Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker is a retired American politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon,who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937 and the 1936 Republican nominee for president,and the widow of former U.S. senator and diplomat Howard Baker.
Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician who served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014. As Secretary of Health and Human Services,Sebelius was instrumental in overseeing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Before becoming secretary,she served as the 44th governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009,the second woman to hold that office. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Sebelius was the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address and is chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors Association. She is CEO of Sebelius Resources LLC.
Jo Ann Davis was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party from Virginia,she represented the state's 1st congressional district. She was the second woman and first Republican woman elected to Congress from Virginia.
Claire Conner McCaskill is an American former politician who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 2007 to 2019 and as State Auditor of Missouri from 1999 to 2007.
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.
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.
Anitere Flores is a Republican politician from Miami,Florida. She served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives from 2004 to 2010. Subsequently,she served in the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2020. In the 2016–18 legislative session,Flores served as president pro tempore of the Senate.
The 2003 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on November 15,2003,to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican governor Mike Foster was not eligible to run for re-election to a third term because of term limits established by the Louisiana Constitution.
Kim Lee Ward is an American politician who currently serves as President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate. She was first elected to the state senate in 2008,and 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.
The 2010 Oklahoma elections were held on November 2,2010. The primary election was held on July 27. The runoff primary election was held August 24.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and a not-for-profit health insurance provider with more than one million members. Founded in 1938,Blue KC offers healthcare,dental,life insurance and Medicare coverage. Headquartered in Kansas City,Missouri,the company serves 30 counties in northwest Missouri,and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.
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.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kansas on November 4,2014. Primary elections were held on August 5.
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.
Blake Carpenter is a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 81st district and is currently the speaker pro tem. He has served since 2015.
The 2022 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Kansas,with primary elections taking place on August 2,2022. Governor Laura Kelly ran for re-election to a second term,facing Republican State Attorney General Derek Schmidt in the general election. Kelly defeated Schmidt by a margin of roughly 2.2 percentage points.
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.
Mark Buhler is an American politician who served as the Kansas State Senator from the 2nd district from 2002 to 2004.
Rochelle Ruth Chronister was an American politician from southwest Kansas who served in the Kansas Legislature,as the 57th Chairwoman of the Kansas Republican Party and as Secretary of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
