 Mann ran for Kansas's 1st congressional district in the 2010 elections to the United States House of Representatives, finishing third to Tim Huelskamp in the Republican primary.During Mann's 2010 First District congressional campaign, Mann repeatedly insisted President Barack Obama needed to produce his birth certificate to prove that he was really an American citizen.The Hutchinson News withdrew its endorsement of Mann, stating, "he questions the citizenship of President Barack Obama despite evidence that is irrefutable to most objective, rational people - including a birth certificate released by the Hawaii secretary of state and birth announcements printed in Honolulu's two major newspapers.