TOPEKA — Kansas congressional candidate Michael Ogle said his personal political quest was to convince voters that exceptional qualities of American values, history and politics were cornerstones of a prosperous national future. Ogle, a Topekan who works to help military veterans secure federal benefits, said he was seeking the Republican Party’s nomination in the 2nd District of Kansas “because I think that American exceptionalism needs to be pursued” in the context of economic expansion, especially energy independence, and by avoiding unwarranted military entanglements, including defending U…