The Kansas National Education Association Political Action Committee is recommending candidates for primary election races across the state,

They have issued a recommendation for incumbent candidate Jeff Longbine of Emporia, a Republican, in the 17th Senate District that includes Junction City , Emporia, plus portions of Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee counties.

There are no challengers for Longbine in the Republican primary in August. There is a Democratic Party candidate in the 17th District, Susan Fowler of Emporia.