Kansas Republican Party
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The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party
in Kansas
of the United States Republican Party
. The Chair of the Kansas Republican Party is Amanda Adkins.
In 2010, Republican voter registration was 763,640, an increase of 22,693, while Democrat registration decreased by 9,011 to 459,181. In October 2008, Kansas voter registration numbers were 771,019 Republicans (44.4%), 484,710 Democrats (27.9%), and 482,882 (27.8%) unaffiliated voters. In October 2000, the state registration numbers were 735,435 Republicans (45.6%), 449,445 Democrats (28%), and 424,183 unaffiliated (26.3%).
The party's platform differs from the national platform in the party's support of a fair tax, whereas the national party does not mention it. The state party supports the implementation of granting state-aid to post-secondary education to those who graduate early and the support of all science-based theories on the origin of life to be taught in school.
County Party: Every two years, between the primary election and 2 weeks after the general election, all the precinct committee people - the county party "central Committee" - hold a meeting and elect officers for the county party, a chair, vice chair, secretary and treasurer. Each of the 105 counties in Kansas has an active county party.
County Delegates: At the biannual meeting of the precinct committeepeople, county delegates are elected. Each county has two automatic delegates, its chair and vice chair. Additional delegates are awarded based on the total number of republican votes from the county in the last primary election. While most counties have only 2 delegates, large counties like Sedgwick and Johnson have dozens of county delegates.
District Committee: The county delegates will assemble in a meeting, usually in December of an election year, and elect four officers (chair, vice-chair, secretary, and treasurer) and 37 delegates to the state committee.
State Committee: The state committee is made up of 37 delegates from each congressional district, the chair and vice-chair of each district, the state party officers, key elected officials and leaders of republican affiliated groups. The State Committee meets at least twice a year. Every two years the newly elected delegates elect new state party officers - a chair, vice-chair, secretary, and treasurer. During the first meeting of a Presidential election year, the state committee elects a National Committeeman and Committeewoman, who take office at the national republican convention. The state committee approves resolutions, changes to the state party constitution and by-laws, and approves the party platform every two years.
Executive Committee: The Executive committee is made up of the party officers, elected officials, leaders of republican affiliated groups, and some specially appointed and elected individuals. The Executive Committee meets at State Committee meetings and by phone several times during the year. Budgetary and other administrative durties are tasked to the executive committee.
State Party Officers: There are six party officers. The Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer, are elected every two years. The National Committeeman and Women are elected every four years. The Chair may hire an executive director and other paid staff with the approval of the Executive Committee.
Legislative
Party staff
Executive Committee
♦ U.S. Senate: Jerry Moran
became the new U.S. Senator, replacing Sam Brownback
, after a tough primary victory over Todd Tiahrt
.
♦ U.S. Congress: Republicans won all four Congressional districts for the first time since 1996 with Tim Huelskamp
winning the first, after a seven-way primary; incumbent Lynn Jenkins
winning re-election in the second; Kevin Yoder
winning the third, after a 13-way primary; and Mike Pompeo
winning in the fourth, after a four-way primary.
♦ Kansas Statewides: The party swept all six statewide elections for the first time since 1964. Sam Brownback
became Governor, Jeff Colyer
Lieutenant Governor, Kris Kobach
Secretary of State, Derek Schmidt
Attorney General, Sandy Praeger
was re-elected as Insurance Commissioner, and Ron Estes
State Treasurer.
♦ Kansas Senate: There were two special senate elections both won by republicans, and Jay Emler was elected Majority Leader after Derek Schmidt
resigned to become attorney general.
♦ Kansas House: Republicans picked up 16 seats in the Kansas House of Representatives, resulting in 92 Republican representatives, the highest number since 1953-54. Of the 92, 33 were freshman and 9 were elected by precinct leaders to fill post-election vacancies. The House re-elected Michael O'Neal
as Speaker; Gene Vickery as Speaker Pro Tem; Arlen Siegfreid
as Majority Leader; and Peggy Mast as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 2011, the State Committee re-elected Amanda Adkins as Party Chair and elected Kelly Arnold as Vice Chair, Michelle Martin as Secetary and T.C. Anderson as Treasurer. In a special election, Todd Tiahrt
was elected National Committeeman, after Mike Pompeo
resigned after winning a seat in Congress.
2008 elections: The Kansas Demcoracts, in the year of Obama, poured money and effort into Kansas but came up short, losing a Congressional seat and showing no consequential gains. Republican success in 2008 was due to an energetic slate of candidates and to the state-wide campaign organization of US Senator Pat Roberts
. The Roberts organization developed a statewide structure to conduct an effective grassroots campaign registering thousands of new Republican voters and getting out the vote.
♦ President: In the year Democrat Barack Obama
was elected president, Republican presidential candidate John McCain
carried Kansas by a wide margin. In the Kansas Presidential Caucus, Mike Huckabee prevailed.
♦ U.S. Senate: Pat Roberts
won re-election to the Senate by a large margin.
♦ U.S. Congress: Jerry Moran
, in the 1st District, and Todd Tiahrt
, in the 4th District, won re-election to Congress. In a close race, Lynn Jenkins
defeated incumbent democrat Nancy Boyda
to win the 2nd District, after defeating Jim Ryun
in the the primary. Nick Jordan
lost to incumbent democrat Dennis Moore
in the 3rd District.
♦ Kansas Senate: The Republicans gained a seat in the Kansas Senate winning 31 seats. The Senate re-elected Steve Morris as Senate President; John Vratil
as Senate Vice President; Derek Schmidt
as Majority Leader, and Vicki Schmidt as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦ Kansas House: The Republicans held their ground but lost a seat to a subsequent defection, leaving them with 77 seats. The House elected Michael O'Neal
as Speaker; Arlen Siegfreid
as Speaker Pro Tem; Ray Merrick
as Majority Leader; and Peggy Mast as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 2009, the State Committee elected Amanda Adkins as Chair; Ron Estes as Vice-Chair; Susan Concannon as Secretary; and Steve Fitzgerald as Treasurer. Helen van Etten and Mike Pompeo were elected National Committeeman and woman.
2006 elections:
♦ U.S. Senate: There was no United States Senate election.
♦ U.S. Congress: The Republicans lost one US Congressional seat. Jerry Moran
in the 1st District and Todd Tiahrt in the 4th District held their seats. Incumbent Jim Ryun
in the 2nd District lost to democrat Nancy Boyda
. Chuck Ahner lost to incumbent democrat Dennis Moore in the 3rd District.
♦ Kansas Statewides: After a seven-way primary, Jim Barrnet lost the gubernatorial election to incumbent democrat Kathleen Sebelius
. Phill Kline
lost his re-election bid for Attorney General to democrat Jim Morrison, who later resigned in a scandal and was replaced by Steve Six. Ron Thornburgh
won re-election as Secretary of State and after he resigned in 2010 was replaced by democrat Chris Biggs. Sandy Praeger
won re-election as the Insurance Commissioner. Lynn Jenkins
won re-election as Treasurer. She resigned as State Treasurer after winning the 2nd Congressional District in 2008 and was replaced by democrat Dennis McKinney
.
♦ Kansas House: After the election and some defections to the democrats, the Republicans held 78 House seats, a net loss of 5 seats. The House elected Melvin Neufeld as Speaker; Don Dahl as Speaker Pro Tem; Ray Merrick
as Majority Leader, and Gene Vickery as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 2007, the State Committee elected Kris Kobach
as Chair; Sharon Meissner as Vice-Chair; Beverly Caley as Secretary; and David Thorne as Treasurer.
2004 elections:
♦ President: Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush
carried Kansas by a wide margin.
♦ U.S. Senate: Sam Brownback
easily won re-election as US Senator.
♦ U.S. Congress: The Republicans held three Congressional seats with Jerry Moran
in the 1st, Jim Ryun
in the 2nd, and Todd Tiahrt
in the 4th all winning re-election. Kris Kobach
lost to incumbent democrat Dennis Moore
in the 3rd District after defeating Adam Taff in the primary.
♦ Kansas Senate: Senate candidates ran in new districts established by the 2002 redistricting. The Republicans held steady with 30 seats. Steve Morris was elected Senate President; John Vratil
as Senate Vice President; Derek Schmidt
as Majority leader; and Karin Brownlee as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦ Kansas House: The Republicans held 83 seats, a net gain of 3 seats. Doug Mays was re-elected as Speaker; Ray Merrick
as Speaker Pro Tem; Clay Aurand as Majority Leader; and Joe McLeland as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 2005, the State Committee elected Tim Schallenburger as Chair; Susan Estes as Vice-Chair; Beverly Caley as Secretary; and Emmitt Mitchell as Treasurer. Steve Cloud and Alicia Salisbury were elected National Committeeman and woman. This election is viewed as a vicotry of the more conservative wing of the party over the more moderate wing.
2002 elections:
♦ U.S. Senate: Pat Roberts
won re-election to the US Senate without opposition.
♦ U.S. Congress: The Republicans held three Congressional seats with Jerry Moran
in the 1st, Jim Ryun
in the 2nd, and Todd Tiahrt
in the 4th winning re-election. Adam Taff lost to incumbent democrat Dennis Moore
in the 3rd District.
♦ Kansas Statewides: Republican Tim Shallenberger lost the race for Governor against Kathleen Sebelius
. Phill Kline
won the Attorney General's office defeating Chris Biggs. Ron Thornburgh
won re-election as Secretary of State. Sandy Praeger
won election as the Insurance Commissioner. Lynn Jenkins
won election as State Treasurer.
♦ Kansas Senate: There were no senate elections, but John Vratil
became Senate Vice President after Sandy Praeger
resigned to become Insurance Commissioner.
♦ Kansas House: House candidates ran in new districts after redistricting. The Republicans held 80 seats, a gain of one. The House elected Doug Mays as Speaker; John Ballou as Speaker Pro Tem; Clay Aurand as Majority Leader; and Ray Merrick
as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 2003, the State Committee elected Dennis Jones Chair; Pat Ranson Vice-Chair; Pat Smith as Secretary; and Morey Sullivan as Treasurer.
2000 elections:
♦ President: Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush
easily swept Kansas.
♦ U.S. Senate: There was no United States Senate race.
♦ U.S. Congress: The Republicans held three Congressional seats with Jerry Moran
in the 1st, Jim Ryun
in the 2nd, and Todd Tiahrt
in the 4th winning re-election. Phill Kline
lost to incumbent democrat Dennis Moore
in the 3rd District, after beating Greg Musil in the primary.
♦ Kansas Senate: The Republicans held 30 seats, a net gain of 3 seats, of whom 15 were freshman. The Senate elected David Kerr as Senate President; Sandy Praeger
as Senate Vice President; Lana Oleen as Majority Leader; and Les Donovan as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦ Kansas House: The Republicans won 79 seats, a net gain of 2 seats. The House elected Kent Glasscock
as Speaker; Clay Aurand as Speaker Pro Tem; Sheri Webber as Majority Leader; and John Ballou as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 2001, the State Committee elected Mark Parkinson as Chair; Margie Canfield as Vice-Chair; Wanda Morrison as Secretary; and Brad Stout as Treasurer. Calvin James and June Cooper were elected National Committeeman and woman.
