Blake Carpenter

Per the campaign site.

Carpenter serves as Speaker Pro Tempore of the Kansas House and spent a decade in the aviation industry as a contractor for firms including Textron Aviation, Rockwell Collins, Dassault Systemes and Boeing Defense, Space and Security, per the campaign site. He is a Flight Commander in the Kansas Air National Guard and earned a business administration and entrepreneurship degree from Wichita State University, per the campaign site.