Gene suellentrop biography
- Gene Suellentrop (born January 1, 1952) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Kansas State Senate, representing the 27th district from January 11, 2017, to January 2, 2023.
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- Gene Suellentrop is a Republican member of the Kansas State Senate, representing the 27th district since January 11, 2017.
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Larry Alley
American politician
Larry Alley (born September 23, 1948) is an American politician who has served in the Kansas Senate from the 32nd district since 2017.[1] Following the removal on April 9, 2021 of Gene Suellentrop from the office of Majority Leader, Alley, who was the Republican Assistant Leader, succeeded him in an acting capacity. He is the current Senate Majority Leader.
Early life
Alley received a BSIT degree from Kansas State College of Pittsburg.[2] He is the former CEO of Eastside Development, in Winfield, Kansas, and a former project manager for Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita, Kansas.[3][4]
Political career
In 2014, Alley ran as a Republican for state representative of the 79th district (in south-central Kansas, including most of Sumner and Cowley counties), barely winning in initial vote counts, but ultimately lost to incumbent Democrat Ed Trimmer by 17 votes.[3][5] In 2017, he ran as for state senator of the 79th district (in far-south-central Kansas, including Barber, Co
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Suellentrop, Gene
Biography
American politician who was a Republican member of the Kansas State Senate, representing the 27th district from 11 January 2017 to 2 January 2023. He served as the Senate's Majority Leader beginning in January 2021.
After an intoxicated high-speed freeway police chase in the wrong direction on 16 March 2021, he was removed as Senate Majority Leader by a caucus vote in April 2021, but not from the Senate itself. Before being elected to the state senate, he had served two terms in the Kansas house, then was elected to the senate in 2016.
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Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes birth news, The Wichita Beacon (Wichita, Kansas), 1 January 1952, page 5; born at St. Francis Hospital, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Suellentrop.
Categories
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Four)
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation (Republican)
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
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The residents of Sedgwick County are represented at the Kansas Statehouse by 32 lawmakers — a mix of attorneys, small-business owners, former educators, veterans, engineers and retirees from aviation and aerospace industries. Even a farmer and the owner of a liquor store.
The Sedgwick County delegation — nearly 20% of the legislature’s 165 members — includes 23 in the Kansas House and nine in the Kansas Senate. The party split favors Republicans – on the House side, 15 members are Republicans, while eight are Democrats. Seven senators are Republicans and two are Democrats.
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A brief biography of each Sedgwick County legislator is below, as well as committee assignments and contact information. All information was sourced from the Kansas Legislature, campaign materials, social media and other publicly available information.
Kansas House of Representatives
Rep. Blake Carpenter, House District 81 (on leave)
Blake Carpenter, a Republican, was first elected to the Kansas House in November 2014 at age 23 and
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