He said Wednesday a "number of people" have applied for the job, putting their names forward and submitting their résumés.
Republicans have represented the 4th District since 1995. While events of 2016 woke Democrats up, Republican turnout is being depressed by complacency and Trump.
- It was the 93rd most pro-Trump district in the country.
Libertarian candidate Gordon Bakken received just 2.8 percent of the vote in last fall's election for the 4th District seat.
The election even drew Democrats who threw in with Trump last November, such as retired construction worker Alan Branum, 64.
Earlier in the day, some thought the the election could swing in favor of the Democrats.
"How much money goes into those races makes a big difference", Jarman said.
While Estes took 53 percent of the vote compared to Thompson's 46, the jubilant reactions on the left could easily lead one to believe that the Democratic candidate pulled off a major upset.
In this photo from, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, Ron Estes, the Republican candidate for Kansas state treasurer, discusses his campaign during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. "It probably took all three to get Thompson this close".
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"Republican Ron Estes needs your vote and needs it badly", Trump said in his minute-long call.
Democratic hopes rest with Jon Ossoff, 30, a former congressional staffer turned investigative filmmaker who has raised more than $8 million, an extraordinary amount for a special election. There is no message to be sent when only a quarter of the electorate bothers to vote.
And in the city of Kankakee, Democratic Alderwoman Chasity Wells-Armstrong defeated Republican Nina Epstein to become the city's first African-American mayor. The open seats are in Georgia's 6th District, Montana's at-large district, South Carolina's 5th District and California's 34th District. Nate Silver did the math and concluded that "if every district behaved like that, Dems would gain 122 (!) House seats next November".
Though the number of candidates in the Georgia race makes it hard to compare margins with Price's win last fall, Ossoff's proximity to the 50 percent marker shows how much Democrats have improved their position in that district since last year's election.
Still, Thompson is far too liberal to win in a place like the 4th Congressional District in a normal year.
Now, the narrow win for Estes has some Republicans concerned.
The special election in Kansas provided the first evidence that Republican voter complacency is very real, and that the energy is with Democrats. The Republican Congressional Campaign Committee dumped $130,000 into the race.
One Republican House member who was granted anonymity to speak candidly on the special election told CNN that the outcome should be viewed as a warning.
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