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Goyle ran against Republican nominee Republican National Committeeman Mike Pompeo, Libertarian nominee Shawn Smith, and Reform Party nominee Susan G. Ducey for this open seat. Republican incumbent Todd Tiahrt decided to run in the U.S. Senator election in 2010, although he lost the nomination to Jerry Moran. [13] Goyle won against Robert Tillman in the Democratic primary.

The seat was rated as "Likely Republican" by CQ Politics. [14] In March 2010, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added Goyle's name to its "Red to Blue" list of the strongest candidates running for Republican held seats. [15] On August 12, 2010, SurveyUSA and KWCH-TV released a poll on the Kansas 4th Congressional district campaign between Pompeo and Goyle. According to the poll, in which 604 likely voters were interviewed, Pompeo led Goyle 49% to 42% with a margin of error of 4.1%. Pompeo's campaign-affiliated Twitter account shared, then deleted, a link to an article vilifying state Representative Raj Goyle, his Cleveland, Ohio-born, Indian-American opponent as, "Just like his evil Muslim communist USURPER comrad, Barrack Hussein Obama. This Goyle character is just another 'turban topper' who could be a muslim, a hindu, a buddhist etc who knows"..."we don't need in congress or any political office that deals with the US Constitution, Christianity and the United States of America!!!" [16] Initially, Pompeo recommended the tweet as a "good read," ultimately resulting in Pompeo's apology. Pompeo's campaign subsequently featured billboards that read, "Vote American-Vote Pompeo," which drew similar criticism but remained in place. [16]

On election day, Goyle was defeated by Pompeo by a large 22% margin, 58% to 36% in what was considered to be a nationally favorable climate for Republicans. [17]

Personal life

On July 24, 2004, he married Monica Kumari Arora, an attorney and daughter of retired public school teachers in Middletown, Orange County, New York. The couple has two children. [18]

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  12. ↑ "The Hutchinson News Online Edition". Hutchnews.com. 2008-02-16. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
  13. ↑ Dion Lefler. Goyle says he's running for Congress Archived 2009-07-15 at the Wayback Machine . July 11, 2009. The Wichita Eagle.
  14. ↑ Toeplitz, Shira (6 January 2010). "Solid Democratic Recruit Changes Kansas 4 Rating". CQ Politics. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
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  16. 1 2 Mike Pompeo Apologized to Indian-American Opponent for Evil Turban Topper Blog During 2010 Congressional Campaign, Newsweek , Benjamin Fearnow, August 20, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
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  18. ↑ "Newest Goyle is a girl". Blogs.kansas.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
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Raj Goyle
Member of the KansasHouseofRepresentatives
from the 87th district
In office
January 8, 2007 –January 10, 2011