Alicia Salisbury | |
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Member of the Kansas Senate from the 20th district | |
In office 1985 –January 8, 2001 | |
Preceded by | Ron Hein |
Succeeded by | Lynn Jenkins |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Topeka,Kansas,U.S. | September 20,1939
Political party | Republican |
Residence(s) | Topeka,Kansas |
Education | University of Kansas |
Alicia Laing Salisbury (born September 20,1939) is an American former politician who served as a Republican in the Kansas State Senate from 1984 to 2000.
Salisbury was born in Topeka into a political family;her father,Herbert Laing,was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives,and her grandfather,Henry Laing,was a longtime state senator. [2] She attended the University of Kansas,graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1961. [3] Prior to her service in the state legislature,Salisbury spent four years on the Kansas Board of Education. [2]
In 1984,Salisbury was elected to the Kansas Senate,and she was re-elected in 1988,1992 and 1996. She was considered a centrist in the Kansas Republican Party,opposed to the more conservative wing of the party;in 2000,she lost her primary election to a more-conservative challenger. [2] After her time in the Senate,she won a seat on the Republican National Committee. Her split with the conservative wing continued and she endorsed Democratic Governor Laura Kelly's re-election in April 2022. [4]