Roger Marshall

Marshall grew up on a farm in Butler County, Kansas, as a fifth-generation farm kid and was the first in his family to attend college. He attended Butler County Community College, earned a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University, and received his medical degree from the University of Kansas.⁠[1]

Marshall is an OB/GYN who practiced in Great Bend, Kansas, for more than 25 years and delivered more than 5,000 babies; he owned his medical practice for 25 years as it grew from five employees to more than 300.⁠[1]

He served seven years in the U.S. Army Reserves and is a past Rotary District Governor. He and his wife, Laina, have been married for 42 years.⁠[1]

Marshall represented Kansas’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House from 2017, serving two terms.⁠[2][3]

In 2020 Marshall ran for the seat of retiring U.S. Senator Pat Roberts. In the August Republican primary he defeated former Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Senate President Susan Wagle and other candidates with about 40% of the vote, with assistance from the National Republican Senatorial Committee.⁠[2]

On November 3, 2020, he defeated Democrat Barbara Bollier in the general election, leading about 54% to 41% in unofficial election-night returns. After the win he said, “It’s a great honor, and a greater responsibility. We won’t let you down.”⁠[2]

In the Senate Marshall serves on the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology; the Finance Committee; the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security; and the Budget Committee.⁠[1]

He is a member of caucuses including the GOP Doctors Caucus, the Pro-Life Caucus, the Western Caucus and the Senate Hunger Caucus.⁠[1]

On August 4, 2026, Marshall won the Republican nomination for re-election with 79% of the vote in preliminary tallies over Pond Naramore of Lawrence; his general-election opponent was Democrat Adam Hamilton, a United Methodist pastor.⁠[3]

On the evening of November 3, 2026, the Associated Press called Kansas’s U.S. Senate race for Democrat Adam Hamilton, who defeated Marshall.⁠[4]

Office of Senator Roger Marshall: Official website: https://www.marshall.senate.gov/ (opens in a new window).⁠[1]

X: Public account: https://x.com/RogerMarshallMD (opens in a new window).⁠[1]

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