Jake LaTurner Trumps Steve Watkins!

Jacob LaTurner beats Rep. Steve Watkins (R-KS).

The embattled Republican lawmaker Steve Watkins is defeated by Kansas state treasurer Jacob LaTurner. The race was closely watched given that Rep. Steve Watkins (R-KS) is under state and federal watch for voter and wire fraud.

The freshman lawmaker loses the 2nd Kansas Congressional District primary. He was slapped with the criminal charges weeks before the primary.

Watkins maintained his innocence and claimed that the Kansas Republican establishment was treating him like the Democrats against Donald J. Trump during the impeachment saga.

Watkins was charged in July with interference with law enforcement, providing false information, voting without being qualified, unlawful advance voting and failing to notify the DMV of change of address.

The first three charges are felonies and the fourth is a misdemeanor.

Watkins allegedly registered his address at a UPS store in Topeka as his home address for the 2019 municipal election and allegedly voted in the wrong city council district.

 A biter defeat for Steve Watkins. The embattled Republican faces criminal charges.

He would be the sixth incumbent to lose a bid for reelection in this cycle.

LaTurner will face off against his Democratic rival, Michelle De La Isla, the mayor of Topeka.

LaTurner is a 32-year old American politician who resides in Galena. He currently serves as the Kansas State Treasurer. He previously served as Kansas State Senator from 2013 to 2017.

He became the youngest current statewide official in the United States. He was reelected to the post in his own right in 2018, becoming one of the youngest current elected statewide official in the United States.

If he wins, LaTurner and Madison Cawthorn could be the youngest members elected to Congress.

LaTurner is married to his wife Suzanne and has four children.

Jake LaTurner defeats a Trump-backed lawmaker in a stunning upset.

Cawthron beat a Trump-endorsed candidate Lynda Bennett in a race to replace Mark Meadows.

Meadows resigned this year to become the White House Chief of Staff for Trump.

Cawthorn is disabled and only 24 years old at time of his primary victory. If he does win his election, he will be the youngest member to serve in the Congress. He turns 25 this month.

Cawthorn was recently spotted at Trump Washington Hotel greeting Trump and Meadows without facial protection.

The Kansas 2nd Congressional District covers a 1/3 of Kansas. It covers Lawrence, Topeka, Pittsburg, Independence, and a handful of Native American reservations