Republican Candidates Line Up to Challenge Davids in the Kansas 3rd District

By Kansas News Service

Published April 21, 2020 at 2:39 PM CDT

A view of downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas 3rd Congressional District spans Wyandotte and Johnson Counties, and part of Miami County. (Photo by Julie Denesha, KCUR)

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Democratic Congresswoman Sharice Davids won the Kansas 3rd Congressional District seat in 2018. Now, four Republicans have lined up to try to unseat her this year. As Erica Hunzinger of the Kansas News Servicereports, the challengers are courting women in the Kansas City suburbs.

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