(KAIR) -- Kansas Representative Jerry Henry will have a challenger after all in the race for Kansas House District 63.
Nine days after Idaho resident John Gotts withdrew from the race, House District 63 precinct members held a convention Wednesday night to nominate Stephen Bodenhausen as Republican nominee.
Bodenhausen was nominated, between attendees and notarized proxy votes, which act like absentee ballots, 35 to zero.
The model, actor and substitute teacher from Atchison describes his motivations to run.
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Originally born in Columbia, Missouri and graduating high school in Savannah, Bodenhausen says there are several issues he wants to tackle at the state house.
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He says as a result of keeping a tight budget, sacrifices must be made.
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Bodenhausen is a 2001 graduate of Missouri Western with a degree of commercial art.
He and his wife, Ruth, have two children.
House District 63 includes most of Atchison County and all of Doniphan County.
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