Tracey Mann

Tracey Robert Mann (born December 17, 1976) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Kansas's 1st congressional district since 2021. The district, popularly known as "the Big First," includes parts of 63 counties in central and western Kansas and is the seventh-largest district in the nation that does not cover an entire state.

Mann served as the 50th lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2018 to 2019. He was appointed by Governor Jeff Colyer in February 2018, after Colyer ascended from the lieutenant governorship upon Sam Brownback's resignation.

Early life and education

Mann is a fifth-generation Kansan who was born and raised on his family farm near Quinter, Kansas. He worked in the fields and feed yard with his grandfather, father, and brother. Mann attended Quinter High School, where he was a part of seven state championship teams, including football, track, quiz bowl, and parliamentary procedure. In his senior year, Mann was elected to serve as FFA president and student council president. During his college years, Mann worked as an intern for then-U.S. Representative Jerry Moran. He also served as the student body president of Kansas State University.

Lieutenant Governor of Kansas

Elections

2018 primary for governor

Jeff Colyer narrowly lost the 2018 Republican primary to Kris Kobach, and he and Mann left office the next year.

Tenure

Two weeks after Colyer ascended to the office of Governor of Kansas, Mann was appointed as Colyer's lieutenant governor. He was sworn in on February 14, 2018.

State Objections Board

Michael Capps filed to run as a Republican in 2018 for the Kansas House District 97 seat using an address on the south side of Wichita.GOP appoints Michael Capps to empty Kansas House seat; Democrats push for grand jury probe
''Wichita Eagle'', Chance Swaim, July 21, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019. Months before the election, Representative Chuck Weber, the incumbent in heavily Republican House District 85, which included part of north Wichita and suburbs to the north and northeast, withdrew his candidacy for reelection and gave notice of his resignation, effective July 14, 2018. Capps then changed his campaign filing, running instead for the District 85 seat, giving a north Wichita address, with a business mailing address of 6505 East Central Avenue, #110. He claimed he resided at the Governeour Street address, though the home was scheduled to be sold at auction on June 27, 2018. Democrats alleged Capps did not actually live at that address. The Kansas Objections Board, composed of Mann, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, refused to uphold the complaint. The Sedgwick County Republican Central Committee appointed Capps to fill the remainder of Weber's 85th District term. Marc Bennett, District Attorney of Sedgwick County, petitioned to have Capps removed from office after an investigation of child abuse caused him to be decertified and removed as a Court Appointed Special Advocate. In 2020, he lost the Republican primary to Patrick Penn, who received 74.4% of the vote.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2010

Mann ran for Kansas's 1st congressional district in the 2010 elections to the United States House of Representatives, losing to Tim Huelskamp in the Republican primary.

During his 2010 campaign, Mann repeatedly insisted President Barack Obama needed to produce his birth certificate to prove that he was an American citizen. The Hutchinson News withdrew its endorsement of Mann, stating, "he questions the citizenship of President Barack Obama despite evidence that is irrefutable to most objective, rational people - including a birth certificate released by the Hawaii secretary of state and birth announcements printed in Honolulu's two major newspapers." On June 21, 2010, Mann said on a Salina radio program that he thought Obama "needs to come forth with his papers and show everyone that he is an American citizen." He made similar comments that day at a forum at Elkhart, Kansas. Though Mann formerly expressed support for birtherism, he has since renounced those beliefs.

2020

Mann made another bid for the 1st in 2020 after two-term incumbent Roger Marshall gave up the seat to run for U.S. Senate. On August 4, 2020, Mann defeated Air Force veteran Bill Clifford in the Republican primary–the real contest in this heavily Republican district–and Democrat Kali Barnett in the general election, with 71% of the vote.

Tenure

Domestic Policy

Mann voted to overturn the results of the 2020 United States Presidential election.

Mann voted against the Equality Act in 2021 and against the Respect for Marriage Act in 2022.

Along with all Kansas congressmembers, Mann voted for the Laken Riley Act.

In 2025, the Trump administration moved to delist the lesser prairie chicken from the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Mann had previously led efforts to delist the chicken, but then-President Joe Biden vetoed the legislation.

Economy

Mann was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.

In May 2025, Mann told KSNT Topeka, "I strongly believe we must strengthen Medicaid to protect benefits for the thousands of vulnerable Kansans who rely on it." He voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on May 22, 2025.

Foreign Policy

In June 2021, Mann was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.

During the Gaza War, Mann voted to send $26 billion to Israel to support "its effort to defend itself against Iran and its proxies, and to reimburse US military operations in response to recent attacks."

Mann voted against additional aid to Ukraine in 2024.

Committee assignments

For the 119th Congress:
* Committee on Agriculture
** Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
** Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry (Chairman)
** Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture
* Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
** Subcommittee on Aviation
** Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
** Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

Caucus memberships

* House Hunger Caucus
* FFA Caucus
* Congressional Western Caucus

Electoral history

Personal life

Mann resides in Salina, Kansas, where he works as a commercial real estate broker. He also owns his family's farm in Quinter, Kansas. Mann is a Pietist.

References

External links

Representative Tracey Mann
official U.S. House website

Tracey Mann for Congress
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1976 births
Living people
American real estate brokers
Candidates in the 2010 United States elections
Christians from Kansas
Kansas State University alumni
Lieutenant governors of Kansas
People from Quinter, Kansas
Politicians from Salina, Kansas
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas
Candidates in the 2018 United States elections
21st-century Kansas politicians
21st-century members of the United States House of Representatives