Kansas, Republicans are worried about Rep. MORE (R), who is retiring. “Kobach is hated by independents. He energizes the [Democrats] to get out the vote,” said one Kansas Republican, who asked not to be identified while voicing concerns about his party’s ticket. “This race will be nationalized.” In Minnesota, where advisers close to Reps. MORE (D). Paulson and Lewis “ar... Link to the full article to read more