Chuck Ahner is the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at PNC Bank and is the Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in Kansas' 3rd congressional district. Ahner is challenging incumbent Democrat Dennis Moore in the 2006 mid-term election. Ahner won his party's nomination for Congress on August 1, 2006 defeating State Rep. Scott Schwab, disability rights activist Thomas Scherer, and retired construction worker Paul Showen. Chief Technical Officer or Chief Technology Officer, usually seen as CTO, is a business executive position whose holder is focussed on technical issues in a company. ... PNC Bank is the flagship subsidiary of PNC Financial Services. ... The Republican Party (often referred to as the GOP, for Grand Old Party) is one of the two major political parties in the United States two-party system, along with the Democratic Party. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... For articles on other people with the same name, see Dennis Moore (disambiguation). ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Electoral history

• 2006 3rd Congressional district Republican primary
  • Chuck Ahner 52%
  • Scott Schwab 33%
  • Thomas Scherer 8%
  • Paul Showen 7%

External link

• Chuck Ahner's Congressional campaign site