Kansas House of Representatives

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The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 125 Representatives from an equal amount of constituencies, each with at least a population of 19,000. Representatives are elected to a two year term. The Kansas House of Representatives does not have term limits. The House meets at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka.

1 Leadership of the House
2 Make-up of the House of Representatives
- 2.1 Officers
- 2.2 Members of the Kansas House of Representatives, 2007-2009
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Leadership of the House

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Reprsentatives. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full House through the passage of a House Resolution. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also its chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber.

[edit] Make-up of the House of Representatives

The makeup of the 2007-2009 House is as follows:

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	78
	Democratic Party	47
Total		125
Majority		31

[edit] Officers

Position	Name	Party	District
Speaker of the House	Melvin Neufeld	Republican	115
Majority Leader	Ray Merrick	Republican	27
Speaker Pro Tem	Don Dahl	Republican	70
Minority Leader	Dennis McKinney	Democratic	116

[edit] Members of the Kansas House of Representatives, 2007-2009

District	Representative	Party	Residence
1	Doug Gatewood	Democratic	Columbus
2	Robert Grant	Democratic	Cherokee
3	Julie Menghini	Democratic	Pittsburg
4	Shirley Palmer^[1]	Democratic	Fort Scott
5	Bill Feuerborn	Democratic	Garnett
6	Jene Vickrey	Republican	Louisburg
7	Richard Proehl	Republican	Parsons
8	Jerry Williams	Democratic	Chanute
9	Bill Otto	Republican	Le Roy
10	Tom Holland	Democratic	Baldwin City
11	Virgil Peck, Jr.	Republican	Tyro
12	Jeff King	Republican	Independence
13	Forrest Knox	Republican	Altoona
14	Lance Kinzer	Republican	Olathe
15	Arlen Siegfried	Republican	Olathe
16	Gene Rardin	Democratic	Overland Park
17	Jill Quigley	Republican	Lenexa
18	Cindy Neighbor	Democratic	Shawnee
19	Tim Owens	Republican	Overland Park
20	Kevin Yoder	Republican	Overland Park
21	Kay Wolf	Republican	Prairie Village
22	Sue Storm	Democratic	Overland Park
23	Judy Morrison	Republican	Shawnee
24	Ronnie Metsker	Republican	Overland Park
25	Terrie Huntington	Republican	Fairway
26	Rob Olson	Republican	Olathe
27	Ray Merrick	Republican	Stilwell
28	Pat Colloton	Republican	Leawood
29	Sheryl Spalding	Republican	Overland Park
30	Ron Worley	Republican	Lenexa
31	Stan Frownfelter	Democratic	Kansas City
32	Louis Ruiz	Democratic	Kansas City
33	Tom Burroughs	Democratic	Kansas City
34	Valdenia Winn	Democratic	Kansas City
35	Broderick Henderson	Democratic	Kansas City
36	Margaret Long	Democratic	Kansas City
37	Michael Peterson	Democratic	Kansas City
38	Anthony Brown	Republican	Eudora
39	Owen Donohoe	Republican	Shawnee
40	L. Candy Ruff	Democratic	Leavenworth
41	Marti Crow	Democratic	Leavenworth
42	Kenny Wilk	Democratic	Lansing
43	S. Mike Kiegerl	Republican	Olathe
44	Barbara Ballard	Democratic	Lawrence
45	Tom Sloan	Republican	Lawrence
46	Paul Davis	Democratic	Lawrence
47	Lee Tafanelli	Republican	Ozawkie
48	Jeff Colyer	Republican	Overland Park
49	Benjamin Hodge	Republican	Overland Park
50	Rocky Fund	Republican	Hoyt
51	Mike Burgess	Republican	Topeka
52	Lana Gordon	Republican	Topeka
53	Ann Mah	Democratic	Topeka
54	Joe Patton	Republican	Topeka
55	Annie Kuether	Democratic	Topeka
56	Annie Tietze	Democratic	Topeka
57	Vaughn Flora	Democratic	Topeka
58	Harold Lane	Democratic	Topeka
59	Joe Humerickhouse	Republican	Osage City
60	Don Hill	Republican	Emporia
61	Richard Carlson	Republican	St. Marys
62	Steve Lukert	Democratic	Sabetha
63	Jerry Henry	Democratic	Cummings
64	Vern Swanson	Republican	Clay Center
65	Barbara Craft	Republican	Junction City
66	Sydney Carlin	Democratic	Manhattan
67	Tom Hawk	Democratic	Manhattan
68	Tom Moxley	Republican	Council Grove
69	Deena Horst	Republican	Salina
70	Donald Dahl	Republican	Hillsboro
71	Charles Roth	Republican	Salina
72	Marc Rhoades	Republican	Newton
73	Clark Schultz	Republican	Lindsborg
74	Don Schroeder	Republican	Inman
75	John Grange	Republican	El Dorado
76	Peggy Mast	Republican	Emporia
77	J. David Crum	Republican	Augusta
78	Ed Trimmer	Democratic	Winfield
79	Kasha Kelley	Republican	Arkansas City
80	Vincent Wetta	Democratic	Wellington
81	Peter DeGraaf (took the place of Ted Powers)	Republican	Mulvane
82	Don Myers	Republican	Derby
83	Jo Ann Porttoff	Republican	Wichita
84	Oletha Faust-Goudeau	Democratic	Wichita
85	Steven Brunk	Republican	Bel Aire
86	Judith Loganbill	Democratic	Wichita
87	Raj Goyle	Democratic	Wichita
88	Jim Ward	Democratic	Wichita
89	Melody McCray-Miller	Democratic	Wichita
90	Steve Huebert	Republican	Valley Center
91	Brenda Landwehr	Republican	Wichita
92	Nile Dillmore	Democratic	Wichita
93	Dick Kelsey	Republican	Goddard
94	Joe McLeland	Republican	Wichita
95	Tom Sawyer	Democratic	Wichita
96	Terry McLachlan	Democratic	Wichita
97	Dale Swenson	Republican	Wichita
98	Geraldine Flaharty	Democratic	Wichita
99	Ty Masterson	Republican	Andover
100	Mario Goico	Republican	Wichita
101	Mark Treaster	Democratic	Pretty Prairie
102	Janice Pauls	Democratic	Hutchinson
103	Delia Garcia	Democratic	Wichita
104	Michael O'Neal	Republican	Hutchinson
105	Jason Watkins	Republican	Wichita
106	Sharon Schwartz	Republican	Washington
107	Elaine Bowers	Republican	Concordia
108	Joshua Svaty	Democratic	Ellsworth
109	Clay Aurand	Republican	Courtland
110	Dan Johnson	Republican	Hays
111	Eber Phelps	Democratic	Hays
112	Bill Wolf	Republican	Great Bend
113	Robert Bethell	Republican	Alden
114	Mitch Holmes	Republican	St. John
115	Melvin Neufeld	Republican	Ingalls
116	Dennis McKinney	Democratic	Greensburg
117	Larry Powell	Republican	Garden City
118	Virginia Beamer	Republican	Oakley
119	Pat George	Republican	Dodge City
120	John Faber	Republican	Brewster
121	Jim Morrison	Republican	Colby
122	Gary Hayzlett	Republican	Lakin
123	Jeff Whitham	Republican	Garden City
124	Bill Light	Republican	Rolla
125	Carl Holmes	Republican	Liberal

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ Kansas House of Representatives

[edit] External links

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