Kansas U.S. House, U.S. Senate members to defend incumbencies against 25 challengers

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From left, U.S. Reps. Tracey Mann and Sharice Davids, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, and U.S. Reps. Ron Estes and Derek Schmidt are defending their seats against 25 challengers in the August primary election. (Photo illustration by Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector)

From left, U.S. Reps. Tracey Mann and Sharice Davids, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, and U.S. Reps. Ron Estes and Derek Schmidt are defending their seats against 25 challengers in the August primary election. (Photo illustration by Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector)

TOPEKA — Thirty candidates are running in August to represent Kansas in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, including 12 who are seeking to unseat Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall.

Of the 30 people who filed to run for federal elected office with the Kansas Secretary of State by the noon deadline Monday, 20 are running as Democrats.

Sitting Republicans in the U.S. House — Rep. Tracey Mann o…