Among those holding up signs throughout the gubernatorial debate at the Kansas State Fair was William Hendrix.
Hendrix is the former vice chair of the Kansas Young Republicans who was embroiled in a scandal last year involving racist and anti-LGBTQ messages in a group chat. He wasn't the only person supporting a candidate that day.
Two debates were hosted at the fair, the first between gubernatorial candidates Cindy Holsher and Ty Masterson, followed by a U.S. Senate debate between Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton.
In addition to being vocal before, during and after both debates, supporters from all four candidates showed their passion with various signs throughout the day.
The majority of signs, provided mainly by the campaigns, support their candidates with just their names or phrases, like "Ty's the Guy."
Many of the signs held or propped against the chain-link of the railing throughout the Heartland Credit Union Pavilion, took much more adversarial tones toward their favored candidate's opponent.
These included phrases like "Brownback Remastered" from the Holscher crowd and "Cue Card Cindy" from Masterson's supporters.
The U.S. Senate debate was no different, with Hamilton supporters taking particular aim at Marshall — including at least two blowup alligators — indicating his vacation residence in Florida, and a lack of hosting town halls, with phrases like "Dodger Rodger."
This article originally appeared on The Hutchinson News: Kansas State Fair debates inspire creative signs from supporters