1998 elections:
♦ U.S. Senate: Sam Brownback
won re-election to his US Senate seat in the regular election.
♦ U.S. Congress: Jerry Moran
in the 1st District, Jim Ryun
in the 2nd District, and Todd Tiahrt
in the 4th District won re-election. The Republicans lost the 3rd Congressional district when incumbent Vince Snowbarger
lost to democrat Dennis Moore
.
♦ Kansas Statewides: Bill Graves
, after defeating David Miller in the primary, won re-election as governor in a landslide. Gary Sherrer won Lt Governor. Carla Stovall
won re-election as Attorney General. Ron Thornburgh
won re-election as Secretary of State. Tim Schallenberger won the election for State Treasurer. Democrat Kathleen Sebelius
won the election for Insurance Commissioner.
♦ Kansas House: The Republicans held 77 seats, a net loss of 4 seats. The House elected Robin Jennison as Speaker; Doug Mays as Speaker Pro Tem; Kent Glasscock
as Majority Leader; and Shari Weber as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1999, the State Committee elected Mark Parkinson as Chair; Margie Canfield as Vice-Chair; Wanda Morrison as Secretary; and Steve Martens as Treasurer. This election is viewed as a victory of the more moderate wing of the party over the more conservative wing.
1996 elections:
♦ President: Republican Presidential candidate Bob Dole
easily won Kansas, but lost the national election to Bill Clinton
.
♦ U.S. Senate: When Bob Dole
resigned his Senate seat in June 1996 to run for President and Nancy Kassebaum decided not to run for re-election as a U.S. Senator, there were open elections for both Kansas US Senate seats. Pat Roberts
easily won the seat previously held by Kassenbaum, defeating democrat Sally Thompson, the State Treasurer. Sam Brownback
first won a primary against Sheila Frahm
, who had been appointed to the seat by Governor Bill Graves
. Then, in a special election, Sam Brownback
defeated Jill Docking to win the seat previously held by Senator Bob Dole
.
♦ U.S. Congress: Republicans continued to hold all four Congressional seats: Jerry Moran
won the 1st district after Pat Roberts vacated the seat to run for the U.S. Senate, Jim Ryun
won the 2nd district, Vince Snowbarger
won the 3rd district after Jan Meyers
decided not to run for re-election, and Todd Tiahrt
was re-elected in the 4th District.
♦ Kansas Senate: The Republicans held even with 27 seats. The Senate elected Dick Bond as Senate President; Tim Emert as Senate Vice-President; Alicia Salisbury as Majority Leader, and Ben Vidricksen as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦ Kansas House: The Republicans held 77 seats, a net loss of 4 seats. The House elected Tim Shallenberger as Speaker; Susan Wagle as Speaker Pro Tem; Robin Jennison as Majority Leader; and Doug Mays as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1997, the State Committee re-elected David Miller as Chair; Kate Carty as Vice-Chair; Mary Jane Bradley as Secretary; and Bill Adams as Treasurer. Dwight Sutherland was elected National Committeeman and Mary Alice Lair was re-elected as National Committeewoman. David Miller resigned in 1998 to run against Gov Graves in the primary and was replaced by Steve Abrams.
1994 elections: A sweeping Republican wave election victory not equalled until 2010. The Republicans picked up two additional Congressional seats, won back the governorship, and won 15 additional seats in the Kansas House.
♦ U.S. Senate: There was no U.S. Senate race.
♦ U.S. Congress: All four Congressional seats were won by Republicans, a net gain of two seats. The 1st District was held by Pat Roberts
and the 3rd Dsitrict was held by Jan Meyers
. The 2nd District was won by Sam Brownback
, defeating former democrat Governor John Carlin
, after the incumbent democrat Congressman, Jim Slattery
, ran unsuccessfully for Governor. In the 4th District, Todd Tiahrt
defeated 9-term incumbent democratDan Glickman
.
♦ Kansas Statewides: Bill Graves
won the governor's office defeating Jim Slattery
. Carla Stovall
won the Attorney General's office. Sheila Frahm
won Lt Governor. After she resigned in 1996 to run for the US Senate, she was replaced by Gary Sherrer. Ron Thornburgh
won the Secretary of State's office. The republicans lost the Treasurer race to Sally Thompson and the Insurance Commissioner race to Kathleen Sebelius
. When Sally Thompson resigned as State Treasurer in 1998, Clyde Graber (R) was appointed State Treasurer.
♦ Kansas Senate: There were no senate elections, but when Sheila Frahm
resigned to become Lt Governor; Jerry Moran
became Majority Leader and Alicia Salisbury became Senate Vice President.
♦ Kansas House: The Republicans held 81 seats, a net gain of 15 seats. The House elected Tim Schallenberger as Speaker; Susan Wagle as Speaker Pro Tem; Robin Jennison as Majority Leader, and Doug Mays as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1995, the State Committee elected David Miller as Chair; Barbara Lissendem as Vice-Chair; Mary Jane Bradley as Secretary; and Paul Rosell as Treasurer. This election is viewed as a victory of the 'pro-life,' conservative wing of the state party over the more moderate wing.
1992 elections:
♦ President: Republican Presidential candidate George H. W. Bush
won Kansas, but lost the national election to Bill Clinton
. Kansas held a primary won by George H.W. Bush with Pat Buchanan
second.
♦ U.S. Senate: Bob Dole
easily won re-election to the US Senate.
♦ U.S. Congress: Pat Roberts
and Jan Meyers
held the 1st and 3rd Congressional seats. Democrat incumbentJim Slattery
won the 2nd District, defeating Jim Van Slyke. Democrat incumbent Dan Glickman
won the 4th Congressional district, defeating Eric Yost. Kansas lost its fifth Congressional district to reapportionment.
♦ Kansas Senate: Running in newly redistricted districts, the Republicans held 27 seats, a gain of 5. The Senate elected Bud Burke as Senate President; Jerry Moran
as Senate Vice President; Sheila Frahm
as Majority Leader, and Ben Vidrickisen as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦ Kansas House: Running in newly redistricted districts, the Republicans regained the majority, with 66 seats, a net gain of 4 seats. The House elected Bob Miller as Speaker; Tim Schallenberger as Speaker Pro Tem; Vince Snowbarger
as Majority Leader; and Rob Jennison as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1993, the State Committee re-elected Kim Wells as Chair; Janet Boisseau as Vice-Chair; Sara Ullman as Secretary, and Duane Nightingale as Treasurer. Mike Harris was elected National Committeeman and Mary Alice Lair was re-elected National Committeewoman.
1990 elections:
♦ U.S. Senate: Nancy Kassebaum easily won re-election to the U.S. Senate.
♦ U.S. Congress: Pat Roberts
held the 1st District; Jan Meyers
held the 3rd district, and Dick Nichols won the 5th district. Incumbent democrat Jim Slattery
won the 2nd District defeating Scott Morgan. Incumbent democrat Dan Glickman
won the 4th Congressional District, defeating Roger Grund.
♦ Kansas Statewides: Democrat Joan Finney
won the Governor's office, defeating incumbent republican governor Mike Hayden
, who had defeated Nestor Weigand in the primary. Robert Stephan was re-elected as Attorney General. Bill Graves
was re-elected as the Secretary of State. Ronald Todd was elected Insurance Commissioner. Democrat Sally Thompson won the State Treasurer race.
♦ Kansas House: For only the third time in Kansas history, the Republicans lost their majority in the Kansas House. They held 62 seats, a net loss of 7 seats, giving the democrats a majority by one vote. The Republican Caucus elected Bob Miller as Minority Leader, and Wanda Fuller as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1991, the State Committee elected Kim Wells as Chair; Janet Boisseau as Vice-Chair; Sara Ullman as Secretary, and Duane Nightingale as Treasurer.
1988 elections:
♦President: Republican candidate George H.W. Bush won Kansas and the presidency.
♦U.S. Senate: There was no election to the U.S. Senate.
♦U.S. Congress: Pat Roberts
held the 1st District; Jan Meyers
held the 3rd district, and Bob Whittaker
won the 5th district. Incumbent democrat Jim Slattery
won the 2nd District, defeating Phil Meinhardt. Incumbent democrat Dan Glickman
won the 4th District, defeating Lee Thompson.
♦Kansas Senate: The Republicans won 22 seats, for a net loss of 2 seats. The Senate elected Bud Burke as Senate President; Eric Yost as Senate Vice-President; Fred Kerr as Majority Leader; and Ben Vidricksen as Assistant majority Leader.
♦Kansas House: The Republicans won 68 seats, for a net loss of 6 seats. The House elected James Braden as Speaker; Dale Sprauge as Speaker Pro Tem; Bob Miller as Majority Leader, and Max Moomaw as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1989, the State Committee elected Rochelle Chronister as Chair.
1986 elections:
♦U.S. Senate: Bob Dole
won re-election to the U.S. Senate.
♦U.S. Congress: Pat Roberts
held the 1st District; Jan Meyers
held the 3rd district, and Bob Whittaker
held the 5th district. Incumbent democrat Jim Slattery
won the 2nd District beating Phill Kline. Incumbent democrat Dan Glickman
won the 4th District beating Bob Knight.
♦Kansas Statewides: Mike Hayden
, defeated democrat Tom Docking, to be elected Governor, after winning a 7-way primary. Jack Walker was elected Lt Governor. Robert Stephan was re-elected as Attorney General. Bill Graves
was elected Secretary of State. William Fletcher was re-elected Commissioner of Insurance. Democrat Joan Finney was re-elected as State Treasurer.
♦Kansas House: Republicans won 74 seats for a net loss of 2 seats. The House elected James Braden as Speaker and Joe Knopp as Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1987, the State Committee elected Fred Logan as Chair.
1984 elections:
♦President: Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan
swept Kansas and won the presidency.
♦U.S. Senate: Nancy Kassebaum was re-elected as U.S. Senator.
♦U.S. Congress: Pat Roberts
held the 1st District; Jan Meyers
was elected to the 3rd district, defeating democrat John Reardon, after a five way primary, and Bob Whittaker
was re-elected to the 5th district. Incumbent democrat Jim Slattery
won the 2nd District defeating Jim Van Slyke. Incumbent democrat Dan Glickman
won the 4th District defeating William Krause.
♦Kansas Senate: Republicans won 24 seats, holding even. The Senate elected Robert Talkington as Senate President and Bud Burke as Majority Leader.
♦Kansas House: Republicans won 76 seats, a net gain of 4 seats. The House elected Mike Hayden
as Speaker and James Braden as Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1985, the State Committee elected Vern Chesbro as Chair.
1982 elections:
♦U.S. Senate: There was no U.S. Senate race.
