By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — First District Congressman-elect Tracey Mann was surprised by the margin of his victory Tuesday night.
"I was optimistic we would win," Mann said. "I did not expect we would win by 40 points. I feel like the voters spoke in the Big First pretty loud and clear.
Mann knows where his priorities should lie in one of the more rural districts in the country.
"The number one priority is agriculture," Mann said. "People ask me what three committees I want to serve on and I say, the Ag committee, the Ag committee and the Ag committee.
Even though it appears Democrats will retain control of the chamber, Mann is still ready to get to work.
"You've still got to advocate and make it known what rural Kansas needs and what agriculture needs to be successful," Mann said. "In Congress, a lot of that happens at the committee level. That's why being on the house Ag committee is so important, to try to forge some bipartisan support for agriculture."
Mann will take office in January.