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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.
Derek Larkin Schmidt is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Kansas Attorney General from 2011 to 2023. A Republican,Schmidt was first elected to office serving in the Kansas Senate,where he represented the 15th district from 2001 to 2011,and served as Agriculture Committee chairman and Senate majority leader. Schmidt became the state attorney general in 2011,after he defeated incumbent Democrat Stephen Six in the November 2010 elections and joined other Republican states' attorneys general in suing to block many Obama administration policies. In 2020,after Republican President Donald Trump was defeated by Joe Biden but refused to acknowledge defeat,Schmidt joined a failed legal effort to overturn the election results.
Anthony Hensley is a former Democratic member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 19th district since 1992. He was the Minority Leader from 1996 through 2021 and has also been a committeeman of the Democratic Precinct since 1976. In 1992,he was the Majority Whip. From 1977 to 1992,he was a Representative. In 1991 and 1992,he was the chairman of the 2nd District Democratic Committee and from 1981 to 1986,he was the chairman of the Shawnee County Democratic Central Committee. On November 3,2020,he was defeated in his re-election campaign by Republican Rick Kloos.
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 was elected governor in 2018,defeating Republican nominee Kris Kobach. She was reelected in 2022,narrowly defeating Republican nominee Derek Schmidt.
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Ronald Gene Estes is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district since April 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he served as Kansas State Treasurer from 2011 to 2017.
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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.
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Roger Wayne Marshall is an American politician,physician,and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator from Kansas since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he served from 2017 to 2021 as the U.S. representative for Kansas's 1st congressional district,a mostly rural district covering much of the western and northern parts of the state.
A special election was held on April 11,2017,to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas's 4th congressional district after the incumbent,Mike Pompeo,resigned because of his nomination by President Donald Trump as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Republican Ron Estes received 52.2% of the vote and won,while runner-up Democrat James Thompson lost with 46% of the vote.
Victor W. Miller is an American politician who currently serves in the Kansas House of Representatives representing the 58th district and a former Kansas state senator.
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The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas was held on November 3,2020,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Kansas,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Larry Alley is an American politician who has served in the Kansas Senate from the 32nd district since 2017. Following the removal on April 9,2021 of Gene Suellentrop from the office of Majority Leader,Alley,who was the Republican Assistant Leader,succeeded him in an acting capacity. Rather than Suellentrop resigning his caucus position,Masterson had said most of Suellentrop's duties would be temporarily assigned to Alley,"...until matters that I am currently dealing with are resolved." His statement avoided addressing those allegations against him. The Republican caucus elected him permanent majority leader at the end of the 2021 legislative session. Alley indicated his priority was focused on redistricting.
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Richard Gene Kloos is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 19th district,which covers Topeka and eastern Shawnee County,western Douglas County and all of Osage County and Jefferson County. On November 3,2020,he defeated Anthony Hensley,who had been holding office in the Kansas statehouse for 44 years,by 51.2% to 48.8%.
Mark Samsel is an attorney,a Kansas politician and Republican former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,as well as a former substitute teacher.
Beverly Gossage is an American politician,insurance agent,and former educator currently serving as a member of the Kansas Senate representing the 9th district in Johnson County,Kansas. A Republican,she was elected in 2020 to succeed retiring Senator Julia Lynn. Previously,she had unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Kansas Insurance Commissioner in 2014.
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- ↑ Restaurant Industry Faces Full Plate of Regulations in Washington, D.C., Kansas Restaurant and Hospitality Association, Fourth Quarter 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ↑ Gene Suellentrop, Kansas Legislature , 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- ↑ Gene Suellentrop's Biography, Vote Smart . Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- 1 2 3 Kansas Senate GOP leader turns over some duties after arrest regrets the 'distraction', Kansas City Star , Jonathan Shorman and Katie Bernard, March 17, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- ↑ Kansas Senate GOP leader booked into jail, released, on allegations of DUI, fleeing officer, Kansas City Star , Jonathan Shorman and Katie Bernard, March 17, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- ↑ Kansas Senate GOP leader turns over some duties after arrest, regrets the 'distraction', Kansas City Star , Jonathan Shorman and Katie Bernard, March 17, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kansas Senate Republicans oust leader from post amid wrong-way drunk driving charges, Wichita Eagle , Jonathan Shorman and Katie Bernard, April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- 1 2 3 Top Senate Republican: Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop should step down from leadership role, Topeka Capital-Journal , Andrew Bahl, April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ↑ New Senate Majority Leader shares plans, after Suellentrop fallout, KSNT , Rebekah Chung, May 26, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ↑ Kansas Senate GOP leader still paid $487 biweekly allowance after turning over duties, Wichita Eagle , Jonathan Shorman and Katie Bernard, March 30, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ↑ Suellentrop court appearance delayed, WIBW-TV , Sarah Motter, July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- 1 2 judge, DUI attorney say GOP senator received ‘typical’ treatment in plea deal, Kansas City Star , Katie Bernard and Jonathan Shorman, October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ↑ Gene Suellentrop's Biography, Vote Smart , 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.