♦U.S. Congress: Pat Roberts
won the 1st District after Keith Sebelius
retired; Larry Winn
was re-elected to the 3rd district and Bob Whittaker
was re-elected to the 5th district. Democrat Jim Slattery
won the 2nd District by defeating Morris Kay after incumbent republican James Edmund Jeffries did not run. Democrat Dan Glickman
was re-elected to the 4th District, defeating Jerry Caywood.
♦Kansas Statewide: Democrat John W. Carlin
won re-election as governor; democrat Thomas Docking was elected Lt Governor; Robert Stephan won re-election as Attorney General; Jack Brier was re-elected as Secretary of State; William Fletcher was re-elected as Insurance Commissioner; and democrat Joan Finney was re-elected as Treasurer.
♦Kansas House: Republicans held steady winning 72 seats. The House elected Mike Hayden
as Speaker and Joseph Hoagland as Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1983, the State Committee elected Mary Alice Lair as Chair.
1980 elections:
♦President: Republican Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan
easily won Kansas and the Presidency. Kansas held a Presidential primary, won by Ronald Reagan.
♦U.S. Senate: Bob Dole
was re-elected to the U.S. Senate.
♦U.S. Congress: Keith Sebelius
was re-elected for the sixth time to the 1st District; James Edmund Jeffries
was re-elected in the 2nd District, Larry Winn
was re-elected to the 3rd district and Bob Whittaker
was re-elected to the 5th district. Incumbent democrat Dan Glickman
held the 4th District, defeating Clay Hunter.
♦Kansas Senate: Republicans won 24 seats, a net gain of 3 seats. The Senate elected Ross Doyen as Senate President and Robert Talkington as Majority Leader.
♦Kansas House: Republicans won 72 seats, a net gain of 3 seats. The House elected Wendall Lady as Speaker and Robert Frey as Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1981, the State Committee re-elected Morris Kay as Chair.
1978 elections:
♦U.S. Senate: After incumbent Republican Senator James Pearson
retired, Nancy Kassebaum was elected to the U.S. Senate after defeating democrat Bill Roy and winning an 8-way primary that included future Congresswoman Jan Meyers
.
♦U.S. Congress: Keith Sebelius
was re-elected to the 1st District; James Edmund Jeffries
was elected to the 2nd District after the democrat incumbent did not run; Larry Winn
was re-elected to the 3rd district and Bob Whittaker
was re-elected to the 5th district. Democrat Dan Glickman
was re-elected to the 4th District.
♦Kansas Statewide: Democrat John W. Carlin
was elected governor after defeating incumbent Republican Bob Bennett
; democrat Paul Dugan was elected Lt Governor; Robert Stephan was elected Attorney General; Jack Brier was elected Secretary of State; William Fletcher was re-elected as Insurance Commissioner; and democrat Joan Finney
was re-elected as Treasurer.
♦Kansas House: Republicans won 69 seats, a net gain of 9 seats, and recovered the majority in the Kansas House. The House elected Wendall Lady as Speaker and Robert Frey as Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1979, the State Committee elected Morris Kay as Chair.
1976 elections: One of the worst election cycles for Kansas Republicans since the depression due to the fallout from Watergate and a general anti-incumbent mood with the voters. The Republicans lost control of the Kansas House and a Congressional seat.
♦President: Republican candidate Gerald Ford
carried Kansas, but lost to democrat Jimmy Carter
.
♦U.S. Senate: There was no U.S. Senate Election.
♦U.S. Congress: Republican incumbent Keith Sebelius
won re-election in the 1st District; incumbent Larry Winn
won re-election in the 3rd District; and incumbent Joe Skubitz
won re-election for the eighth time in the 5th District. Democrat incumbent Martha Keys won re-election in the 2nd District, beating Ross Freeman. Democrat Dan Glickman
defeated 8-term incumbent Republican Garner Shriver in the 4th District.
♦Kansas Senate: Republicans won 21 seats, a net loss of 6 seats since the 1974 election. The Senate elected Ross Doyen as Senate President and Norman Gaar as Majority Leader.
♦Kansas House: Republicans lost the majority in the House to the democrats for only the second time in Kansas history, winning only 60 seats, a net loss of 12.
♦State Party: In January 1977, the State Committee elected Jack Ranson as Chair. Huck Boyd was re-elected as National Committeeman.
and Michael Camerini
provide a behind-the-scenes look at Kansas Republican Party politics and the party's response to the issue of immigration in the early-2000s.
Kris Kobach
(2007-2008)
Tim Shallenburger (2005-2006)
Denis Jones (2003-2004)
Mark Parkinson
(1999-2002) switched party affiliation to Democratic in 2006 to run for lieutenant governor on ticket with Kathleen Sebelius
; became governor upon Sebelius' confirmation as Secretary of Health and Human Services
Steve Abrams (1998-1999)
David Miller (1995-1998) resigned to run against Bill Graves in the Governor primary.
Kim Wells (1991-1995)
Rochelle Chronister (1989-1991)
Vern Chesbro (1985-1986)
David C. Owen (1983-1985)
Robert F. Bennett (1982-1983)
Mary Alice Lair (1982-1982) Later national Committeewoman (1989-1999)
Morris Kay (1979-1982)
Jack Ranson (1973-1979)
William Falstad (1970-1973)
Don Concannon (1968-1970)
George Nettles (1966-1968)
Oliver H. Hughes (1964-1966)
Richard D. Rogers (1962-1964)
Donald P. Schnacke (1961-1962)
James B. Pearson
(1960-1961) Later US Senator
Sam Mellinger (1958-1960)
James Pratt (1956-1958)
Lloyd Ruppenthal (1954-1956)
C. I. Moyer (1950-1954)
Wesley Roberts (1947-1950)
Quentin Brown (1946-1947)
Harry Crane (1942-1946)
Walter Fees (1938-1942)
Frank Todd (1936-1938)
John D. M. Hamilton (1934-1936)
Frank Carlson
(1932-1934) Later Congressman, Governor, and US Senator.
Alf Landon
(1930-1932) Later Governor (Jan 1933- Jan 1937).
Seth Wells (1926-1930)
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Political history
During the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, the Republican Party emerged to address the issue of slavery. In the late 1850s, Kansas had great conflicts over slavery and the Republican Party gained national prominence. The Presidential election of Abraham Lincoln v. Stephen Douglas was Kansas' first participation in an election and seventy-nine percent of its vote went to Lincoln. After Lincoln's election in 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a Free State. Kansas remained a fairly Republican state for the next thirty years. The Republican Party during that time supported "free men" and "free soil". They promoted national development through railroad expansion, internal improvements, and banking.Dominant political party of Kansas
The Kansas Republican Party has dominated Kansas politics since Kansas statehood in 1861. Kansas has had 45 governors: 32 Republicans, 11 Democrats, and 2 Populists. Kansas has had 33 US Senators: 28 Republicans, 3 Democrats, and 2 Populists. The last time a Democrat was elected to the Senate from Kansas was in 1932. Since 1960, the Republicans have won 102 of the 129 Congressional elections, an 80% win rate; have won all 20 U.S. Senate elections; and have won 69 of the 90 state-wide elections, a 77% win rate. The Democrats have won control of the Kansas Senate only in the 1912 election and control of the Kansas House three times in the 1912, 1976, and 1990 elections. In February 2011, the Gallup Survey classified Kansas as one of only five "solidly Republican" states.In 2010, Republican voter registration was 763,640, an increase of 22,693, while Democrat registration decreased by 9,011 to 459,181. In October 2008, Kansas voter registration numbers were 771,019 Republicans (44.4%), 484,710 Democrats (27.9%), and 482,882 (27.8%) unaffiliated voters. In October 2000, the state registration numbers were 735,435 Republicans (45.6%), 449,445 Democrats (28%), and 424,183 unaffiliated (26.3%).
Party platform and stances
The party's platform and stances are similar to the national platform: in the support to bear arms, support of abstinence only program funding in education, pro-life and opposition of funding for abortion, support of strong national defense and of troops and veterans. It is also similar in the support of deportation of illegal immigrants, the commitment of the use of the E-verify system by employers, opposition of amnesty in regards to immigration, and the support of English as the official language. It is similar in the promotion of a health savings account and giving individuals choices when it comes to healthcare, promoting the parents' choice in education (public, private, home-school), and upholding the sanctity of marriage to be only between a man and woman.The party's platform differs from the national platform in the party's support of a fair tax, whereas the national party does not mention it. The state party supports the implementation of granting state-aid to post-secondary education to those who graduate early and the support of all science-based theories on the origin of life to be taught in school.
Structure
Precincts: Kansas is divided into thousands of administrative voting districts called precincts. Precincts are not based on population and range from 0 registered voters to 2,500 voters. During the biannual primary election in August, the republican voters in each precinct may elect one precinct committeeman and one precinct committeewoman (a/k/a "precinct leaders"). Vacancies in precinct positions may be filled by the county party chair.County Party: Every two years, between the primary election and 2 weeks after the general election, all the precinct committee people - the county party "central Committee" - hold a meeting and elect officers for the county party, a chair, vice chair, secretary and treasurer. Each of the 105 counties in Kansas has an active county party.
County Delegates: At the biannual meeting of the precinct committeepeople, county delegates are elected. Each county has two automatic delegates, its chair and vice chair. Additional delegates are awarded based on the total number of republican votes from the county in the last primary election. While most counties have only 2 delegates, large counties like Sedgwick and Johnson have dozens of county delegates.
District Committee: The county delegates will assemble in a meeting, usually in December of an election year, and elect four officers (chair, vice-chair, secretary, and treasurer) and 37 delegates to the state committee.
State Committee: The state committee is made up of 37 delegates from each congressional district, the chair and vice-chair of each district, the state party officers, key elected officials and leaders of republican affiliated groups. The State Committee meets at least twice a year. Every two years the newly elected delegates elect new state party officers - a chair, vice-chair, secretary, and treasurer. During the first meeting of a Presidential election year, the state committee elects a National Committeeman and Committeewoman, who take office at the national republican convention. The state committee approves resolutions, changes to the state party constitution and by-laws, and approves the party platform every two years.
Executive Committee: The Executive committee is made up of the party officers, elected officials, leaders of republican affiliated groups, and some specially appointed and elected individuals. The Executive Committee meets at State Committee meetings and by phone several times during the year. Budgetary and other administrative durties are tasked to the executive committee.
State Party Officers: There are six party officers. The Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer, are elected every two years. The National Committeeman and Women are elected every four years. The Chair may hire an executive director and other paid staff with the approval of the Executive Committee.
Current Republican officeholders
The party controls all six statewide constitutional offices and holds a supermajority in both the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate. Republicans also hold both U.S. Senate seats and all four U.S. House seats.U.S. House of Representatives
- KS-01: Tim HuelskampTim HuelskampTimothy Alan Huelskamp is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party . He represented the 38th District in the Kansas Senate from 1997 until entering Congress.-Early life, education, and career:...
