Kansas is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Kansas is a landlocked state which borders Nebraska to the north;Missouri to the east;Oklahoma to the south;and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River,in turn named after the Kansa people. Its capital is Topeka,and its most populous city is Wichita,however the largest urban area is the bi-state Kansas City,MO–KS metropolitan area.
Crawford County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Girard,and its most populous city is Pittsburg. As of the 2020 census,the county population was 38,972. The county was named in honor of Samuel Crawford,the 3rd governor of Kansas. Pittsburg State University is located in Crawford County.
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.
Greenbush is an unincorporated community in Crawford County,Kansas,United States. It is located 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of Girard along K-47 highway.
James A. Barnett is an American Republican politician from Kansas. Barnett ran for governor in 2018,ultimately coming in third place in the primary.
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.
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 Kansas's 2014 gubernatorial election and also ran a close campaign for Congress in Kansas's 2nd congressional district in 2018.
The 2004 United States Senate election in Kansas was held November 2,2004. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Sam Brownback won re-election to a second term.
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.
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.
The 2010 Kansas gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010. Incumbent Governor Mark Parkinson,who assumed office when previous Governor Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services on April 28,2009,declined to seek election to a full term. United States Senator Sam Brownback,who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2008,emerged as the Republican nominee,facing off against Democratic State Senator Tom Holland,who was unopposed for his party's nomination. Brownback defeated Holland in a landslide to become the 46th Governor of Kansas.
James Ward is a Democratic former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,who represented the 86th district from 2013 to 2021. He was first elected to seat 88 in 2003 and served as the House Minority Leader from 2017 to 2019,succeeded by Representative Tom Sawyer as of January 14,2019. Ward ran for the 28th district of the Kansas Senate against incumbent Mike Petersen but was defeated.
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 2012 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Kansas voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan. Romney and Ryan carried the state with 59.59 percent of the popular vote to Obama's and Biden's 38.00 percent,thus winning the state's six electoral votes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
John Resman is an American politician. He has served as a Republican member for the 121st district in the Kansas House of Representatives since 2017.
Anita Judd-Jenkins is an American politician. She served as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 80th district from 2017 to 2019.
