TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Former presidential candidate and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole has endorsed Republican Steve Watkins in his race for an eastern Kansas congressional seat.

Dole announced his support for the Army veteran and political novice in a tweet Wednesday.

Watkins and Democrat Paul Davis are seeking to replace retiring Republican Rep. Lynn Jenkins. Democrats hope to flip the seat even though President Donald Trump carried the district in 2016.

Watkins has faced questions because he's lived most of his adult life outside Kansas and did not vote in the state until a Topeka munic...