- KS-02: Lynn JenkinsLynn JenkinsLynn Jenkins is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. She is a member of the Republican Party. As of the 112th Congress, she is the senior member of Kansas' House delegation...
- KS-03: Kevin YoderKevin YoderKevin W. Yoder is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He was the Kansas State Representative for the 20th district from 2002 until 2011.-Early life, education, and career:...
- KS-04: Mike PompeoMike PompeoMichael Richard Pompeo is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He has also served as a Kansas representative on the Republican National Committee.-Early life, education, and early career:...
Statewide offices
- GovernorGovernor of KansasThe Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas, United States. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Kansas executive branch, of the government of Kansas. The Governor is the...
: Sam BrownbackSam BrownbackSamuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996... - Lieutenant GovernorLieutenant Governor of KansasThe Lieutenant Governor of Kansas is the lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Kansas. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor for a four-year term...
: Jeff ColyerJeff ColyerJeffrey "Jeff" Colyer, M.D. is the 49th and current Lieutenant Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the Kansas Senate and of the Kansas House of Representatives... - Secretary of StateSecretary of State of KansasThe Secretary of State of Kansas is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kansas.-History:The first Secretary of State for Kansas was John Winter Robinson, a physician from Manhattan, Kansas...
: Kris KobachKris KobachKris W. Kobach is the Secretary of State of Kansas. He is also currently of counsel with the Immigration Law Reform Institute in Washington, D.C.... - Attorney GeneralKansas Attorney GeneralThe Attorney General of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas.-Divisions:* Criminal Justice* Civil Litigation* Consumer Protection* Concealed Carry...
: Derek SchmidtDerek SchmidtDerek 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... - State TreasurerKansas State TreasurerThe State Treasurer of Kansas is the chief custodian of Kansas’s cash deposits, monies from bond sales, and other securities and collateral and directs the investments of those assets...
: Ron EstesRon EstesRon Estes is the Kansas State Treasurer He was sworn in January 10, 2011, as the 39th Treasurer of the state of Kansas.-Political offices:* Treasurer, State of Kansas, 2011–present* Elected, Treasurer, State of Kansas, November 2010... - Insurance CommissionerKansas Insurance CommissionerThe Kansas Insurance Commissioner , in full the Kansas State Insurance Commissioner, has the primary responsibility to the people whose personal lives are protected by insurance in the state of Kansas. It is an elected position and is currently held by Republican Sandy Praeger.The Kansas Insurance...
: Sandy PraegerSandy PraegerSandy Praeger is the Republican Kansas Insurance Commissioner. She was first elected on November 2, 2002. Her term began January 13, 2003. She was re-elected in 2006 to the same position...
LegislativeKansas LegislatureThe Kansas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a bicameral assembly, composed of the lower Kansas House of Representatives, composed of 125 Representatives, and the upper Kansas Senate, with 40 Senators...
- President of the SenateKansas SenateThe 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....
: Steve MorrisSteve MorrisSteve Morris is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s. A state and national representative, his club career was played with the St. George Dragons and the Eastern Suburbs Roosters....
- Senate Majority Leader: Jay EmlerJay EmlerJay Scott Emler is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, 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 of the Senate, following Derek Schmidt's election as Kansas Attorney...
- Senate Majority Leader: Jay Emler
- Speaker of the HouseKansas House of RepresentativesThe Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kansas Legislature, the legislative body of the U.S. State of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for crafting and voting on...
: Mike O'Neal- House Majority Leader: Arlen SiegfreidArlen SiegfreidArlen Siegfreid is a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 15th district. Serving since 2003, he is the current Majority Leader.-Issue positions:...
- House Majority Leader: Arlen Siegfreid
Party leadership
Party officers- Chair: Amanda Adkins
- Vice-Chair: Kelly Arnold
- Treasurer: T.C. Anderson
- Secretary: Michelle Martin
- Todd TiahrtTodd TiahrtTodd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran...
, National Committeeman - Helen VanEtten, National Committeewoman
Party staff
- Executive Director: Clayton L. Barker
Executive Committee
- Amanda Adkins, Chair
- Kelly Arnold, Vice Chairman
- Michelle Martin, Secretary
- T.C. Anderson, Treasurer
- Todd TiahrtTodd TiahrtTodd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran...
, National Committeeman - Helen VanEtten, National Committeewoman
- Randy Duncan, 1st District Chair
- Celia Beymer, 1st District Vice Chair
- Cheryl Reynolds, 2nd District Chair
- Ed O'Brien, 2nd District Vice Chair
- Keith Esau, 3rd District Chair
- Missey Smith, 3rd District Vice Chair
- Mark Kahrs, 4th District Chair
- Luella Bale, 4th District Vice Chair
- Senator Jerry MoranJerry MoranJerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....
or Designee - Senator Pat RobertsPat RobertsCharles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
or Designee - Congressman Tim HuelskampTim HuelskampTimothy Alan Huelskamp is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party . He represented the 38th District in the Kansas Senate from 1997 until entering Congress.-Early life, education, and career:...
or Designee - Congresswoman Lynn JenkinsLynn JenkinsLynn Jenkins is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. She is a member of the Republican Party. As of the 112th Congress, she is the senior member of Kansas' House delegation...
or Designee - Congressman Kevin YoderKevin YoderKevin W. Yoder is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He was the Kansas State Representative for the 20th district from 2002 until 2011.-Early life, education, and career:...
or Designee - Congressman Mike PompeoMike PompeoMichael Richard Pompeo is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He has also served as a Kansas representative on the Republican National Committee.-Early life, education, and early career:...
or Designee - Governor Sam BrownbackSam BrownbackSamuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...
or Designee - Secretary of State Kris KobachKris KobachKris W. Kobach is the Secretary of State of Kansas. He is also currently of counsel with the Immigration Law Reform Institute in Washington, D.C....
- Attorney General Derek SchmidtDerek SchmidtDerek 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...
- Insurance Commissioner Sandy PraegerSandy PraegerSandy Praeger is the Republican Kansas Insurance Commissioner. She was first elected on November 2, 2002. Her term began January 13, 2003. She was re-elected in 2006 to the same position...
- Treasurer Ron EstesRon EstesRon Estes is the Kansas State Treasurer He was sworn in January 10, 2011, as the 39th Treasurer of the state of Kansas.-Political offices:* Treasurer, State of Kansas, 2011–present* Elected, Treasurer, State of Kansas, November 2010...
- Senate President, Steve Morris or Designee
- Senate Majority Leader, Jay Emler or Designee
- Speaker of the House Michael O'NealMichael O'NealMichael O'Neal is an American politician from Hutchinson, Kansas and a prominent Republican. Mike has been active in the Reno County Republican Party, first as a precinct committeeman, then as a member of the Executive Committee of the county party, and, finally, as an elected State Representative...
or Designee - House Majority Leader Arlen SiegfreidArlen SiegfreidArlen Siegfreid is a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 15th district. Serving since 2003, he is the current Majority Leader.-Issue positions:...
or Designee - Paje Routhier, College Republican Chairman
- J. R. Claeys, Kansas Young Republican Chairman
- Treatha Brown Foster, Black Republican Chairman
- Richard Macias, Hispanic Republican Council Chairman
- Becky Johnson, Kansas Federated Republican Women Chairman
- Ernie Straub, Chair Designee
- Clarke Saunders,1st District State Committee Designee
- Rich Kiper, 2nd District State Committee Designee
- Steve Shute, 3rd District State Committee Designee
- Jamie Woodworth, 4th District State Committee Designee
Recent history
2010 elections: An overwhelming wave election victory for the Republican Party in the year of the "Tea Party", a grass roots, fiscally conservative movement that formed in early 2009. Led by the Brownback Campaign under David Kensinger and the State Party under Chair Amanda Adkins, the Republicans developed and implemented the "Clean Sweep" program focusing on early, detailed voter identification and a systematic data driven get-out-the-vote effort. The election was also noted for the gains made by conservative Republican candidates throughout the state. For the first time since 1996, the Republicans held both Senate and all four Congressional seats.♦ U.S. Senate: Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....
became the new U.S. Senator, replacing Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...
, after a tough primary victory over Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran...
.
♦ U.S. Congress: Republicans won all four Congressional districts for the first time since 1996 with Tim Huelskamp
Tim Huelskamp
Timothy Alan Huelskamp is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party . He represented the 38th District in the Kansas Senate from 1997 until entering Congress.-Early life, education, and career:...
winning the first, after a seven-way primary; incumbent Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. She is a member of the Republican Party. As of the 112th Congress, she is the senior member of Kansas' House delegation...
winning re-election in the second; Kevin Yoder
Kevin Yoder
Kevin W. Yoder is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He was the Kansas State Representative for the 20th district from 2002 until 2011.-Early life, education, and career:...
winning the third, after a 13-way primary; and Mike Pompeo
Mike Pompeo
Michael Richard Pompeo is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He has also served as a Kansas representative on the Republican National Committee.-Early life, education, and early career:...
winning in the fourth, after a four-way primary.
♦ Kansas Statewides: The party swept all six statewide elections for the first time since 1964. Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...
became Governor, Jeff Colyer
Jeff Colyer
Jeffrey "Jeff" Colyer, M.D. is the 49th and current Lieutenant Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the Kansas Senate and of the Kansas House of Representatives...
Lieutenant Governor, Kris Kobach
Kris Kobach
Kris W. Kobach is the Secretary of State of Kansas. He is also currently of counsel with the Immigration Law Reform Institute in Washington, D.C....
Secretary of State, 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...
Attorney General, Sandy Praeger
Sandy Praeger
Sandy Praeger is the Republican Kansas Insurance Commissioner. She was first elected on November 2, 2002. Her term began January 13, 2003. She was re-elected in 2006 to the same position...
was re-elected as Insurance Commissioner, and Ron Estes
Ron Estes
Ron Estes is the Kansas State Treasurer He was sworn in January 10, 2011, as the 39th Treasurer of the state of Kansas.-Political offices:* Treasurer, State of Kansas, 2011–present* Elected, Treasurer, State of Kansas, November 2010...
State Treasurer.
♦ Kansas Senate: There were two special senate elections both won by republicans, and Jay Emler was elected Majority Leader after 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...
resigned to become attorney general.
♦ Kansas House: Republicans picked up 16 seats in the Kansas House of Representatives, resulting in 92 Republican representatives, the highest number since 1953-54. Of the 92, 33 were freshman and 9 were elected by precinct leaders to fill post-election vacancies. The House re-elected Michael O'Neal
Michael O'Neal
Michael O'Neal is an American politician from Hutchinson, Kansas and a prominent Republican. Mike has been active in the Reno County Republican Party, first as a precinct committeeman, then as a member of the Executive Committee of the county party, and, finally, as an elected State Representative...
as Speaker; Gene Vickery as Speaker Pro Tem; Arlen Siegfreid
Arlen Siegfreid
Arlen Siegfreid is a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 15th district. Serving since 2003, he is the current Majority Leader.-Issue positions:...
as Majority Leader; and Peggy Mast as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 2011, the State Committee re-elected Amanda Adkins as Party Chair and elected Kelly Arnold as Vice Chair, Michelle Martin as Secetary and T.C. Anderson as Treasurer. In a special election, Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran...
was elected National Committeeman, after Mike Pompeo
Mike Pompeo
Michael Richard Pompeo is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He has also served as a Kansas representative on the Republican National Committee.-Early life, education, and early career:...
resigned after winning a seat in Congress.
