Kansas Progressives Desperately Seeking Midterm Blue Wave

A glimpse at the ongoing effort to turn a red state blue . . . Or at least purple . . . Check-it: 

Thirty candidates are running in August to represent Kansas in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, including 12 who are seeking to unseat Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall.

Of the 30 people who filed to run for federal elected office with the Kansas Secretary of State by the noon deadline Monday, 20 are running as Democrats.

Sitting Republicans in the U.S. House — Rep. Tracey Mann of the 1st District, Rep. Derek Schmidt of the 2nd District, and Rep. Ron Estes of the 4th District — are all running for reelection. So is Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of the 3rd District.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas U.S. House, U.S. Senate members to defend incumbencies against 25 challengers * Kansas Reflector