# Roger Marshall

| Roger Marshall |
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| United States Senator from Kansas |
| **Incumbent** |
| **Assumed office**  January 3, 2021Serving with Jerry Moran |
| Preceded by | Pat Roberts |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 1st district |
| **In office** January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2021 |
| Preceded by | Tim Huelskamp |
| Succeeded by | Tracey Mann |
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| Personal details |
| Born | Roger Wayne Marshall  (1960-08-09) August 9, 1960 El Dorado, Kansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Laina Marshall ​(m. 1983)​ |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Kansas State University (BS) University of Kansas (MD) |
| Website | House website |
| Military service |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
| Rank |  Captain |
| Unit | Army Reserve |

**Roger Wayne Marshall** (born August 9, 1960) is an American politician and obstetrician. Marshall is the junior United States Senator from Kansas since 2021. He was the U.S. Representative for Kansas's 1st congressional district. He was elected in 2016. Marshall is a Republican. In August 2020, he became the Republican nominee for the United States Senate seat being left empty by Pat Roberts' retirement. He would go on to defeat Barbara Bollier in the November 2020 election.

## Life

Marshall was born in El Dorado, Kansas. He was in the United States Army Reserve for seven years, and he reached the rank of captain.

### 2016 campaign

Marshall ran against Tim Huelskamp in the Republican Party primary election for Kansas's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Marshall had support from many of Kansas's agricultural groups. They were mad at Huelskamp for losing his seat on the House Agriculture Committee. This was the first time in 100 years that a Kansan was not on that committee.

Marshall won 56% of the vote. Huelskamp won only 44%. The district is very Republican. No Democrat ran. In the general election, Marshall easily won.

### 2020 U.S. Senate campaign

On September 7, 2019, Marshall announced he would give up his House seat and run for the Senate seat being left empty by four-term fellow Republican Pat Roberts.

On August 4, 2020, Marshall won the Republican primary. He will face Democratic State Senator Barbara Bollier in the general election. In November 2020, he won the election defeating Bollier.

## Political views

### Health care

Marshall is against the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Marshall voted for the American Health Care Act of 2017. This bill would have repealed and replaced the Affordable Care Act.

### Abortion

Marshall is anti-abortion.

## Personal life

Marshall lives in Great Bend, Kansas, and he practices medicine there.

## Election history

**Kansas's 1st congressional district, 2016**

| Republican primary |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| **Republican** | **Roger Marshall** | **58,808** | **56.5%** |
| Republican | Tim Huelskamp (inc.) | 45,315 | 43.5% |
| Total | 104,123 | 100% |

| General election |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| **Republican** | **Roger Marshall** | **166,051** | **66.2%** |
| Independent | Alan LaPolice | 66,218 | 26.4% |
| Libertarian | Kerry Burt | 18,415 | 7.4% |
| Total | 250,684 | 100% |

## Other websites

* Congressman Roger Marshall Archived 2021-01-02 at the Wayback Machine official US House website
* Roger Marshall for Congress official campaign website
* Roger Marshall at the Open Directory Project

* Biography at the *Biographical Directory of the United States Congress*

* Voting record maintained by *The Washington Post*

* Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Vote Smart

* Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
* Appearances on C-SPAN