WICHITA — The list of potential contenders for Kansas’ 4th Congressional District shrank again today.
State Sen. Carolyn McGinn, R-Sedgwick, decided not to run and endorsed Mike Pompeo, president of Sentry International, an oilfield and industrial machinery company, and a Republican national committeeman.
McGinn said she plans to focus on projects on her family’s farm and on local issues.
Pompeo and State Sen. Dick Kelsey, R-Goddard, are the only Republican candidates to file for the seat thus far.
Kelsey recently drew an endorsement from former Kansas republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. Ken Canfield.
Other names that have been floated for the Republican side of the race include state Rep. Steve Brunk, R-Bel Aire; state Sen. Susan Wagle, R-Wichita; state Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, R-Independence; and Wichita businessman and entrepreneur Wink Hartman.
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She’s a RINO. She ought to run for the dimocrat nomination. People like her are the reason I abandoned the republicans a couple of years ago – they (and she) are no better then dimocrats.
You are right, HobbyFlyer, but that’s why we need Susan Wagle in this race. Where is she and will she run?
McGinn is worthless and weak.
I wish she would’ve run so that she would’ve gotten spanked.
She is a weak, weak, stick.
What’s with the Eagle always talking about Canfield and never mentioning that Dick Peckham — who at least lives in the district — has endorsed Pompeo? Clearly, Pompeo must be a conservative to have the support of Dick.