Pompeo
Ten Republican members of the state Legislature stood in solidarity with 4th District congressional candidate Mike Pompeo at a news conference Friday, but the campaign stumbled on a press release claim of unanimous support from the District’s GOP lawmakers.
The 10 who appeared with Pompeo at the event at Mid-Continent Instruments were part of a group of 28 Republican state senators and representatives backing Pompeo, a Republican national committeeman.
Conspicuously absent from the gathering and Pompeo’s endorsement list was Sen. Jean Schodorf, R-Wichita, a moderate Republican who ran second to Pompeo in a bruising GOP primary campaign.
Pompeo is the Republican nominee for the vacant 4th District seat, running against state Rep. Raj Goyle, D-Wichita.
Goyle
The nine 4th District legislators at the news conference were Reps. Brenda Landwehr, Aaron Jack, Dan Kerschen, Steve Huebert, Steve Brunk and Jo Ann Pottorff; and Sens. Carolyn McGinn, Mike Petersen and Ty Masterson. They were joined by Sen. Jeff Colyer of Overland Park, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor.
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