2008 elections: The Kansas Demcoracts, in the year of Obama, poured money and effort into Kansas but came up short, losing a Congressional seat and showing no consequential gains. Republican success in 2008 was due to an energetic slate of candidates and to the state-wide campaign organization of US Senator Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
. The Roberts organization developed a statewide structure to conduct an effective grassroots campaign registering thousands of new Republican voters and getting out the vote.
♦ President: In the year Democrat Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
was elected president, Republican presidential candidate John McCain
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
carried Kansas by a wide margin. In the Kansas Presidential Caucus, Mike Huckabee prevailed.
♦ U.S. Senate: Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
won re-election to the Senate by a large margin.
♦ U.S. Congress: Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....
, in the 1st District, and Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran...
, in the 4th District, won re-election to Congress. In a close race, Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. She is a member of the Republican Party. As of the 112th Congress, she is the senior member of Kansas' House delegation...
defeated incumbent democrat Nancy Boyda
Nancy Boyda
Nancy Boyda is a former Democratic congresswoman representing .On November 4, 2008, Boyda was defeated for re-election by Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins, after serving one term....
to win the 2nd District, after defeating Jim Ryun
Jim Ryun
James Ronald Ryun is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. In the 2006 election, Ryun was defeated by Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda...
in the the primary. Nick Jordan
Nick Jordan
Niccolo "Nick" Jordan is a fictional character from the BBC medical dramas Casualty and Holby City, portrayed by actor Michael French. Jordan first appeared in two episodes of Casualty in 1998, before becoming a main character in spin-off show Holby City from its 1999 conception, in the role of...
lost to incumbent democrat Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
in the 3rd District.
♦ Kansas Senate: The Republicans gained a seat in the Kansas Senate winning 31 seats. The Senate re-elected Steve Morris as Senate President; John Vratil
John Vratil
John Vratil is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 11th District since 1998. He has been the Senate Vice-President since 2003.-Committee assignments:Vratil serves on these legislative committees:* Education...
as Senate Vice President; 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...
as Majority Leader, and Vicki Schmidt as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦ Kansas House: The Republicans held their ground but lost a seat to a subsequent defection, leaving them with 77 seats. The House elected Michael O'Neal
Michael O'Neal
Michael O'Neal is an American politician from Hutchinson, Kansas and a prominent Republican. Mike has been active in the Reno County Republican Party, first as a precinct committeeman, then as a member of the Executive Committee of the county party, and, finally, as an elected State Representative...
as Speaker; Arlen Siegfreid
Arlen Siegfreid
Arlen Siegfreid is a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 15th district. Serving since 2003, he is the current Majority Leader.-Issue positions:...
as Speaker Pro Tem; Ray Merrick
Raymond Merrick
Ray Merrick is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 37th district. Before being elected to fill the remainder of Jeff Colyer's Senate term, Merrick had served in the Kansas House since January 6, 2000...
as Majority Leader; and Peggy Mast as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 2009, the State Committee elected Amanda Adkins as Chair; Ron Estes as Vice-Chair; Susan Concannon as Secretary; and Steve Fitzgerald as Treasurer. Helen van Etten and Mike Pompeo were elected National Committeeman and woman.
2006 elections:
♦ U.S. Senate: There was no United States Senate election.
♦ U.S. Congress: The Republicans lost one US Congressional seat. Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....
in the 1st District and Todd Tiahrt in the 4th District held their seats. Incumbent Jim Ryun
Jim Ryun
James Ronald Ryun is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. In the 2006 election, Ryun was defeated by Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda...
in the 2nd District lost to democrat Nancy Boyda
Nancy Boyda
Nancy Boyda is a former Democratic congresswoman representing .On November 4, 2008, Boyda was defeated for re-election by Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins, after serving one term....
. Chuck Ahner lost to incumbent democrat Dennis Moore in the 3rd District.
♦ Kansas Statewides: After a seven-way primary, Jim Barrnet lost the gubernatorial election to incumbent democrat Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician currently serving as the 21st Secretary of Health and Human Services. She was the second female Governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address, and chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors...
. Phill Kline
Phill Kline
Phillip D. "Phill" Kline is the former district attorney of Johnson County, Kansas, USA. From January 2003 to January 2007, he was the Attorney General of Kansas. Kline, a member of the Republican Party, lost re-election as attorney general to Democratic challenger Paul Morrison on November 7,...
lost his re-election bid for Attorney General to democrat Jim Morrison, who later resigned in a scandal and was replaced by Steve Six. Ron Thornburgh
Ron Thornburgh
Ron E. Thornburgh, was the 29th Secretary of State of Kansas. He was elected in to his first term in 1994 and was subsequently re-elected in 1998, 2002, and 2006....
won re-election as Secretary of State and after he resigned in 2010 was replaced by democrat Chris Biggs. Sandy Praeger
Sandy Praeger
Sandy Praeger is the Republican Kansas Insurance Commissioner. She was first elected on November 2, 2002. Her term began January 13, 2003. She was re-elected in 2006 to the same position...
won re-election as the Insurance Commissioner. Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. She is a member of the Republican Party. As of the 112th Congress, she is the senior member of Kansas' House delegation...
won re-election as Treasurer. She resigned as State Treasurer after winning the 2nd Congressional District in 2008 and was replaced by democrat Dennis McKinney
Dennis McKinney
Dennis McKinney is a former Kansas State Treasurer and formerly a state representative in the American state of Kansas, where he represented the 116th House District...
.
♦ Kansas House: After the election and some defections to the democrats, the Republicans held 78 House seats, a net loss of 5 seats. The House elected Melvin Neufeld as Speaker; Don Dahl as Speaker Pro Tem; Ray Merrick
Raymond Merrick
Ray Merrick is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 37th district. Before being elected to fill the remainder of Jeff Colyer's Senate term, Merrick had served in the Kansas House since January 6, 2000...
as Majority Leader, and Gene Vickery as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 2007, the State Committee elected Kris Kobach
Kris Kobach
Kris W. Kobach is the Secretary of State of Kansas. He is also currently of counsel with the Immigration Law Reform Institute in Washington, D.C....
as Chair; Sharon Meissner as Vice-Chair; Beverly Caley as Secretary; and David Thorne as Treasurer.
2004 elections:
♦ President: Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
carried Kansas by a wide margin.
♦ U.S. Senate: Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...
easily won re-election as US Senator.
♦ U.S. Congress: The Republicans held three Congressional seats with Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....
in the 1st, Jim Ryun
Jim Ryun
James Ronald Ryun is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. In the 2006 election, Ryun was defeated by Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda...
in the 2nd, and Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran...
in the 4th all winning re-election. Kris Kobach
Kris Kobach
Kris W. Kobach is the Secretary of State of Kansas. He is also currently of counsel with the Immigration Law Reform Institute in Washington, D.C....
lost to incumbent democrat Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
in the 3rd District after defeating Adam Taff in the primary.
♦ Kansas Senate: Senate candidates ran in new districts established by the 2002 redistricting. The Republicans held steady with 30 seats. Steve Morris was elected Senate President; John Vratil
John Vratil
John Vratil is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 11th District since 1998. He has been the Senate Vice-President since 2003.-Committee assignments:Vratil serves on these legislative committees:* Education...
as Senate Vice President; 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...
as Majority leader; and Karin Brownlee as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦ Kansas House: The Republicans held 83 seats, a net gain of 3 seats. Doug Mays was re-elected as Speaker; Ray Merrick
Raymond Merrick
Ray Merrick is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 37th district. Before being elected to fill the remainder of Jeff Colyer's Senate term, Merrick had served in the Kansas House since January 6, 2000...
as Speaker Pro Tem; Clay Aurand as Majority Leader; and Joe McLeland as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 2005, the State Committee elected Tim Schallenburger as Chair; Susan Estes as Vice-Chair; Beverly Caley as Secretary; and Emmitt Mitchell as Treasurer. Steve Cloud and Alicia Salisbury were elected National Committeeman and woman. This election is viewed as a vicotry of the more conservative wing of the party over the more moderate wing.
2002 elections:
♦ U.S. Senate: Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
won re-election to the US Senate without opposition.
♦ U.S. Congress: The Republicans held three Congressional seats with Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....
in the 1st, Jim Ryun
Jim Ryun
James Ronald Ryun is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. In the 2006 election, Ryun was defeated by Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda...
in the 2nd, and Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran...
in the 4th winning re-election. Adam Taff lost to incumbent democrat Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
in the 3rd District.
♦ Kansas Statewides: Republican Tim Shallenberger lost the race for Governor against Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician currently serving as the 21st Secretary of Health and Human Services. She was the second female Governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address, and chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors...
. Phill Kline
Phill Kline
Phillip D. "Phill" Kline is the former district attorney of Johnson County, Kansas, USA. From January 2003 to January 2007, he was the Attorney General of Kansas. Kline, a member of the Republican Party, lost re-election as attorney general to Democratic challenger Paul Morrison on November 7,...
won the Attorney General's office defeating Chris Biggs. Ron Thornburgh
Ron Thornburgh
Ron E. Thornburgh, was the 29th Secretary of State of Kansas. He was elected in to his first term in 1994 and was subsequently re-elected in 1998, 2002, and 2006....
won re-election as Secretary of State. Sandy Praeger
Sandy Praeger
Sandy Praeger is the Republican Kansas Insurance Commissioner. She was first elected on November 2, 2002. Her term began January 13, 2003. She was re-elected in 2006 to the same position...
won election as the Insurance Commissioner. Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. She is a member of the Republican Party. As of the 112th Congress, she is the senior member of Kansas' House delegation...
won election as State Treasurer.
♦ Kansas Senate: There were no senate elections, but John Vratil
John Vratil
John Vratil is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 11th District since 1998. He has been the Senate Vice-President since 2003.-Committee assignments:Vratil serves on these legislative committees:* Education...
became Senate Vice President after Sandy Praeger
Sandy Praeger
Sandy Praeger is the Republican Kansas Insurance Commissioner. She was first elected on November 2, 2002. Her term began January 13, 2003. She was re-elected in 2006 to the same position...
resigned to become Insurance Commissioner.
♦ Kansas House: House candidates ran in new districts after redistricting. The Republicans held 80 seats, a gain of one. The House elected Doug Mays as Speaker; John Ballou as Speaker Pro Tem; Clay Aurand as Majority Leader; and Ray Merrick
Raymond Merrick
Ray Merrick is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 37th district. Before being elected to fill the remainder of Jeff Colyer's Senate term, Merrick had served in the Kansas House since January 6, 2000...
as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 2003, the State Committee elected Dennis Jones Chair; Pat Ranson Vice-Chair; Pat Smith as Secretary; and Morey Sullivan as Treasurer.
