In contrast, Mr. Dole, a native Kansan, often seems culturally out of place at Southern gatherings.

He was the first native Kansan to serve as the state's governor.

In the years following the war, it began to become synonymous with native Kansans, much like Hoosiers in the state of Indiana.

Not that Mr. Wilson, a native Kansan, lacked political clout.

What offends my sense of Midwestern values," Koch, a native Kansan, said in an interview last week from Florida, "is the hypocrisy.

I want to paint this war with nature and I want to paint the things I feel as a native Kansan.

Despite popularity among the rest of the country, native Kansans were less than thrilled with his works.

All of which has left some native Kansans with the feeling that, well, they aren't in Kansas any more.

The current manager is former major leaguer Kevin Hooper, an alum of Wichita State University and native Kansan.

A pro-life, limited-government conservative, Hildabrand is a native Kansan born in Fort Scott.