(Updated to correct Bollier margin of victory in Johnson County)
A new Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kansas is emerging as a likely challenger to Republican incumbent Roger Marshall in 2026.
Sandy Spidel Neumann, a retired executive from Ameriprise Financial Services, has been looking at joining the race and an official announcement is expected soon.
“Sandy’s taking a hard look at the Kansas Senate race,” a source close to the candidate said Tuesday. “She’s got the resume, the network and fundraising chops to make it real.”
She most recently served as vice president of Ameriprise where she worked in financial institution business development and marketing.
She worked at Ameriprise from 2003 to 2025, when she retired.
Earlier, Spidel Neumann worked as director of partner marketing and business for LifeServ Corp. in Chicago from 2000 to 2002.
And before that, she worked as director of partner marketing and business development for CNA Insurance in Chicago from 1997 to 2000.
She also worked as a financial analyst for MacAdam & Co. in Chicago from 1995 to 1997.
And she served as a mutual fund supervisor for Kemper Financial Services in Chicago.
Spidel Neumann has a master’s in marketing and digital strategy from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s in economics from the University of Chicago.
She is a 1982 graduate from Shawnee Mission North. She now lives in Mission, according to her LinkedIn profile.
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Spidel Neumann would join a field that already includes three other Democrats: former congressional candidate Christy Davis of Cottonwood Falls, Overland Park immigration lawyer Anne Parelkar and perennial candidate Michael Soetaert.
All three candidates will have a steep climb given their overall lack of statewide name ID.
Barbara Bollier of Johnson County raised about $29 million in 2020 and still lost to Marshall with about 42% of the vote even while winning her home county by 8 percentage points.
Marshall reported raising $562,230 in the last quarter ending June 30 with about $2.7 million in cash on hand as of June 30.
