When President Trump tapped the Koch brothers’ darling, Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), as CIA director, there didn’t seem to be much reason to believe the District 4 seat would be filled by anybody other than another member of the GOP.
Still, though the southern Kansas district has been represented by a Republican since 1994, the national party spent six digits to back its candidate, Ron Estes.
Source: Flurry of spending in Kansas 4th