Charles Patrick Roberts is a retired American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,Roberts served 8 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives,from 1981 to 1997,before his election to the Senate.
Arthur Capper was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio station,and was the publisher of a newspaper,the Topeka Daily Capital.
Sheila Frahm is an American politician who served in the United States Senate as a Republican from Kansas for a brief period in 1996.
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.
Edward Zorinsky was an American businessman and politician who served as a Democrat in the U.S. Senate from 1976 until his death in 1987. He represented Nebraska and had previously served as mayor of Omaha,elected as a Republican. He was the first Jewish person elected to statewide office in Nebraska.
The 2008 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 4,2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Roberts won re-election to a third term.
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.
Soren M. Petersen is an American Republican politician who serves in the Kansas Senate,representing the 28th district since 2005.
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 1998 United States Senate election in Kansas was held November 3,1998. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Sam Brownback won re-election to his first full term. Brownback was first elected in a special election held in 1996,when then-Senator Bob Dole resigned to campaign for U.S. President,after 27 years in the Senate.
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 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Colorado,concurrently with the election to Colorado's 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 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 2020 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kansas,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Martha J. Baumgardner is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing District 37 since April 2014. She lives in Louisburg,Kansas.
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.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Kansas. Incumbent Republican Senator Jerry Moran was first elected in 2010,winning the seat vacated by Sam Brownback,and ran for re-election to a third term in office. Democrat Mark Holland,the former mayor of Kansas City,was Moran's opponent in the general election.
Larry Alley is an American politician who has served in the Kansas Senate from the 32nd district since 2017. Following the removal on April 9,2021 of Gene Suellentrop from the office of Majority Leader,Alley,who was the Republican Assistant Leader,succeeded him in an acting capacity. He is the current Senate Majority Leader.
Robertus Hendricus (Rob) Hessing is a Dutch former politician who held the position of State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations on behalf of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) in the first Balkenende cabinet. From 2003 to 2007 he was a member of the Senate.
Adam Thomas is an American politician serving as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 26th district. He assumed office in 2019.
