TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic nominee Chad Taylor is refusing to answer questions about his petition to the Kansas Supreme Court to have his name removed from the ballot as a candidate for the U.S. Senate.

Taylor told reporters Wednesday that he wouldn’t discuss the case for now.

Taylor ended his campaign last week. Some fellow Democrats nudged him out of the race in an attempt to give independent Greg Orman a better chance of defeating three-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts in the Nov. 4 election.

The Democrat sent a letter of withdrawal to Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach.

But Kobach said Taylor didn’t comply with state election laws and has kept his name on the ballot.

Taylor filed a petition Tuesday with the state Supreme Court to force Kobach to relent.