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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.
Tracey Robert Mann is an American businessman and politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Kansas's 1st congressional district since 2021. The district,popularly known as "the Big First," includes parts of 63 counties in central and western Kansas and is the seventh-largest district in the nation that does not cover an entire state.
Tom Casperson was an American businessman and politician from the State of Michigan. He formerly served as a Republican member of the Michigan State Senate,representing the 38th district,which includes much of the Upper Peninsula. He previously served in the Michigan State House of Representatives,representing the 108th district.
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.
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Virgil Peck Jr. is state legislator in Kansas. A Republican,he served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2005 to 2016,representing the 11th (2005–2013) and 12th district (2013–2017). He currently represents Kansas State Senate district 15. He is the former chairman of the Kansas House Transportation and Public Safety Budget Committees,and the former Republican Majority Caucus Chairman.
Raymond F. Merrick is a Republican former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing district 27 from 2013 to 2017. He was elected Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives in December 2012.
Daniel J. Kerschen is a Republican member of the Kansas State Senate,representing the 26th district since 2013. Kerschen previously served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013.
Delia Garcia is an American official who formerly served as the Kansas Secretary of Labor. Garcia previously served as a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 103rd district. She served from 2005 to 2011,and was a member of the Kansas Democratic Hispanic Caucus.
Dennis D. Pyle is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 1st district since 2005. He ran for governor of Kansas in the 2022 election.
Tim Owens is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 8th district from 2008 to 2013. He was a representative for the 19th district in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2002 until his election as senator. From 1981 to 2005,he served as a council member for the Overland Park City Council,3rd District. An attorney,he is married with 2 children.
Dick Kelsey is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 26th district from 2009 until 2013. He was previously a Kansas Representative elected in 2005.
Leslie D. "Les" Donovan,Sr. was a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 27th district from 1997 to 2017. He was the Assistant Majority Leader in 2001 and was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 2000. He was a Kansas Representative from 1992 to 1997.
Ronald Gene Estes is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district since April 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he served as Kansas State Treasurer from 2011 to 2017.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kansas,concurrently with 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.
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A special election was held on April 11,2017,to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas's 4th congressional district after the incumbent,Mike Pompeo,resigned because of his nomination by President Donald Trump as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Republican Ron Estes received 52.2% of the vote and won,while runner-up Democrat James Thompson lost with 46% of the vote.
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.
Kansas's 16th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Ty Masterson since 2009.
Peggy R. Palmer is an American former realtor and politician from Kansas. She served as a Republican in both chambers of the Kansas State Legislature,and as a county commissioner for Butler County.
