TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The former longtime leader of Hutchinson Community College is challenging one of the top Republican leaders of the Kansas Senate in the upcoming primary election.

Ed Berger, president of Hutchinson Community College for 23 years, is running against Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce of Hutchinson in a primary race in Reno and Kingman counties.

Berger, who retired from the college in 2014, told The Wichita Eagle that income tax cuts approved by the Legislature in 2012 have led to mismanagement of the state’s budget. He says he’s open to both looking for cost savings and finding ways to increase revenue.

Bruce was a strong supporter of the tax cuts and says they have forced lawmakers to focus on spending and cut some government pork.