Tracey Mann is the Republican incumbent representing Kansas's 1st District, first elected in 2020 and seeking a fourth term. A fifth-generation Kansan from a family farm near Quinter, he worked in commercial real estate and briefly served as Lieutenant Governor of Kansas in 2018-2019 before entering Congress. He serves on the House Agriculture and Transportation and Infrastructure committees and chairs the Agriculture Committee's Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry subcommittee.[1][2][3]
Mann was born in 1976 in Quinter, Kansas. According to his official biography, he is a fifth-generation Kansan who was born and raised on his family's farm south of Quinter and spent time working in the family's fields and feed yard.[1][2] He earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from Kansas State University in 2000.[1][2] Mann worked in commercial real estate and served on the loan committee of First National Bank Syracuse, according to his official biography. He has served on the boards of Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership, the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, the City Teen Center in Salina, and Legacy Financial.[1][2]
In 2018, Governor Jeff Colyer, who became governor after Sam Brownback was appointed to a post in the Trump administration, appointed Mann Lieutenant Governor of Kansas; his official biography calls him the 50th, and Ballotpedia lists his term as 2018-2019.[1][2] In the August 2018 Republican primary, the ticket of Gov. Jeff Colyer and Mann finished second to Kris Kobach and running mate Wink Hartman, 40.5% to 40.6%.[1]
Mann won the Republican primary for the open 1st District seat in August 2020, defeating Bill Clifford, Jerry Molstad, and Michael Soetaert, and won the November 2020 general election, succeeding Roger Marshall, who was elected to the U.S. Senate. He was re-elected in 2022 and 2024 and won the August 4, 2026 Republican primary over Craig Musser.[1] He serves on the House Committee on Agriculture, where he chairs the Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee, and on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (2025-2026 assignments). According to his official biography, he lives in Salina, Kansas, with his wife Audrey and their four children.[1][2]
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.