Roger Marshall (politician)

Roger Marshall (2016)

Roger Marshall (born August 9, 1960 in El Dorado , Butler County , Kansas ) is an American politician and doctor. Since January 3, 2017, he has represented the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1980, Roger Marshall graduated from Butler County Community College . He then studied medicine at the University of Kansas . This was followed by a degree in biology at Kansas State University . Between 1984 and 1991 he was a captain in the United States Army reserves . He then became a specialist gynecologist at Great Bend Regional Hospital . Since 2000 he has also been President of Quivera Ranch, Limited Liability Company and a board member of Bank Farmers Bank & Trust . He was also a district director for Rotary International .

Politically, Marshall joined the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 2016 he became the first constituency of Kansas against the independent candidate Alan LaPolice in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC chosen, where he succeeds on January 3, 2017 Tim Huelskamp took he his in the primaries Party had surprisingly beaten.

In early September 2019, he announced that he would run in the Republican primary for the 2020 Senate election in Kansas. In these he meets, among others, Kris Kobach , the defeated Democrat Laura Kelly candidate of the GOP in the gubernatorial elections in Kansas 2018. The Republican incumbent Pat Roberts does not run for re-election.

Web links

Roger Marshall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Biography at Project Vote Smart
Marshall at Ballotpedia

Individual evidence

^ Wall Street Journal: Tea Party Rep. Tim Huelskamp Loses Kansas Republican Primary to Roger Marshall (August 3, 2016)
↑ Jesse Byrnes: Rep. Roger Marshall launches Kansas Senate bid. September 7, 2019, accessed October 25, 2019 .
↑ James Arkin: Republicans torch Kobach for Senate run. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
^ The Latest: Kansas Rep. Marshall considering Senate race. January 4, 2019, accessed October 25, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Marshall, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 9, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	El Dorado , Kansas

[1] Wall Street Journal: Tea Party Rep. Tim Huelskamp Loses Kansas Republican Primary to Roger Marshall (August 3, 2016)

[2] Jesse Byrnes: Rep. Roger Marshall launches Kansas Senate bid. September 7, 2019, accessed October 25, 2019 .

[3] James Arkin: Republicans torch Kobach for Senate run. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .

[4] The Latest: Kansas Rep. Marshall considering Senate race. January 4, 2019, accessed October 25, 2019 .