Don Shimkus, a school board member from Oxford and current president of the Kansas Association of School Boards, announced Wednesday that he will run as a Democrat for a seat in the Kansas Senate.
Shimkus is challenging incumbent Republican Steve Abrams of Arkansas City in the 32nd District in south-central Kansas. Abrams is a veterinarian and chairman of the Senate Education Committee.
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