Great Bend Post
GREAT BEND – Roger Marshall made it official on Tuesday. He is running for congress.
In front of the Barton County Courthouse, Marshall announced that he would challenge incumbent Republican Congressman Tim Huelskamp to represent the “Big First District.”
Marshall said he has issues with Huelskamp’s style in representing the district.
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Huelskamp, a third term congressman, has become one of the most outspoken Tea Party Republicans in Congress and an opponent of House Speaker John Boehner.
Boehner removed Huelskamp from the House Agriculture Committee in 2013, the first time a representative from western Kansas had not served on the panel in a century.
Marshall said that ideologically he and Huelskamp have similar conservative Republican stances but that he would approach Congress with a different mindset.
He said that as a physician – he has been a practicing OB/Gyn in Great Bend since 1991 – he has developed skill sets that could translate into politics.
The 54-year old physician begins the challenge to unseat Huelskamp with the Republican primary election over 14 months away.