Carolyn McGinn | |
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Member of the Kansas Senate from the 31st district | |
Assumed office January 10, 2005 | |
Preceded by | Christine Downey |
Personal details | |
Born | January 27,1959 |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Mark |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Sedgwick,Kansas,U.S. |
Education | Friends University Wichita State University |
Carolyn McGinn (born January 27,1959) is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 31st district since 2005. She used to be a Commissioner on the Sedgwick County Commission. [1]
McGinn serves on these legislative committees [2]
Some of the top contributors to McGinn's 2008 campaign,according to OpenSecrets,were: [3]
Energy &natural resources interests were her largest donor group.
In 2012,seven of eight moderate state senate Republicans were successfully targeted by the Koch brothers and the Kansas Chamber of Commerce,with only McGinn escaping defeat in the Republican primary. That gave incumbent Governor Sam Brownback the margin he needed to effectively restructure state taxation,exempting "S" status filers such as Koch Industries from income taxes. [4] [5] [6]
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