Kansas Senate

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The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature. It includes forty state senators each representing one of forty districts; each of the districts has a population of at least 60,000 residents. Kansas state senators serve four-year terms and are without term limits so they may continue to run for office without limit.

Going into the 2009 legislative session, there are 31 Republican members of the state senator, and 9 Democratic members.

Make-up of the senate

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	31
	Democratic Party	9
Total		40
Margin of majority		22

Members of the Kansas Senate, 2009

District	Representative	Party	Residence
1	Dennis Pyle	Republican	Hiawatha
2	Marci Francisco	Democratic	Lawrence
3	Tom Holland	Democratic	Lawrence
4	David Haley	Democratic	Kansas City
5	Kelly Kultala	Democratic	Kansas City
6	Chris Steineger	Democratic	Kansas City
7	David Wysong	Republican	Mission Hills
8	Tim Owens	Republican	Overland Park
9	Julia Lynn	Republican	Olathe
10	Mary Pilcher-Cook	Republican	Shawnee
11	John Vratil	Republican	Leawood
12	Pat Apple	Republican	Louisburg
13	Bob Marshall	Republican	Frontenac
14	Dwayne Umbarger	Republican	Thayer
15	Derek Schmidt	Republican	Independence
16	Ty Masterson	Republican	Augusta
17	Jim Barnett	Republican	Emporia
18	Laura Kelly	Democratic	Topeka
19	Anthony Hensley	Democratic	Topeka
20	Vicki Schmidt	Republican	Topeka
21	Mark Taddiken	Republican	Clifton
22	Roger Reitz	Republican	Manhattan
23	Karin Brownlee	Republican	Olathe
24	Pete Brungardt	Republican	Salina
25	Jean Schodorf	Republican	Wichita
26	Dick Kelsey	Republican	Haysville
27	Leslie "Les" Donovan	Republican	Wichita
28	Mike Petersen	Republican	Wichita
29	Oletha Faust-Goudeau	Democratic	Wichita
30	Susan Wagle	Republican	Wichita
31	Carolyn McGinn	Republican	Sedgwick
32	Steve Abrams	Republican	Winfield
33	Ruth Teichman	Republican	Stafford
34	Terry Bruce	Republican	Hutchinson
35	Jay Emler	Republican	Lindsborg
36	Janis Lee	Democratic	Kensington
37	Jeff Colyer	Republican	Overland Park
38	Tim Huelskamp	Republican	Fowler
39	Stephen Morris	Republican	Hugoton
40	Ralph Ostmeyer	Republican	Grinnell

External links

• Website of the Kansas senate
• List of Kansas state senators, 2009
• 2009 schedule of state senate committee meetings
• Map of Kansas senate districts
• Vote Smart's information on the Kansas senate

v • d • e Current members of the Kansas State Senate     Dennis Pyle (R) Marci Francisco (D) Tom Holland (D) David Haley (D) Kelly Kultala (D) Chris Steineger (D) David Wysong (R) Tim Owens (R) Julia Lynn (R) Mary Pilcher-Cook (R) John Vratil (R) Pat Apple (R) Bob Marshall (R) Dwayne Umbarger (R) Derek Schmidt (R) Ty Masterson (R) Jim Barnett (R) Laura Kelly (D) Anthony Hensley (D) Vicki Schmidt (R) Mark Taddiken (R) Roger Reitz (R) Karin Brownlee (R) Pete Brungardt (R) Jean Schodorf (R) Dick Kelsey (R) Leslie Donovan (R) Mike Petersen (R) Oletha Faust-Goudeau (D) Susan Wagle (R) Carolyn McGinn (R) Steve Abrams (R) Ruth Teichman (R) Terry Bruce (R) Jay Emler (R) Janis Lee (D) Jeff Colyer (R) Tim Huelskamp (R) Stephen Morris (R) Ralph Ostmeyer (R) Republican (31) • Democratic (9)

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