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{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Roger Marshall
|image       = Roger Marshall 117th Congress portrait.jpg
|jr/sr        = United States Senator
|state        = [[Kansas]]
|alongside    = [[Jerry Moran]]
|term_start   = January 3, 2021
|term_end     = 
|predecessor  = [[Pat Roberts]]
|successor    = 
|state1       = [[Kansas]]
|district1    = {{ushr|KS|1|1st}}
|term_start1  = January 3, 2017
|term_end1    = January 3, 2021
|predecessor1 = [[Tim Huelskamp]]
|successor1   = [[Tracey Mann]]
|birth_name=Roger Wayne Marshall
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1960|8|9}}
|birth_place = [[El Dorado, Kansas]], U.S.
|death_date  = 
|death_place = 
|party       = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse      = {{marriage|Laina Marshall|1983}}
|children    = 4 
|education   = [[Kansas State University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[University of Kansas School of Medicine|University of Kansas]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]])
|website     = {{url|marshall.house.gov|House website}}
|allegiance   = {{flag|United States}}
|branch       = {{army|United States}}
|rank         = [[File:Army-USA-OF-02.svg|38px]] [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]
|unit         = Army Reserve
}}
'''Roger Wayne Marshall''' (born August 9, 1960) is an American politician and [[Obstetrics|obstetrician]]. Marshall is the junior [[United States Senator]] from [[Kansas]] since 2021. He was the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for {{ushr|KS|1}}. He was elected in 2016. Marshall is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. In August 2020, he became the Republican nominee for the [[United States Senate]] seat being left empty by [[Pat Roberts]]' retirement. He would go on to defeat [[Barbara Bollier]] in the November 2020 election.

==Life==
Marshall was born in [[El Dorado, Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Special to the Sentinel Roger Marshall's office |url=http://m.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20150528/news/150529357 |title=Marshall announces republican candidacy |publisher=M.mcphersonsentinel.com |date=May 28, 2015 |access-date=August 3, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was in the [[United States Army Reserve]] for seven years, and he reached the rank of captain.<ref name="GBT1">{{cite web|url=http://www.gbtribune.com/section/69/article/98209/|title=Marshall Wins in Upset|author=Hogg, Dale|publisher=Great Bend Tribune|date=August 2, 2016|access-date=June 24, 2019|archive-date=August 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806053013/http://www.gbtribune.com/section/69/article/98209/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2016 campaign===
Marshall ran against [[Tim Huelskamp]] in the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] [[primary election]] for {{ushr|KS|1}} in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Marshall had support from many of Kansas's agricultural groups. They were mad at Huelskamp for losing his seat on the [[United States House Committee on Agriculture|House Agriculture Committee]]. This was the first time in 100 years that a Kansan was not on that committee.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article91303977.html|title=Firebrand Kansas congressman feels heat in Republican primary|last=Tate|first=Curtis|publisher=[[McClatchy Washington Bureau]]|date=July 22, 2016}}</ref>

Marshall won 56% of the vote. Huelskamp won only 44%. The district is very Republican. No [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] ran.<ref name="KSS1">{{cite news|url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article93390117.html|title=Tea party's Tim Huelskamp ousted by challenger Roger Marshall in Kansas congressional race|author= Robertson, Joe| newspaper=[[The Kansas City Star]]|date=August 2, 2016}}</ref> In the general election, Marshall easily won.

===2020 U.S. Senate campaign===
On September 7, 2019, Marshall announced he would give up his House seat and run for the Senate seat being left empty by four-term fellow Republican [[Pat Roberts]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brufke |first1=Julie Grace |title=Rep. Roger Marshall launches Kansas Senate bid |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/460374-rep-roger-marshall-launches-kansas-senate-bid |website=The Hill |access-date=March 30, 2020 |date=September 7, 2019}}</ref> 

On August 4, 2020, Marshall won the Republican primary. He will face Democratic State Senator [[Barbara Bollier]] in the general election.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/04/primary-results-kansas-senate-michigan-missouri-washington-arizona-391547|title = Kobach loses Kansas Senate primary|work = [[Politico]]|date = August 4, 2020|access-date = August 4, 2020|last1 = Arkin|first1 = James|last2 = Mutnick|first2 = Ally}}</ref> In November 2020, he won the election defeating Bollier.

==Political views==
===Health care===
Marshall is against the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)]].<ref name="MarchInterview">{{cite news |author=Lev Facher |url=https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/03/roger-marshall-kansas-obamacare/ |title=Two months ago, this doctor was delivering babies. Now he's at the nexus of the Obamacare fight |work=Stat via [[Boston Globe Media]] |date=March 3, 2017 |access-date=May 6, 2017}}</ref> Marshall voted for the [[American Health Care Act of 2017]]. This bill would have repealed and replaced the Affordable Care Act.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll256.xml|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 256|access-date=October 22, 2018}}</ref>

===Abortion===
Marshall is [[Anti-abortion movement|anti-abortion]].<ref name="Brydum">Sunnivie Brydum, [http://www.advocate.com/election/2016/8/03/antigay-kansas-rep-tim-huelskamp-wont-be-returning-congress Antigay Kansas Rep. Won't Be Returning to Congress], ''The Advocate'' (August 3, 2016).</ref><ref name="TateAug2016">Curtis Tate, [http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article93396562.html Tea party Rep. Tim Huelskamp heading to defeat in Kansas Republican primary], McClatchy DC (August 2, 2016).</ref>

==Personal life==
Marshall lives in [[Great Bend, Kansas]], and he practices medicine there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newscenter1.tv/story/32604284/physician-marshall-ousts-us-rep-huelskamp-in-kansas-primary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805051927/http://www.newscenter1.tv/story/32604284/physician-marshall-ousts-us-rep-huelskamp-in-kansas-primary|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 5, 2016|title=Physician Marshall ousts US Rep. Huelskamp in Kansas primary |publisher=Newscenter1.tv|access-date=August 3, 2016}}</ref>

==Election history==
'''Kansas's 1st congressional district, 2016'''
{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 5 | Republican primary
|-
!  Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! %
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| '''[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]'''
| '''Roger Marshall'''
| align=center | '''58,808'''
| align=center | '''56.5%'''
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Tim Huelskamp]] ([[incumbent|inc.]])
| align=center | 45,315
| align=center | 43.5%
|-
! colspan=2; style="text-align:right;"| Total
! align=center | 104,123
! align=center | 100%
|}
{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 5 | General election
|-
! Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! %
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| '''[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]'''
| '''Roger Marshall'''
| align=center | '''166,051'''
| align=center | '''66.2%'''
|- {{Party shading/Independent}}
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| Alan LaPolice
| align=center | 66,218
| align=center | 26.4%
|-{{party shading/Libertarian}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| Kerry Burt
| align=center | 18,415
| align=center | 7.4%
|-
! colspan=2; style="text-align:right;"| Total
! align=center | 250,684
! align=center | 100%
|}

==References==
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==Other websites==
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* [https://marshall.house.gov Congressman Roger Marshall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102185609/https://marshall.house.gov/ |date=2021-01-02 }} official US House website
* [http://www.kansansformarshall.com Roger Marshall for Congress] official campaign website
* {{Dmoz|Regional/North_America/United_States/Kansas/Government/Federal/US_House_of_Representatives/Roger_Marshall_%5BR-1%5D|Roger Marshall}}
* {{ CongLinks | congbio = M001198| fec = H6KS01179 | votesmart = 172080| congress = roger-marshall/M001198}}
* {{C-SPAN|rogermarshall}}

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