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.
Barbara A. Buono is an American politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 2002 to 2014,where she represented the 18th Legislative District. She served from 2010 to 2012 as the Majority Leader in the Senate,succeeding Stephen Sweeney,and was succeeded by Loretta Weinberg. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Jersey in the 2013 general election,which she lost to Republican incumbent Chris Christie.
Nicholas Paul Scutari is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 115th president of the New Jersey Senate since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he has held a Senate seat since 2004,representing the 22nd legislative district. Scutari has served as Acting Governor of New Jersey on multiple occasions,the first time being in June 2022.
Nilsa Cruz-Perez is an American politician who was sworn into office to represent the 5th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate on December 15,2014,to fill the vacant seat of Donald Norcross. She had previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1995 to 2010 and is the first Latina woman to serve in the Assembly.
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.
The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 senators elected from single-member districts,each with a population of about 73,000 inhabitants. Members of the Senate are elected to a four-year term. There is no limit to the number of terms that a senator may serve. The Kansas Senate meets at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka.
Shannon Jones is an American politician from the state of Ohio. A Republican,she was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009 and a member of the Ohio Senate from 2009 to 2016. She was the Executive Director of Groundwork Ohio from 2016 to 2024,and is currently a county commissioner in Warren County,Ohio.
David B. Haley is a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 4th district since 2001. From 1995 to 2001,he was a Kansas Representative. He ran unsuccessfully for Kansas Secretary of State in 2002 and 2006.
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.
Valdenia Camille "Val" Winn is an American Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 34th district. She has served since 2001.
Janis K. Lee was the chief hearing officer for the Kansas Court of Tax Appeals from 2011 until 2013. She was a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate representing the 36th district from 1989 until 2011. She was Assistant Minority (Democratic) Leader of the Kansas Senate from 1997 until her appointment as a hearing officer. She was also the vice-president of the Unified School District 238 Board of Education.
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.
Kim Lee Ward is an American politician who served as acting lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania and currently serves as President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate. She represents the 39th Senatorial District which covers the central portions of Westmoreland County,Pennsylvania. Following the resignation of Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman,Ward became acting lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania on January 3,2023,and served until January 17,2023. She is the first female president pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate. She was succeeded by Austin Davis as Lieutenant Governor.
Dolores Furtado is a former Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives,who represented the 19th district. She served from 2009 to 2011. Furtado ran for re-election in 2010,but was defeated by Republican Jim Denning.
George Thomas Holland II is an American politician currently serving as a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 3rd district since 2009. He was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 2003 to 2008.
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.
Roger P. Reitz is an American doctor and politician,who served as a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 22nd district from 2005 until 2013.
Elizabeth Monette "Beth" Coggs is an American community organizer and Democratic politician from Milwaukee,Wisconsin. She served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing the 10th Assembly district from 2011 to 2013. She previously served 12 years on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors,from 1988 to 2010. Both of her parents,Isaac N. Coggs and Marcia P. Coggs,also served in the State Assembly. Her cousin,Spencer Coggs,also served in the Assembly and the Wisconsin Senate.
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.
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.
