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The Kansas Senate was created by the Kansas Constitution when Kansas became the 34th state of United States on January 29, 1861. Six days after its admission into the Union, the Confederate States of America formed between seven Southern states that had seceded from the United States in the previous months, leading to the American Civil War.
Kansas's current senators are Republicans Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall. 29 of Kansas's senators have been Republicans, three have been Democrats, and two have been Populists. Arthur Capper was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1919 to 1949.
The 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, with 125 state representatives, and the upper Kansas Senate, with 40 state senators. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, senators for four-year terms.
Jeremy Ryan Claeys (born February 13, 1978) is a member of the Kansas Senate and a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives. [1] [2] Claeys was raised in Salina, Kansas. [3] He graduated from Kansas State University where he studied media and George Washington University where he studied public administration.
State Senator Robert S. Olson (born December 1, 1969) is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate , representing the 23rd district . He was previously a Representative in the Kansas House of Representatives , representing the 26th district from 2005 to 2010, having served as the Majority Whip.
Usha L. Reddi (born 1965) [2] is an American politician and educator who is currently serving as a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate for the 22nd district. [3] She has also served as a city commissioner and mayor for the city of Manhattan, Kansas from 2013 to 2023.
Barbara Allen (born February 8, 1961) is a Republican, Kansas state senator from the 8th District. She is from Overland Park, Kansas, and is an attorney.Allen graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Mount Vernon College for Women (now the George Washington University Mount Vernon campus) and a degree from the University of Missouri–Kansas City Law School.
Every seat in the Kansas Legislature is up for election in 2024. Here’s your voter guide to Wichita-area candidates running for the Kansas Senate Skip to main content