Carla J. Stovall also known as Carla Stovall Steckline, is a Republican politician

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 from Marion, Kansas

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 who served as Attorney General

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 of the State of Kansas

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 from 1995 to 2003.

A Republican

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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 from Marion, Kansas

Marion, Kansas

Marion is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Kansas, United States. It was named in honor of Francis Marion, a Brigadier General of the American Revolutionary War, known as the "Swamp Fox". As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,927....

, she served as Attorney General

Kansas Attorney General

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 of the State of Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

 from 1995 to 2003. During her tenure, she served as President of the National Association of Attorneys General

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. Stovall was former Crawford County

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 Attorney and member of Kansas Parole Board

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During the 2002 election, Stovall briefly campaigned for the Republican nomination for the office of Governor of Kansas

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. Kent Glasscock

Kent Glasscock

Kenton Lee "Kent" Glasscock is Republican politician from Manhattan, Kansas, USA. Glasscock was born in Warrensburg, Missouri, to Bill and Frances Glasscock. He served as Speaker of the House of the State of Kansas from 2001 to 2003. During his tenure, he served as the co-author of Governor Bill...

, a former Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives

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, served as her running mate. Despite an early lead in the polls, Stovall withdrew from the race in order to get married and spend more time with family.

She earned her undergraduate degree from Pittsburg State University

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 and her Juris Doctor

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 and MBA degrees from the University of Kansas

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