Jeff Colyer publicly urged LaTurner to challenge Watkins in the Republican primary for the 2nd District in August 2020. “And they’re virtually all self-inflicted wounds.”Democrats made an aggressive play for the seat in 2018 with a well-funded candidate, ex-legislative leader Paul Davis. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...“He is not wasting any time worrying about Jake LaTurner,” campaign spokesman Bryan Piligra said in an email. He won a Kansas Senate seat in 2012 and has been state treasurer since April 2017. He won a crowded 2018 primary with less than 27% of the vote, then the general election against Davis by less than 1 percentage point.

Source: thestar November 26, 2019 05:15 UTC