2000 elections:
♦ President: Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
easily swept Kansas.
♦ U.S. Senate: There was no United States Senate race.
♦ U.S. Congress: The Republicans held three Congressional seats with Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....
in the 1st, Jim Ryun
Jim Ryun
James Ronald Ryun is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. In the 2006 election, Ryun was defeated by Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda...
in the 2nd, and Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran...
in the 4th winning re-election. Phill Kline
Phill Kline
Phillip D. "Phill" Kline is the former district attorney of Johnson County, Kansas, USA. From January 2003 to January 2007, he was the Attorney General of Kansas. Kline, a member of the Republican Party, lost re-election as attorney general to Democratic challenger Paul Morrison on November 7,...
lost to incumbent democrat Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
in the 3rd District, after beating Greg Musil in the primary.
♦ Kansas Senate: The Republicans held 30 seats, a net gain of 3 seats, of whom 15 were freshman. The Senate elected David Kerr as Senate President; Sandy Praeger
Sandy Praeger
Sandy Praeger is the Republican Kansas Insurance Commissioner. She was first elected on November 2, 2002. Her term began January 13, 2003. She was re-elected in 2006 to the same position...
as Senate Vice President; Lana Oleen as Majority Leader; and Les Donovan as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦ Kansas House: The Republicans won 79 seats, a net gain of 2 seats. The House elected 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...
as Speaker; Clay Aurand as Speaker Pro Tem; Sheri Webber as Majority Leader; and John Ballou as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 2001, the State Committee elected Mark Parkinson as Chair; Margie Canfield as Vice-Chair; Wanda Morrison as Secretary; and Brad Stout as Treasurer. Calvin James and June Cooper were elected National Committeeman and woman.
1998 elections:
♦ U.S. Senate: Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...
won re-election to his US Senate seat in the regular election.
♦ U.S. Congress: Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....
in the 1st District, Jim Ryun
Jim Ryun
James Ronald Ryun is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. In the 2006 election, Ryun was defeated by Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda...
in the 2nd District, and Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran...
in the 4th District won re-election. The Republicans lost the 3rd Congressional district when incumbent Vince Snowbarger
Vince Snowbarger
Vincent K. "Vince" Snowbarger was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas.Snowbarger was born in Kankakee, Illinois. He graduated from Southern Nazarene University in 1971 with a B.A., the University of Illinois in 1974 with an M.A., and he received a law...
lost to democrat Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
.
♦ Kansas Statewides: Bill Graves
Bill Graves
William Preston "Bill" Graves , was the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003.Graves was born in Salina, Kansas in 1953 to parents who owned a trucking firm...
, after defeating David Miller in the primary, won re-election as governor in a landslide. Gary Sherrer won Lt Governor. Carla Stovall
Carla Stovall
Carla J. Stovall , also known as Carla Stovall Steckline, is a Republican politician from Marion, Kansas who served as Attorney General of the State of Kansas from 1995 to 2003....
won re-election as Attorney General. Ron Thornburgh
Ron Thornburgh
Ron E. Thornburgh, was the 29th Secretary of State of Kansas. He was elected in to his first term in 1994 and was subsequently re-elected in 1998, 2002, and 2006....
won re-election as Secretary of State. Tim Schallenberger won the election for State Treasurer. Democrat Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician currently serving as the 21st Secretary of Health and Human Services. She was the second female Governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address, and chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors...
won the election for Insurance Commissioner.
♦ Kansas House: The Republicans held 77 seats, a net loss of 4 seats. The House elected Robin Jennison as Speaker; Doug Mays as Speaker Pro Tem; 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...
as Majority Leader; and Shari Weber as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1999, the State Committee elected Mark Parkinson as Chair; Margie Canfield as Vice-Chair; Wanda Morrison as Secretary; and Steve Martens as Treasurer. This election is viewed as a victory of the more moderate wing of the party over the more conservative wing.
1996 elections:
♦ President: Republican Presidential candidate Bob Dole
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...
easily won Kansas, but lost the national election to Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
.
♦ U.S. Senate: When Bob Dole
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...
resigned his Senate seat in June 1996 to run for President and Nancy Kassebaum decided not to run for re-election as a U.S. Senator, there were open elections for both Kansas US Senate seats. Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
easily won the seat previously held by Kassenbaum, defeating democrat Sally Thompson, the State Treasurer. Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...
first won a primary against Sheila Frahm
Sheila Frahm
Sheila Sloan Frahm served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican from Kansas for a brief period in 1996.Frahm was born in Colby, Kansas...
, who had been appointed to the seat by Governor Bill Graves
Bill Graves
William Preston "Bill" Graves , was the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003.Graves was born in Salina, Kansas in 1953 to parents who owned a trucking firm...
. Then, in a special election, Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...
defeated Jill Docking to win the seat previously held by Senator Bob Dole
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...
.
♦ U.S. Congress: Republicans continued to hold all four Congressional seats: Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....
won the 1st district after Pat Roberts vacated the seat to run for the U.S. Senate, Jim Ryun
Jim Ryun
James Ronald Ryun is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. In the 2006 election, Ryun was defeated by Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda...
won the 2nd district, Vince Snowbarger
Vince Snowbarger
Vincent K. "Vince" Snowbarger was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas.Snowbarger was born in Kankakee, Illinois. He graduated from Southern Nazarene University in 1971 with a B.A., the University of Illinois in 1974 with an M.A., and he received a law...
won the 3rd district after Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas....
decided not to run for re-election, and Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran...
was re-elected in the 4th District.
♦ Kansas Senate: The Republicans held even with 27 seats. The Senate elected Dick Bond as Senate President; Tim Emert as Senate Vice-President; Alicia Salisbury as Majority Leader, and Ben Vidricksen as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦ Kansas House: The Republicans held 77 seats, a net loss of 4 seats. The House elected Tim Shallenberger as Speaker; Susan Wagle as Speaker Pro Tem; Robin Jennison as Majority Leader; and Doug Mays as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1997, the State Committee re-elected David Miller as Chair; Kate Carty as Vice-Chair; Mary Jane Bradley as Secretary; and Bill Adams as Treasurer. Dwight Sutherland was elected National Committeeman and Mary Alice Lair was re-elected as National Committeewoman. David Miller resigned in 1998 to run against Gov Graves in the primary and was replaced by Steve Abrams.
1994 elections: A sweeping Republican wave election victory not equalled until 2010. The Republicans picked up two additional Congressional seats, won back the governorship, and won 15 additional seats in the Kansas House.
♦ U.S. Senate: There was no U.S. Senate race.
♦ U.S. Congress: All four Congressional seats were won by Republicans, a net gain of two seats. The 1st District was held by Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
and the 3rd Dsitrict was held by Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas....
. The 2nd District was won by Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...
, defeating former democrat Governor John Carlin
John Carlin
John Carlin is a journalist and author, dealing with both sports and politics. His book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation about former South African president Nelson Mandela is the basis for the 2009 film Invictus.-Personal life:Carlin was born to a Scottish father...
, after the incumbent democrat Congressman, Jim Slattery
Jim Slattery
James Charles Slattery is an American politician and was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas.- Early life and career :...
, ran unsuccessfully for Governor. In the 4th District, Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran...
defeated 9-term incumbent democratDan Glickman
Dan Glickman
Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman is an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the...
.
♦ Kansas Statewides: Bill Graves
Bill Graves
William Preston "Bill" Graves , was the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003.Graves was born in Salina, Kansas in 1953 to parents who owned a trucking firm...
won the governor's office defeating Jim Slattery
Jim Slattery
James Charles Slattery is an American politician and was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas.- Early life and career :...
. Carla Stovall
Carla Stovall
Carla J. Stovall , also known as Carla Stovall Steckline, is a Republican politician from Marion, Kansas who served as Attorney General of the State of Kansas from 1995 to 2003....
won the Attorney General's office. Sheila Frahm
Sheila Frahm
Sheila Sloan Frahm served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican from Kansas for a brief period in 1996.Frahm was born in Colby, Kansas...
won Lt Governor. After she resigned in 1996 to run for the US Senate, she was replaced by Gary Sherrer. Ron Thornburgh
Ron Thornburgh
Ron E. Thornburgh, was the 29th Secretary of State of Kansas. He was elected in to his first term in 1994 and was subsequently re-elected in 1998, 2002, and 2006....
won the Secretary of State's office. The republicans lost the Treasurer race to Sally Thompson and the Insurance Commissioner race to Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician currently serving as the 21st Secretary of Health and Human Services. She was the second female Governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address, and chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors...
. When Sally Thompson resigned as State Treasurer in 1998, Clyde Graber (R) was appointed State Treasurer.
♦ Kansas Senate: There were no senate elections, but when Sheila Frahm
Sheila Frahm
Sheila Sloan Frahm served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican from Kansas for a brief period in 1996.Frahm was born in Colby, Kansas...
resigned to become Lt Governor; Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....
became Majority Leader and Alicia Salisbury became Senate Vice President.
♦ Kansas House: The Republicans held 81 seats, a net gain of 15 seats. The House elected Tim Schallenberger as Speaker; Susan Wagle as Speaker Pro Tem; Robin Jennison as Majority Leader, and Doug Mays as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1995, the State Committee elected David Miller as Chair; Barbara Lissendem as Vice-Chair; Mary Jane Bradley as Secretary; and Paul Rosell as Treasurer. This election is viewed as a victory of the 'pro-life,' conservative wing of the state party over the more moderate wing.
1992 elections:
♦ President: Republican Presidential candidate George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
won Kansas, but lost the national election to Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
. Kansas held a primary won by George H.W. Bush with Pat Buchanan
Pat Buchanan
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Buchanan is an American paleoconservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician and broadcaster. Buchanan was a senior adviser to American Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, and was an original host on CNN's Crossfire. He sought...
second.
♦ U.S. Senate: Bob Dole
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...
easily won re-election to the US Senate.
♦ U.S. Congress: Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
and Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas....
held the 1st and 3rd Congressional seats. Democrat incumbentJim Slattery
Jim Slattery
James Charles Slattery is an American politician and was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas.- Early life and career :...
won the 2nd District, defeating Jim Van Slyke. Democrat incumbent Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman
Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman is an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the...
won the 4th Congressional district, defeating Eric Yost. Kansas lost its fifth Congressional district to reapportionment.
