‘People are hurting’: Kansas Democrat takes aim at Republican incumbent’s congressional seat

By: Sherman Smith

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: March 30, 2026

Words: 865

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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TOPEKA — Katy Tyndell’s path to politics began with a meeting last March at Groover Labs, a makerspace in downtown Wichita, where dozens of people gathered to talk about how they were going to hold leaders accountable.

They were bothered by what they saw after President Donald Trump reclaimed office, Tyndell said on the Kansas Reflector podcast. There was the way Elon Musk’s DOGE took “a chainsaw to federal government,” the dismantling of the U.S. …

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