WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Former Kansas congressman Todd Tiahrt (TEE’-hart) is running again in the state’s 4th Congressional District and will challenge incumbent Mike Pompeo in the Republican primary.

Tiahrt entered the race with an announcement Thursday at the Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita. He represented the south-central Kansas district from 1995 until 2011.

Pompeo is seeking his third term and was elected in 2010 to succeed Tiahrt.

Both are conservative Republicans. But Tiahrt said he had been asked for months to run. He told cheering supporters has a better track record than Pompeo and differs with the incumbent on foreign policy.

Tiahrt gave up the House seat to run for U.S. Senate in 2010. He lost the Republican Senate primary to Jerry Moran, who went on to win the race that November.

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Republicans are waiting to hear from former Congressman Todd Tiahrt about whether he intends to challenge GOP incumbent Mike Pompeo.

Tiahrt scheduled a meeting with supporters and reporters Thursday afternoon at the Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita to discuss the Republican primary in the 4th Congressional District of south-central Kansas.

The notice for the event did not say whether Tiahrt would run.

Pompeo has filed for a third, two-year term. The only Democrat running so far is Perry Schuckman of Wichita.

Tiahrt held the seat from 1995 until 2011. He did not seek re-election in 2010 to run for the U.S. Senate but lost a bitter Republican primary to Jerry Moran.

Moran won the Senate seat in November 2010. Pompeo was elected to replace Tiahrt in the House.