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Without Heavyweight Contender, GOP Could Lose Kansas 2nd District Congressional Seat

Published June 6, 2018 at 9:48 PM CDT
Democrat Paul Davis awaits the winner among seven GOP primary contenders: (top row, left to right) Steve Fitzgerald, Kevin Jones, Dennis Pyle, Caryn Tyson, (bottom row) Vernon Fields, Doug Mays, and Steve Watkins. (Image by Crysta Henthorne / Kansas News Service)
Democrat Paul Davis awaits the winner among seven GOP primary contenders: (top row, left to right) Steve Fitzgerald, Kevin Jones, Dennis Pyle, Caryn Tyson, (bottom row) Vernon Fields, Doug Mays, and Steve Watkins. (Image by Crysta Henthorne / Kansas News Service)

The race for the eastern Kansas congressional seat being vacated by the retiring Lynn Jenkins has attracted a big field of Republican candidates. But, as Jim McLean of the Kansas News Service reports, the lack of a big-name candidate in that group has party officials worried about holding on to the seat.

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