Dale Swenson

From Ballotpedia

Dale Swenson
Kansas House of Representatives District 97
Incumbent
Assumed office 1995
Current term ends 2011
Political party	Democrat
Profession	Legislator
Website	Dale Swenson

Dale Swenson is a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 97th district. He first served as a Republican from 1995-2008, and has served since 2009 as a Democrat.

Issue positions

Swenson has refused to take Project Vote Smart's 2008 Political Courage Test. The test, which is administered to all candidates for presidential, congressional, gubernatorial, and state legislative offices, asks one central question - "Are you willing to tell citizens your positions on the issues you will most likely face on their behalf?"^[1]

His answers to the Kansas State Legislative Election 1998 National Political Awareness Test are available.

When running for the Kansas House in 1994, Swenson, according to a profile in the Wichita Eagle, was in favor of 12-year term limits for Legislature and Congress.

Committee assignments

• Federal and State Affairs Committee, House of Representatives
• Financial Institutions Committee, House of Representatives
• Arts and Cultural Resources Joint Committee, State Legislature
• Pensions, Investments and Benefits Joint Committee, State Legislature
• Insurance Committee, House of Representatives

Sponsored legislation

• H 2217 Telephone solicitations; political calls; no-call list. 02/04/2009
• H 2218 Healthy workplace act; abusive workplace environments. 02/04/2009
• H 5003 Kansas constitutional amendment; equal rights; no discrimination based on sex. 01/23/2009^[2]

Major donors

The top 5 donors to Swenson's 2008 campaign:^[3]

• 1. Kansas National Education Assoc $1,000
• 2. Kansas Contractors Assoc $1,000
• 3. Service Employees International Union Missouri Council $1,000
• 4. Kansas Trial Lawyers Assoc $1,000
• 5. Kansans for Lifesaving Cures $750

Contact information

Capitol Office Room: DSOB Phone: 785-296-7677 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              785-296-7677      end_of_the_skype_highlighting Email: dale.swenson@house.ks.gov

External links

• Kansas Legislature - Dale Swenson
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Kansas Votes profile
• Campaign contributions: 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008

References

Political offices
Preceded by -	Kansas House of Representatives District 97 1995–present	Succeeded by NA

v • d • e Current members of the Kansas House of Representatives House Majority Leader: Raymond Merrick (R) • House Minority Leader: Paul Davis (D)     Doug Gatewood (D) Robert Grant (D) Julie Menghini (D) Shirley Palmer (D) Bill Feuerborn (D) Jene Vickrey (R) Richard Proehl (R) Jerry Williams (D) Bill Otto (R) Tony Brown (D) Virgil Peck, Jr. (R) Jeff King (R) Forrest Knox (R) Lance Kinzer (R) Arlen Siegfreid (R) Gene Rardin (D) Jill Quigley (R) Cindy Neighbor (D) Dolores Furtado (D) Kevin Yoder (R) Kay Wolf (R) Lisa Benlon (D) Milack Talia (D) Mike Slattery (D) Barbara Bollier (R) Robert Olson (R) Raymond Merrick (R) Pat Colloton (R) Sheryl Spalding (R) Ron Worley (R) Stan Frownfelter (D) Louis Ruiz (D) Tom Burroughs (D) Valdenia Winn (D) Broderick Henderson (D) Margaret Long (D) Michael Peterson (D) Anthony Brown (R) Owen Donohoe (R) Don Navinsky (D) Marti Crow (D) Connie O'Brien (R) Mike Kiegerl (R) Barbara Ballard (D) Thomas Sloan (R) Paul Davis (D) Lee Tafanelli (R) Marvin Kleeb (R) Scott Schwab (R) Rocky Fund (R) Mike Burgess (R) Lana Gordon (R) Ann Mah (D) Joe Patton (R) Annie Kuether (D) Annie Tietze (D) Sean Gatewood (D) Harold Lane (D) William Prescott (R) Don Hill (R) Richard Carlson (R) Steve Lukert (D) Jerry Henry (D) Vern Swanson (R) Barbara Craft (R) Sydney Carlin (D) Tom Hawk (D) Tom Moxley (R) Deena Horst (R) J. Robert Brookens (R) Charles Roth (R) Marc Rhoades (R) Clark Shultz (R) Don Schroeder (R) John Grange (R) Peggy Mast (R) J. David Crum (R) Ed Trimmer (D) Kasha Kelley (R) Vincent Wetta (D) Peter DeGraaf (R) Don Myers (R) Jo Ann Pottorff (R) Gail Finney (D) Steven Brunk (R) Judith Loganbill (D) Raj Goyle (D) Jim Ward (D) Melody McCray-Miller (D) Steve Huebert (R) Brenda Landwehr (R) Nile Dillmore (D) Dan Kerschen (R) Joe McLeland (R) Melany Barnes (D) Phil Hermanson (R) Dale Swenson (R) Geraldine Flaharty (D) Aaron Jack (R) Mario Goico (R) Joe Seiwert (R) Janice Pauls (D) Delia Garcia (D) Michael O'Neal (R) Gene Suellentrop (R) Sharon Schwartz (R) Elaine Bowers (R) Joshua Svaty (D) Clay Aurand (R) Dan Johnson (R) Eber Phelps (D) William Wolf (R) Bob Bethell (R) Mitch Holmes (R) Melvin Neufeld (R) Patrick Maloney (D) Larry Powell (R) Don Hineman (R) Pat George (R) John Faber (R) James Morrison (R) Gary Hayzlett (R) Jeff Whitham (R) William Light (R) Carl Holmes (R) Republican (77) • Democratic (48) • Kansas House of Representatives • Kansas State Senate

	v • d • e State of Kansas Topeka (capital)
Ballot Measures	Ballot measures | Local ballot measures | Recall campaigns | School bond elections | Initiative & referendum law | History of direct democracy in Kansas |
Government	Kansas State Constitution | Governor | Attorney General | Secretary of State | House of Representatives | Senate | Governmental Ethics Commission |
Judiciary	Kansas Supreme Court | Court of Appeals | District Courts | Judicial Activists | Judicial selection | Judicial News |
Transparency Topics	Open Records Act | Transparency Checklist | Government corruption reports | Transparency Legislation | Open Records procedures | Transparency Advocates | State budget | Taxpayer-funded lobbying associations |
Divisions	List of Counties | List of Cities | List of School Districts | Evaluation of county websites | Evaluation of city websites | Evaluation of township websites | Evaluation of school district websites |