What is Steve Watkins?
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Steve Watkins | image=Steve Watkins, official portrait, 116th congress (cropped1).jpg | state = [[Kansas]] | district = {{ushr|KS|2|2nd}} | term_start = January 3, 2019 | term_end = January 3, 2021 | predecessor = [[Lynn Jenkins]] | successor = [[Jake LaTurner]] | birth_name = Steven Charles Watkins Jr. | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1976|9|18}}}} | birth_place = [[Lackland Air Force Base]], [[Texas]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | education = [[United States Military Academy]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]]) | website = {{url|watkins.house.gov|House website}} }} '''Steven Charles Watkins Jr.''' (born September 18, 1976) is an American veteran, politician and businessman. He was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[Kansas]]' {{ushr|KS|2|2nd congressional district}}. He is a [[Republican Party of the United States|Republican]]. In July 2020, Watkins was charged with voter fraud by [[Shawnee County, Kansas|Shawnee County]] District Attorney.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wibw.com/2020/07/14/da-charges-watkins-with-voter-fraud/|title=DA charges Watkins with voter fraud|first=Melissa|last=Brunner |work=WIBW |date=July 14, 2020 |access-date=July 14, 2020}}</ref><ref name=CNN>[https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/politics/steve-watkins-election-charges/index.html Kansas congressman faces felony charges related to 2019 local election], ''[[CNN]]'', Paul LeBlanc,, July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.</ref> In August 2020, he lost his re-election primary campaign to [[Kansas State Treasurer]] [[Jake LaTurner]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://watkins.house.gov/ Congressman Steve Watkins] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804161042/https://watkins.house.gov/ |date=2019-