Jay Scott Emler is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the Kansas Senate

Kansas Senate

The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 Senators representing an equal amount of districts, each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members of the Senate are elected to a four year term....

, representing the 35th District since 2001. He previously worked as a Municipal Judge in Lindsborg. Emler has been elected by his colleagues to serve as majority leader

Majority leader

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 of the Senate, following Derek Schmidt

Derek Schmidt

Derek Schmidt is a the 44th and current Attorney General of Kansas. Schmidt previously served as member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 15th district, and as Senate Majority Leader. Before serving in the legislature, he was Special Counsel to Governor Bill Graves.Schmidt defeated former...

's election as Kansas Attorney General

Kansas Attorney General

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. Emler is expected to assume this position when the Senate convenes on January 10, 2011.

Committee assignments

Sen. Emler works on these legislative committees:

• Ways and Means
• Joint Committee on Kansas Security (vice-chair)
• Commerce
• Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments and Benefits
• Joint Committee on State Building Construction
• Utilities

Major donors

Some of the top contributors to Sen. Emler's 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:

Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Kansas Contractors Association, Koch Industries, Pioneer Communications

Energy and natural resources companies were his largest donor group.

External links

• Kansas Senate Biography
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Campaign contributions: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
• Sen. Emler's website