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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's wife on Tuesday endorsed Republican candidate Amanda Adkins in the race for the Kansas congressional seat for the Kansas City area.

Susan Pompeo said she's known and respected Adkins for nearly two decades.

Adkins served as Kansas Republican Party chairwoman from 2009 to 2013, and she and and Mike Pompeo served together for two years on the Republican National Committee, representing Kansas, when Adkins was state GOP leader. She also was party chairwoman in 2010 when he won the Wichita-area congressional seat that he held until 2...