Katie Sawyer visited Jewell County

Katie Sawyer who ran for lieutenant governor of Kansas was at Possibilities on Thursday. She explained the lieutenant governor and the governor are on the same ballot, so if you voted for Derek Schmidt, you also voted for her. Sawyer was introduced by Keith Roe.

Katie Sawyer was born and raised in McPherson. She went to school in southeast Kansas at Pittsburg State University. When she returned to McPherson, she ran the newspaper for a little bit. Her husband is a fourth generation farmer in McPherson County. She hopes her two boys will be fifth generation farmers.

For the past approximately s...