John Carmichael | |
---|---|
Member of the KansasHouseofRepresentatives from the 92nd district | |
Assumed office October 16, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Nile Dillmore |
Personal details | |
Born | Wichita,Kansas,U.S. | July 2,1957
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Cheryl Carmichael |
Residence | Wichita |
Alma mater | Wichita State University University of Kansas |
Profession | Lawyer |
John Carmichael (born July 2,1957) is an American politician. He has served as a Democratic member for the 92nd district in the Kansas House of Representatives since 2013. [1] [2]
Carmichael was born in Wichita,Kansas. He graduated from Wichita State University and from the University of Kansas law school. He resides in Riverside,Kansas. He earned degrees from Wichita State University and the University of Kansas law school. He was appointed to the Governor’s Committee on Kansas Libraries by Governor Joan Finney.[1] [3]
Carmichael practices law in Wichita,a city in Southcentral Kansas. [4] He has held a number of civic positions including serving as the former chair of the Kansas Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training,the former State Secretary,Kansas Democratic Party,the former chair of the Kansas Fourth Congressional District Democrats,the former chair of the Kansas Human Rights Commission.[1] In 2006 he was the founder of the Sedgwick County Voter Protection Poll Monitoring Program. [4] He is an adjunct member of the faculty of Wichita State University. [3]
When the Republican supermajority houses of the legislature passed a billion dollar tax exemption for an unnamed corporation in an unrevealed industry,Carmichael's facetious comment was that for all the legislature and public knew,the state might be subsidizing "a pornographic film production studio" and roles for adult-film actors and camera crews. He continued. "The problem is,you don't know what kind of business you are betting your constituents' tax dollars and futures on." [5] [3]
2021-2022
In 2014,Carmichael was unopposed in his primary and won the general election in House District 92 with 53.8% of the vote against Republican Jeremy Alessi. [3] In 2016 and 2018,he won uncontested Democratic primary and general elections in the same district,without opposition. [6] [7] [8] In 2020 he was again unopposed in the primary,and won the general election with 57.6% of the vote against Republican Patrick Mahoney. [3] In 2022 he was again unopposed in both the primary and the general election. [3]
Carmichael lives in the Riverside district of Wichita,Kansas,in Sedgwick County,Kansas. [3]
The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party in Kansas of the United States Republican Party. The Kansas Republican Party was organized in May 1859.
Tom Sawyer is an American politician who served as the minority leader of the Kansas House of Representatives. A Democrat,Sawyer has represented the 95th district,covering southwest Wichita,since 2013. Sawyer previously represented the same district from 1987 to 1999 and from 2003 to 2009,serving as both Majority Leader and Minority Leader during his first stint in the legislature.
Tracey Robert Mann is an American businessman and politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Kansas's 1st congressional district since 2021. The district,popularly known as "the Big First," includes parts of 63 counties in central and western Kansas and is the seventh-largest district in the nation that does not cover an entire state.
Oletha A. Goudeau is a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 29th district since 2009—the first African-American woman in the Kansas Senate. Most recently,she is the Senate Assistant Minority Leader.
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 by a 2.21% margin.
Raymond F. Merrick is a Republican former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing district 27 from 2013 to 2017. He was elected Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives in December 2012.
Scott Joseph Schwab is an American politician serving as the 32nd Secretary of State of Kansas. He served as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 49th district,from 2009 to 2019. He also served as Speaker pro tempore of the Kansas House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019. He received national attention when his son,Caleb,was killed in an accident on the Schlitterbahn Kansas City,Kansas water park's Verrückt water slide. In November 2018,he was elected Kansas Secretary of State.
Jean Kurtis Schodorf is an American politician. She is known for being a three-term Republican Kansas state senator and was the Democratic Party nominee for Kansas Secretary of State in 2014. She was defeated on November 4,2014 by incumbent Kris Kobach by a margin of 59%-41%.
Leslie D. "Les" Donovan,Sr. was a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 27th district from 1997 to 2017. He was the Assistant Majority Leader in 2001 and was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 2000. He was a Kansas Representative from 1992 to 1997.
Soren M. Petersen is an American Republican politician who serves in the Kansas Senate,representing the 28th district since 2005.
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.
Michael O'Donnell II –also known as Michael O'Donnell,Jr. –is a former Republican member of the Sedgwick County Commission in Kansas,representing District 2 from 2017 to 2020. He previously represented the 25h district in the Kansas Senate,and was a member of the Wichita City Council.
Mitchell Carmichael is an American politician. He is a former Republican member of the West Virginia Senate representing District 4 from 2012 until his defeat in 2020. Prior to his service in the Senate,Carmichael served in the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 12 from 2000 through 2012. Carmichael was also a candidate for Governor of West Virginia in the 2011 West Virginia gubernatorial special election. As President of the state Senate from January 2017 to January 2021,he held the title Lieutenant Governor of West Virginia. After his defeat in 2020,Governor Jim Justice appointed Carmichael as West Virginia's economic development director.
Craig Philip Blair is an American politician and a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate representing District 15 since January 12,2013. Blair served non-consecutively in the West Virginia Legislature from January 2003 until January 2011 in the West Virginia House of Delegates in the District 52 seat. Blair is also the father of former WV Delegate Saira Blair.
Kelechi "KC" Ohaebosim is a Nigerian-American politician. He has served as a Democratic member for the 89th district in the Kansas House of Representatives since 2017. Ohaebosim's district comprises portions of Wichita,Kansas.
Kelly Arnold is an American politician serving as the Sedgwick County Clerk. He is in his third term,having first been elected in 2008. From January 2013 to February 2019,Kelly served as the chairman of the Kansas Republican Party.
Walker Wood Thomas is an American politician who has served as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since January 2017. He represents Kentucky's 8th House district,which includes Caldwell County as well as part of Christian and Trigg counties. Thomas currently serves as chair of the House Standing Committee on Veterans,Military Affairs,and Public Protection.
Brandon Whipple is an American politician and academic who formerly served as mayor of Wichita,Kansas. He previously served as a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives representing the 96th district,which included part of south Wichita and was the Ranking Minority member on the Higher Education Budget committee.
Michael Capps is an American politician and convicted felon who was born in Wichita,Kansas. A Republican,he was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 85th district from 2018 to 2021.
Gary Edwin Deffenbaugh is an American politician who served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023.