By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
Familiar faces face off in November to see who represents the Second Congressional District of Kansas.
Three-time former Attorney General Derek Schmidt won the Republican nomination for the district that hugs the eastern border of Kansas from the Nebraska state line to the Oklahoma state line with a carve out for the Kansas City metro area. Former Congresswoman Nancy Boyda, who represented the 2nd District in Congress from 2007 to 2008, won the endorsement of Democrats in a close race with Matt Kleinmann.
Unofficial results from the Kansas Secretary of State’s office show Schmidt won 53% of the Republican primary vote, with 34,452 votes. Shawn Tiffany finished a distant second with only 20% of the vote.
On the Democrats’ side it was much closer. Boyda and Kleinmann were in a tight battle throughout the evening Tuesday before Boyda pulled ahead for good. Boyda garnered 13,155 votes, or 52% to Kleinmann’s 12,338 votes.
Schmidt and Boyda will be on the November ballot for the seat being vacated by Congressman Jake LaTurner, a Republican who chose not to run for a third term.
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