The current Kansas State Treasurer filed the official paperwork with the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office to be on the ballot this upcoming August as a Republican candidate for the Second Congressional District. Treasurer Jake LaTurner says Southeast Kansas has always been important to him.

LaTurner is currently serving his third year as Kansas State Treasurer. Prior to that he served two terms in the Kansas state senate representing southeast Kansas. He was joined by his wife Suzanne and their four children as he signed the documents.