Alicia Salisbury | |
---|---|
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]
Sheila Frahm is an American politician who served in the United States Senate as a Republican from Kansas for a brief period in 1996.
The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 senators elected from single-member districts,each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members of the Senate are elected to a four-year term. There is no limit to the number of terms that a senator may serve. The Kansas Senate meets at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka.
Susan Wagle is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 30th district from 2001 to 2021. She was elected Kansas Senate President in 2013 and was reelected in 2017. She is the first woman to hold this position.
Sandy Praeger is a former politician from the U.S. state of Kansas who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner from 2003 to 2015. Prior to her term as insurance commissioner,she was a member of the Kansas Senate and Kansas House of Representatives,and served as mayor of Lawrence,Kansas. Although she won her elections as a Republican,she disagreed with the more conservative faction in her party,eventually leading her to endorse a Democrat to succeed her as insurance commissioner.
Laura Jeanne Kelly is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 48th governor of Kansas. A member of the Democratic Party,she represented the 18th district in the Kansas Senate from 2005 to 2019. Kelly ran for governor in the 2018 election and defeated the Republican nominee,Kris Kobach. She was reelected in the 2022 Kansas gubernatorial election,defeating Republican nominee Derek Schmidt.
Barbara Goolsbee Bollier is an American physician and politician. From 2017 to 2021,she was a member of the Kansas Senate representing the 7th district,which includes Mission Hills,Kansas in Johnson County. Bollier is a member of the Democratic Party,after having left the Republican Party in 2018. Bollier was the Democratic nominee in the 2020 United States Senate election in Kansas,losing in the general election to Republican congressman Roger Marshall.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kansas,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2018 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next Governor of Kansas. Democratic nominee Laura Kelly won the election,defeating Republican nominee Kris Kobach and independent candidate Greg Orman.
The 2022 United States Senate elections were held on November 8,2022,concurrently with the 2022 midterm elections at the federal,state,and local level,including elections to the U.S. House of Representatives. Elections were held for 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate,the winners of which will serve six-year terms in the U.S. Congress from January 3,2023,to January 3,2029. Although the Republican Party was favored according to pundits,the Democratic Party pulled an upset victory and retained their majority in the Senate,which they held since 2021.
The 2022 United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8 in 36 states and three territories. As most governors serve four-year terms,the last regular gubernatorial elections for all but two of the seats took place in 2018 U.S. gubernatorial elections. The gubernatorial elections took place concurrently with several other federal,state,and local elections,as part of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections.
Lynn Wayne Rogers is an American politician and businessman serving as the Kansas State Treasurer since 2021. He previously served as the 51st lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2019 to 2021. A Democrat,he had previously served on the board of Wichita Public Schools from 2001 to 2017,and in the Kansas Senate representing the 25th district in west Wichita from 2017 to 2019.
Audrey Langworthy is an American politician who served in the Kansas Senate from the 7th district from 1985 to 2001.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Washington. Incumbent Patty Murray of the Democratic Party was first elected in 1992,with 54% of the vote,filling the seat of retiring Brock Adams. Most recently,she won re-election to a fifth term in 2016 with 59% of the vote.
The 2022 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Kansas,with primary elections taking place on August 2,2022. Democratic Governor Laura Kelly ran for re-election to a second term. Both Kelly and Republican State Attorney General Derek Schmidt won their respective nominations with little opposition. Libertarian Seth Cordell and independent Dennis Pyle were also on the ballot.
Fred A. Kerr is an American former politician who served in the Kansas State Senate from 1977 to 1992.
Lana Oleen is an American politician who served in the Kansas Senate as a Republican from the 22nd district from 1989 to 2005.
Nancy Elaine Buchele Parrish is an American former politician and judge from Kansas. A member of the Democratic party,she has served in the Kansas State Senate,in the cabinet of Governor Joan Finney,and as a district judge in Shawnee County,Kansas.
Jim Parrish is a businessman and former politician from the U.S. state of Kansas. During the 1970s,he served as a Democrat in both the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas State Senate.
Marjorie "Marge" Petty is an American former politician who served for 12 years in the Kansas State Senate.
Robert G. Frey is an American former politician who served in the Kansas State Senate and Kansas House of Representatives as a Republican from 1975 to 1988.