A veteran Capitol Hill staffer, Rob Wasinger, has been added to the growing list of candidates for Congress in the 10th district to replace Frank Wolf. Wasinger was the chief of staff for former Senator, and now Governor of Kansas, Sam Brownbeck. Until his recent resignation to run for Congress Wasinger has been chief of staff to Michigan Tea Party Congressman Rep. Kerry Bentivolio (R). Wasinger said this about his run,
“I fear that conservatives are not going to be well-represented with the choices that are out there now,” Wasinger said. I’m going to run an insurgent, aggressive grass-roots campaign.”
Wasinger joins these candidates who are also running in the 10th:
Brent Anderson
Barbara Comstock
Stephen Hollingshead
Marc Savitt
Richard Shickle
Tareq Salahi
Luellen Hoffman
Rob Wasinger
The following candidates are considering a run but have not yet made formal announcements:
Carol Brauninger
Howie Lind
Bob Marshall
Beau Correll
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