♦ Kansas Senate: Running in newly redistricted districts, the Republicans held 27 seats, a gain of 5. The Senate elected Bud Burke as Senate President; Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....
as Senate Vice President; Sheila Frahm
Sheila Frahm
Sheila Sloan Frahm served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican from Kansas for a brief period in 1996.Frahm was born in Colby, Kansas...
as Majority Leader, and Ben Vidrickisen as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦ Kansas House: Running in newly redistricted districts, the Republicans regained the majority, with 66 seats, a net gain of 4 seats. The House elected Bob Miller as Speaker; Tim Schallenberger as Speaker Pro Tem; Vince Snowbarger
Vince Snowbarger
Vincent K. "Vince" Snowbarger was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas.Snowbarger was born in Kankakee, Illinois. He graduated from Southern Nazarene University in 1971 with a B.A., the University of Illinois in 1974 with an M.A., and he received a law...
as Majority Leader; and Rob Jennison as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1993, the State Committee re-elected Kim Wells as Chair; Janet Boisseau as Vice-Chair; Sara Ullman as Secretary, and Duane Nightingale as Treasurer. Mike Harris was elected National Committeeman and Mary Alice Lair was re-elected National Committeewoman.
1990 elections:
♦ U.S. Senate: Nancy Kassebaum easily won re-election to the U.S. Senate.
♦ U.S. Congress: Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
held the 1st District; Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas....
held the 3rd district, and Dick Nichols won the 5th district. Incumbent democrat Jim Slattery
Jim Slattery
James Charles Slattery is an American politician and was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas.- Early life and career :...
won the 2nd District defeating Scott Morgan. Incumbent democrat Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman
Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman is an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the...
won the 4th Congressional District, defeating Roger Grund.
♦ Kansas Statewides: Democrat Joan Finney
Joan Finney
Joan Finney , served as the 42nd Governor of Kansas from 1991 to 1995.She was born Joan Marie McInroy in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Leonard and Mary Sands McInroy. She graduated from high school in Manhattan, Kansas in 1942. In 1957, she married Spencer Finney, Jr...
won the Governor's office, defeating incumbent republican governor Mike Hayden
Mike Hayden
John Michael Hayden, was the 41st Governor of Kansas. He subsequently served as Secretary of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department under governors Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson.-Early life:...
, who had defeated Nestor Weigand in the primary. Robert Stephan was re-elected as Attorney General. Bill Graves
Bill Graves
William Preston "Bill" Graves , was the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003.Graves was born in Salina, Kansas in 1953 to parents who owned a trucking firm...
was re-elected as the Secretary of State. Ronald Todd was elected Insurance Commissioner. Democrat Sally Thompson won the State Treasurer race.
♦ Kansas House: For only the third time in Kansas history, the Republicans lost their majority in the Kansas House. They held 62 seats, a net loss of 7 seats, giving the democrats a majority by one vote. The Republican Caucus elected Bob Miller as Minority Leader, and Wanda Fuller as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1991, the State Committee elected Kim Wells as Chair; Janet Boisseau as Vice-Chair; Sara Ullman as Secretary, and Duane Nightingale as Treasurer.
1988 elections:
♦President: Republican candidate George H.W. Bush won Kansas and the presidency.
♦U.S. Senate: There was no election to the U.S. Senate.
♦U.S. Congress: Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
held the 1st District; Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas....
held the 3rd district, and Bob Whittaker
Bob Whittaker
Robert Russell "Bob" Whittaker was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Eureka, Kansas, Whittaker attended the Greenwood County public schools....
won the 5th district. Incumbent democrat Jim Slattery
Jim Slattery
James Charles Slattery is an American politician and was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas.- Early life and career :...
won the 2nd District, defeating Phil Meinhardt. Incumbent democrat Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman
Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman is an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the...
won the 4th District, defeating Lee Thompson.
♦Kansas Senate: The Republicans won 22 seats, for a net loss of 2 seats. The Senate elected Bud Burke as Senate President; Eric Yost as Senate Vice-President; Fred Kerr as Majority Leader; and Ben Vidricksen as Assistant majority Leader.
♦Kansas House: The Republicans won 68 seats, for a net loss of 6 seats. The House elected James Braden as Speaker; Dale Sprauge as Speaker Pro Tem; Bob Miller as Majority Leader, and Max Moomaw as Assistant Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1989, the State Committee elected Rochelle Chronister as Chair.
1986 elections:
♦U.S. Senate: Bob Dole
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...
won re-election to the U.S. Senate.
♦U.S. Congress: Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
held the 1st District; Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas....
held the 3rd district, and Bob Whittaker
Bob Whittaker
Robert Russell "Bob" Whittaker was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Eureka, Kansas, Whittaker attended the Greenwood County public schools....
held the 5th district. Incumbent democrat Jim Slattery
Jim Slattery
James Charles Slattery is an American politician and was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas.- Early life and career :...
won the 2nd District beating Phill Kline. Incumbent democrat Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman
Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman is an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the...
won the 4th District beating Bob Knight.
♦Kansas Statewides: Mike Hayden
Mike Hayden
John Michael Hayden, was the 41st Governor of Kansas. He subsequently served as Secretary of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department under governors Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson.-Early life:...
, defeated democrat Tom Docking, to be elected Governor, after winning a 7-way primary. Jack Walker was elected Lt Governor. Robert Stephan was re-elected as Attorney General. Bill Graves
Bill Graves
William Preston "Bill" Graves , was the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003.Graves was born in Salina, Kansas in 1953 to parents who owned a trucking firm...
was elected Secretary of State. William Fletcher was re-elected Commissioner of Insurance. Democrat Joan Finney was re-elected as State Treasurer.
♦Kansas House: Republicans won 74 seats for a net loss of 2 seats. The House elected James Braden as Speaker and Joe Knopp as Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1987, the State Committee elected Fred Logan as Chair.
1984 elections:
♦President: Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
swept Kansas and won the presidency.
♦U.S. Senate: Nancy Kassebaum was re-elected as U.S. Senator.
♦U.S. Congress: Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
held the 1st District; Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas....
was elected to the 3rd district, defeating democrat John Reardon, after a five way primary, and Bob Whittaker
Bob Whittaker
Robert Russell "Bob" Whittaker was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Eureka, Kansas, Whittaker attended the Greenwood County public schools....
was re-elected to the 5th district. Incumbent democrat Jim Slattery
Jim Slattery
James Charles Slattery is an American politician and was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas.- Early life and career :...
won the 2nd District defeating Jim Van Slyke. Incumbent democrat Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman
Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman is an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the...
won the 4th District defeating William Krause.
♦Kansas Senate: Republicans won 24 seats, holding even. The Senate elected Robert Talkington as Senate President and Bud Burke as Majority Leader.
♦Kansas House: Republicans won 76 seats, a net gain of 4 seats. The House elected Mike Hayden
Mike Hayden
John Michael Hayden, was the 41st Governor of Kansas. He subsequently served as Secretary of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department under governors Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson.-Early life:...
as Speaker and James Braden as Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1985, the State Committee elected Vern Chesbro as Chair.
1982 elections:
♦U.S. Senate: There was no U.S. Senate race.
♦U.S. Congress: Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
won the 1st District after Keith Sebelius
Keith Sebelius
Keith George Sebelius was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1981....
retired; Larry Winn
Larry Winn
Edward Lawrence Winn, Jr. is a U.S. Republican politician.He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from Kansas and served from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1985. He currently resides in Prairie Village, Kansas.-References:...
was re-elected to the 3rd district and Bob Whittaker
Bob Whittaker
Robert Russell "Bob" Whittaker was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Eureka, Kansas, Whittaker attended the Greenwood County public schools....
was re-elected to the 5th district. Democrat Jim Slattery
Jim Slattery
James Charles Slattery is an American politician and was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas.- Early life and career :...
won the 2nd District by defeating Morris Kay after incumbent republican James Edmund Jeffries did not run. Democrat Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman
Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman is an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the...
was re-elected to the 4th District, defeating Jerry Caywood.
♦Kansas Statewide: Democrat John W. Carlin
John W. Carlin
John William Carlin served as fortieth Governor of Kansas from 1979 to 1987, and Archivist of the United States from May 30, 1995, to February 15, 2005.-Biography:...
won re-election as governor; democrat Thomas Docking was elected Lt Governor; Robert Stephan won re-election as Attorney General; Jack Brier was re-elected as Secretary of State; William Fletcher was re-elected as Insurance Commissioner; and democrat Joan Finney was re-elected as Treasurer.
♦Kansas House: Republicans held steady winning 72 seats. The House elected Mike Hayden
Mike Hayden
John Michael Hayden, was the 41st Governor of Kansas. He subsequently served as Secretary of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department under governors Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson.-Early life:...
as Speaker and Joseph Hoagland as Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1983, the State Committee elected Mary Alice Lair as Chair.
1980 elections:
♦President: Republican Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
easily won Kansas and the Presidency. Kansas held a Presidential primary, won by Ronald Reagan.
♦U.S. Senate: Bob Dole
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...
was re-elected to the U.S. Senate.
♦U.S. Congress: Keith Sebelius
Keith Sebelius
Keith George Sebelius was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1981....
was re-elected for the sixth time to the 1st District; James Edmund Jeffries
James Edmund Jeffries
James Edmund Jeffries was a U.S. Representative from Kansas from 1979 to 1983.Born in Detroit, Michigan, Jeffries attended the public schools. He graduated from Cranbrook Schools, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1943....
was re-elected in the 2nd District, Larry Winn
Larry Winn
Edward Lawrence Winn, Jr. is a U.S. Republican politician.He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from Kansas and served from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1985. He currently resides in Prairie Village, Kansas.-References:...
was re-elected to the 3rd district and Bob Whittaker
Bob Whittaker
Robert Russell "Bob" Whittaker was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Eureka, Kansas, Whittaker attended the Greenwood County public schools....
was re-elected to the 5th district. Incumbent democrat Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman
Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman is an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the...
held the 4th District, defeating Clay Hunter.
♦Kansas Senate: Republicans won 24 seats, a net gain of 3 seats. The Senate elected Ross Doyen as Senate President and Robert Talkington as Majority Leader.
♦Kansas House: Republicans won 72 seats, a net gain of 3 seats. The House elected Wendall Lady as Speaker and Robert Frey as Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1981, the State Committee re-elected Morris Kay as Chair.
1978 elections:
♦U.S. Senate: After incumbent Republican Senator James Pearson
James Pearson
James Pearson VC was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
retired, Nancy Kassebaum was elected to the U.S. Senate after defeating democrat Bill Roy and winning an 8-way primary that included future Congresswoman Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas....
.
♦U.S. Congress: Keith Sebelius
Keith Sebelius
Keith George Sebelius was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1981....
was re-elected to the 1st District; James Edmund Jeffries
James Edmund Jeffries
James Edmund Jeffries was a U.S. Representative from Kansas from 1979 to 1983.Born in Detroit, Michigan, Jeffries attended the public schools. He graduated from Cranbrook Schools, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1943....
was elected to the 2nd District after the democrat incumbent did not run; Larry Winn
Larry Winn
Edward Lawrence Winn, Jr. is a U.S. Republican politician.He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from Kansas and served from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1985. He currently resides in Prairie Village, Kansas.-References:...
was re-elected to the 3rd district and Bob Whittaker
Bob Whittaker
Robert Russell "Bob" Whittaker was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Eureka, Kansas, Whittaker attended the Greenwood County public schools....
was re-elected to the 5th district. Democrat Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman
Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman is an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the...
was re-elected to the 4th District.
