kansas city kan kansas republican state treasurer ron estes tuesday defeat democrat civil right attorney jam thompson win congressional seat race become unlikely test grind early backlash president donald trump estes get 53 percent vote preliminary result show win kansas 4th congressional district seat hold republican mike pompeo 2011 vacate year become director central intelligence agency even though hear lot national media people outside state go able win race show still republican seat estes tell supporters rally wichita go make sure change things washington democrats hop capitalize trump poor approval rat dissatisfaction among moderate republican governor sam brownback win back one 24 seat need nationwide reclaim house seat pompeo nearly 61 percent vote november look recently like lock estes state treasurer since 2011. race become surprisingly competitive drive republican leaders last minute push estes texas sen. ted cruz kansas caucus republican presidential primary campaign estes weekend president trump carry 4th district 57 percent general election vote 2016 also push estes message social media network twitter express support fellow republican early day last democrat hold kansas 4th congressional district seat dan glickman serve nine term become agriculture secretary 1995. thompson make race lot close people would expect early year say campaign manager chris pumpelly people write us whole time say say no-go prove wrong make race absolutely competitive proud it kansas republican win congressional seat special election