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.
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.
David Ellis Cogdill Sr. was a Republican politician who was the California State Senate Republican Leader,a post he held for 10 months from 2008 until he was replaced by State Senator Dennis Hollingsworth early in the morning on February 18,2009 amidst a contentious mid-year budget debate. He served as a State Senator from California's 14th State Senate district for one term from December 2006 to December 2010.
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.
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 term,but instead successfully ran for Governor of Kansas. Fellow Republican Jerry Moran won the open seat. This was the first open-seat United States Senate election in Kansas for this seat since 1968.
Kim Thatcher is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Oregon State Senate for the 11th district since 2023. She previously represented the 13th district from 2015 to 2023,and served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for the 25th district from 2005 to 2015. She is a resident of Keizer.
Ann H. Rest is an American politician and President pro tempore of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represents District 43 which includes portions of the western suburbs of Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metro area.
Elaine Bowers is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 36th district since 2013.
Dennis D. Pyle is an independent member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 1st district since 2005. He ran for governor of Kansas in the 2022 election.
Mary Pilcher-Cook is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 10th district from 2009 to 2020. She was a representative on the Kansas House of Representatives from 2000 to 2002 and from 2004 to 2006. She was elected to the Kansas Senate 2008 and re-elected in 2012 and 2016. On December 27,2019,she announced that she would resign from the Senate effective January 16,2020,a year before her term expired.
Jean Kurtis Schodorf,a former three-term Republican Kansas state senator,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%.
Charlotte O'Hara was a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing District 27 from 2011 to 2013. She previously served as a member of the Kansas City and the Olathe Home Builders Associations and served as chairwoman on the Olathe Board of Code Review.
Caryn Tyson is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 12th district since 2013. She succeeded Republican Senator Pat Apple,who chose to run in the newly redistricted 37th district,winning that seat. She was previously a member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing District 4 from 2011 to 2013. Tyson is a fifth generation Kansan from Parker,Kansas. She earned two Bachelor of Science degrees from Kansas State University before completing a Master of Science in Engineering Management from the University of Kansas. Before her time in the public sphere,she worked in the IT field for over 24 years. Her work included space shuttle support for NASA.
Jacob Andrew Joseph LaTurner is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,LaTurner was the 40th Kansas State Treasurer from 2017 to 2021 and a state senator from the 13th district from 2013 to 2017.
Jeremy Ryan Claeys is a member of the Kansas Senate and a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives.
Martha J. Baumgardner is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing District 37 since April 2014. She lives in Louisburg,Kansas.
Mary Anita Ware is an American politician,social justice activist,and businesswoman serving as a member of the Kansas Senate for the 25th Senate district in Wichita,Kansas.
Kansas's 9th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Julia Lynn since 2005;Lynn will be succeeded by fellow Republican Beverly Gossage in 2021.
Ethan Corson is an American attorney and politician who is a member of the Kansas Senate from the 7th district. Elected in 2020,he assumed office on January 11,2021.
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.
