(KNZA)--Kansas Senator Dennis Pyle will be challenged in his bid for re-election to another 4-year term.
According to the Kansas Secretary of State's Office, Kirk Miller, of Havensville, filed Friday as a Democratic candidate for the 1st District Kansas Senate seat.
Pyle, a rural Hiawatha Republican, has held the seat since 2005. Prior to that, he was a Kansas Representative for the 49th District from 2001-2002.
The 1st District includes Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson and Nemaha Counties along with portions of Marshall and Pottawatomie Counties.
Pyle filed for re-election last month. Monday was the filing deadline.
The primary election will be held August 4 and the general election is November 3.
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