♦Kansas Statewide: Democrat John W. Carlin
John W. Carlin
John William Carlin served as fortieth Governor of Kansas from 1979 to 1987, and Archivist of the United States from May 30, 1995, to February 15, 2005.-Biography:...
was elected governor after defeating incumbent Republican Bob Bennett
Robert Frederick Bennett
Robert Frederick Bennett was an American lawyer and the 39th Governor of Kansas from 1975 to 1979.Bennett was born May 23, 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri. He married Joan Gregory, whom he met at Shawnee Mission Rural High School while participating in debate. They had four children: Robert F. ,...
; democrat Paul Dugan was elected Lt Governor; Robert Stephan was elected Attorney General; Jack Brier was elected Secretary of State; William Fletcher was re-elected as Insurance Commissioner; and democrat Joan Finney
Joan Finney
Joan Finney , served as the 42nd Governor of Kansas from 1991 to 1995.She was born Joan Marie McInroy in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Leonard and Mary Sands McInroy. She graduated from high school in Manhattan, Kansas in 1942. In 1957, she married Spencer Finney, Jr...
was re-elected as Treasurer.
♦Kansas House: Republicans won 69 seats, a net gain of 9 seats, and recovered the majority in the Kansas House. The House elected Wendall Lady as Speaker and Robert Frey as Majority Leader.
♦State Party: In January 1979, the State Committee elected Morris Kay as Chair.
1976 elections: One of the worst election cycles for Kansas Republicans since the depression due to the fallout from Watergate and a general anti-incumbent mood with the voters. The Republicans lost control of the Kansas House and a Congressional seat.
♦President: Republican candidate Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
carried Kansas, but lost to democrat Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
.
♦U.S. Senate: There was no U.S. Senate Election.
♦U.S. Congress: Republican incumbent Keith Sebelius
Keith Sebelius
Keith George Sebelius was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1981....
won re-election in the 1st District; incumbent Larry Winn
Larry Winn
Edward Lawrence Winn, Jr. is a U.S. Republican politician.He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from Kansas and served from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1985. He currently resides in Prairie Village, Kansas.-References:...
won re-election in the 3rd District; and incumbent Joe Skubitz
Joe Skubitz
Joe Skubitz was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Frontenac, Kansas, Skubitz attended grade school in Ringo, Kansas, and high schools in Girard and Frontenac, Kansas....
won re-election for the eighth time in the 5th District. Democrat incumbent Martha Keys won re-election in the 2nd District, beating Ross Freeman. Democrat Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman
Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman is an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the...
defeated 8-term incumbent Republican Garner Shriver in the 4th District.
♦Kansas Senate: Republicans won 21 seats, a net loss of 6 seats since the 1974 election. The Senate elected Ross Doyen as Senate President and Norman Gaar as Majority Leader.
♦Kansas House: Republicans lost the majority in the House to the democrats for only the second time in Kansas history, winning only 60 seats, a net loss of 12.
♦State Party: In January 1977, the State Committee elected Jack Ranson as Chair. Huck Boyd was re-elected as National Committeeman.
Film
In their documentary How Democracy Works Now: Twelve Stories, filmmakers Shari RobertsonShari Robertson
Shari Robertson is an American Film Director and producer. Her filmmaking credits include Twelve Stories: How Democracy Works Now, Well-Founded Fear, These Girls Are Missing, Inside the Khmer Rouge, Return to Year Zero and Washington/Peru: We Ain't Winnin'. Her films have been featured on HBO, CNN,...
and Michael Camerini
Michael Camerini
Michael Camerini is a film director, producer and cinematographer. His filmmaking credits include Twelve Stories: How Democracy Works Now, Well-Founded Fear, These Girls Are Missing, Becoming the Buddha in L.A., Dadi's Family and Born Again: Life in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church...
provide a behind-the-scenes look at Kansas Republican Party politics and the party's response to the issue of immigration in the early-2000s.
- "Story 3: You Never Know" uses the 2002 Kansas Republican primaries as a case-study for the on-going debates within the Republican party. It focuses on the 2002 trip of David Kensinger, Sam Brownback’s Chief of Staff, from Capitol Hill to guide to three conservative Kansas candidates who challenge mainstream party nominees.
- "Story 4: Sam in the Snow" focuses largely on (then Senator) Sam Brownback's commitment to push forward comprehensive immigration reform in 2002, and the obstacles posed by the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. The film also chronicles his choice between the Senate Judiciary CommitteeUnited States Senate Committee on the JudiciaryThe United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary is a standing committee of the United States Senate, of the United States Congress. The Judiciary Committee, with 18 members, is charged with conducting hearings prior to the Senate votes on confirmation of federal judges nominated by the...
with a likely position as chairman of the Immigration Subcommittee and a coveted seat on the Senate Appropriations CommitteeUnited States Senate Committee on AppropriationsThe United States Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate....
. The film's title refers to Brownback.
Prominent Kansas Republicans
- List of Governors of Kansas
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- List of United States Senators from Kansas
- Kansas Attorney GeneralKansas Attorney GeneralThe Attorney General of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas.-Divisions:* Criminal Justice* Civil Litigation* Consumer Protection* Concealed Carry...
(chronological list of Attorneys General) - Secretary of State of KansasSecretary of State of KansasThe Secretary of State of Kansas is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kansas.-History:The first Secretary of State for Kansas was John Winter Robinson, a physician from Manhattan, Kansas...
(chronological list of Secretaries of State) - Kansas Insurance CommissionerKansas Insurance CommissionerThe Kansas Insurance Commissioner , in full the Kansas State Insurance Commissioner, has the primary responsibility to the people whose personal lives are protected by insurance in the state of Kansas. It is an elected position and is currently held by Republican Sandy Praeger.The Kansas Insurance...
(chronological list of Commissioners of Insurance) - Kansas State TreasurerKansas State TreasurerThe State Treasurer of Kansas is the chief custodian of Kansas’s cash deposits, monies from bond sales, and other securities and collateral and directs the investments of those assets...
(chronological list of State Treasurers) - Kansas SenateKansas SenateThe 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....
- Kansas House of RepresentativesKansas House of RepresentativesThe Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kansas Legislature, the legislative body of the U.S. State of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for crafting and voting on...
- Arthur CapperArthur CapperArthur 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....
(Governor 1915-1919, US Senator (II) 1919-1949) - Frank CarlsonFrank CarlsonFrank Carlson was an American politician who served as the 30th Governor of Kansas and United States Representative and United States Senator from Kansas.-Biography:...
(US Representative 1935-47; Governor 1946-1950, US Senator (III) 1950-1969) - Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. EisenhowerDwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
(President of the United States, 1953-1961) - Bob DoleBob DoleRobert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...
(U.S. Representative 1961-1969; U.S. Senator (III) 1969-1996; VP nominee 1976; Presidential nominee 1996) - Alf LandonAlf LandonAlfred Mossman "Alf" Landon was an American Republican politician, who served as the 26th Governor of Kansas from 1933–1937. He was best known for being the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States, defeated in a landslide by Franklin D...
(Governor 1933-1937; Presidential nominee, 1936) - Nancy Kassebaum (U.S. Senator (II) 1978-1997)
- Charles CurtisCharles CurtisCharles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...
(US Congress 1893-1907; US Senate (III)1907-1929; 31st Vice President 1929-1933) - Bill GravesBill GravesWilliam Preston "Bill" Graves , was the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003.Graves was born in Salina, Kansas in 1953 to parents who owned a trucking firm...
(Governor 1995-2003) - Keith George Sebelius (U.S. Congressman 1969-1981)
- Andrew Frank SchoeppelAndrew Frank SchoeppelAndrew Frank Schoeppel was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was the 29th Governor of Kansas from 1943 to 1947 and a U.S. Senator from 1949 until his death...
(Governor 1943-1947, US Senator (II)(1949-1962) - James B. PearsonJames B. PearsonJames Blackwood Pearson was a United States Senator from Kansas from 1962 to 1979.-Biography:Pearson was born in 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of a Methodist minister. With his parents, he moved to Virginia in 1934 and attended public school. He went on to attend college at Duke University...
(US Senator (II) 1962-1979)
Chairs of the Kansas Republican Party
Amanda Adkins (2009-Kris Kobach
Kris Kobach
Kris W. Kobach is the Secretary of State of Kansas. He is also currently of counsel with the Immigration Law Reform Institute in Washington, D.C....
(2007-2008)
Tim Shallenburger (2005-2006)
Denis Jones (2003-2004)
Mark Parkinson
Mark Parkinson
Mark V. Parkinson is the president and chief executive officer of the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living...
(1999-2002) switched party affiliation to Democratic in 2006 to run for lieutenant governor on ticket with Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician currently serving as the 21st Secretary of Health and Human Services. She was the second female Governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address, and chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors...
; became governor upon Sebelius' confirmation as Secretary of Health and Human Services
Steve Abrams (1998-1999)
David Miller (1995-1998) resigned to run against Bill Graves in the Governor primary.
Kim Wells (1991-1995)
Rochelle Chronister (1989-1991)
Vern Chesbro (1985-1986)
David C. Owen (1983-1985)
Robert F. Bennett (1982-1983)
Mary Alice Lair (1982-1982) Later national Committeewoman (1989-1999)
Morris Kay (1979-1982)
Jack Ranson (1973-1979)
William Falstad (1970-1973)
Don Concannon (1968-1970)
George Nettles (1966-1968)
Oliver H. Hughes (1964-1966)
Richard D. Rogers (1962-1964)
Donald P. Schnacke (1961-1962)
James B. Pearson
James B. Pearson
James Blackwood Pearson was a United States Senator from Kansas from 1962 to 1979.-Biography:Pearson was born in 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of a Methodist minister. With his parents, he moved to Virginia in 1934 and attended public school. He went on to attend college at Duke University...
(1960-1961) Later US Senator
Sam Mellinger (1958-1960)
James Pratt (1956-1958)
Lloyd Ruppenthal (1954-1956)
C. I. Moyer (1950-1954)
Wesley Roberts (1947-1950)
Quentin Brown (1946-1947)
Harry Crane (1942-1946)
Walter Fees (1938-1942)
Frank Todd (1936-1938)
John D. M. Hamilton (1934-1936)
Frank Carlson
Frank Carlson
Frank Carlson was an American politician who served as the 30th Governor of Kansas and United States Representative and United States Senator from Kansas.-Biography:...
(1932-1934) Later Congressman, Governor, and US Senator.
Alf Landon
Alf Landon
Alfred Mossman "Alf" Landon was an American Republican politician, who served as the 26th Governor of Kansas from 1933–1937. He was best known for being the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States, defeated in a landslide by Franklin D...
(1930-1932) Later Governor (Jan 1933- Jan 1937).
Seth Wells (1926-1930)
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