(Wichita, KS) - Wichita businessman and Republican leader Mike Pompeo has officially filed
papers with the Federal Election Commission enabling him to begin raising funds for a campaign to
represent the people of Kansas\u2019 Fourth Congressional District. The incumbent Congressman, Todd
Tiahrt, has declared his intention to run for the U.S. Senate.

\u201cLike other Kansans, I believe our federal government has lost its way.\u201d Pompeo said. \u201cWe need a leader who will stand and fight against an administration that is promoting central planning and a larger government at the expense of future generations. I am prepared to do just that. And, as a pro-life Republican, I will fight to ensure that none of the three branches of government infringe on our Constitutional rights.\u201d

A lifelong Republican, Pompeo is President of Sentry International, an independent business engaged in the manufacture and sale of oilfield and industrial equipment. Pompeo also was a founding partner in Thayer Aerospace, one of the five largest aviation subcontractors in South Central Kansas.

While this is Pompeo\u2019s first run for public office, he is no stranger to public service. After
graduating first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Pompeo served
in the United States Army as an armor officer patrolling along the Iron Curtain. Pompeo has also
been active in South Central Kansas serving as a Sunday school teacher, a deacon in his church, as a
trustee for the Flint Hills Public Policy Institute, and as a volunteer board member of the Orpheum
Theater, the YMCA and other charitable institutions.

The campaign also announced its initial leadership team with four co-chairs each of whom has been
a longtime community leader -- businessman Fred Berry, community and civic leader Gayle
Malone, and businessmen David L. Murfin and Nestor Weigand, Jr. The Pompeo campaign also
announced that its treasurer is A. Scott Ritchie III.