Samuel Dale Brownback is an American attorney,politician,and diplomat who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and as the 46th governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party,Brownback also served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom during the administration of President Donald Trump and was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 2008.
Steven Alan Hawley is a former NASA astronaut who flew on five U.S. Space Shuttle flights. He is professor of physics and astronomy and director of engineering physics at the University of Kansas.
Sheila Frahm is an American politician who served in the United States Senate as a Republican from Kansas for a brief period in 1996.
Robert Blackwell Docking was an American businessman and politician from Kansas who served as the 38th governor of Kansas from 1967 until 1975. A conservative Democrat in a heavily Republican state,Docking is to date Kansas's only governor to serve four terms.
Kansas's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kansas. Commonly known as "The Big First",the district encompasses all or part of 60 counties spanning more than half of the state,making it the seventh-largest district in the nation that does not cover an entire state.
Joan Marie Finney was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of Kansas from 1991 to 1995. Prior to her tenure as governor,Finney served four terms as the Kansas state treasurer from 1975 to 1991. Finney was the first woman to hold either office.
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.
Executive Order 13233 limited access to the records of former United States Presidents to a higher degree than the previous Order 12667,which it superseded. It was drafted by then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and issued by George W. Bush on November 1,2001. Section 13 of Order 13233 revoked Executive Order 12667 which was issued by Ronald Reagan on January 18,1989.
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.
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.
Paul T. Davis is an American politician and lawyer. A Democrat,he represented the 46th district in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2003 to 2015,serving as minority leader from 2009 to 2015. Davis was the unsuccessful Democratic Party nominee in the 2014 Kansas gubernatorial election and also ran a close campaign for Congress in Kansas's 2nd congressional district in 2018.
The 2010 United States Senate election in Kansas took place on November 2,2010,alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Senator Sam Brownback did not seek a third full term,but instead successfully ran for Governor of Kansas.
Jeffrey William Colyer is an American surgeon and politician who served as the 47th governor of Kansas from January 31,2018,to January 14,2019. A member of the Republican Party,he was the 49th lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Colyer served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009 and the Kansas Senate from 2009 to 2011. He assumed the governorship when Sam Brownback resigned to become United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. Colyer ran for a full term as governor in 2018,but narrowly lost the Republican primary to Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach,who in turn lost the general election to Democratic nominee Laura Kelly.
The 1996 United States Senate special election in Kansas was held November 5,1996,concurrently with the presidential election and the regularly scheduled election for the state's Class 2 seat. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole,the Republican nominee for president,had resigned on June 11,1996,in order to focus on his presidential campaign. Lieutenant Governor Sheila Frahm was appointed to the seat upon Dole's resignation,but she was defeated in the primary by Representative Sam Brownback,who went on to win the general election over Democrat Jill Docking.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kansas,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2014 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the governor of Kansas,concurrently with the election of Kansas' Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and 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. Incumbent Republican governor Sam Brownback was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.
Richard Lee Bond was an American politician who served in the Kansas Senate from the 8th district from 1986 to 2001. A member of the Republican Party,Bond also served as the Majority Whip and President of the Senate. Prior to his tenure in the Kansas Senate,he served as an assistant to three members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Benjamin Eugene Vidricksen was an American politician who served for over two decades as a Republican in the Kansas State Senate,from 1979 to 2000.
