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Garrett Love
Garrett Love is a former Republican member of the Kansas State Senate representing District 38 from 2011 to 2017.[1] He was the youngest state senator in Kansas history at the time of his election, becoming senator upon graduation from college at age 22.
Love did not seek re-election to the Kansas State Senate in 2016.
Love serves as Majority Whip.
Biography
Love earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Washburn University.[2]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Love served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Agriculture, Chair |
| • Ethics and Elections |
| • Interstate Cooperation |
| • Local Government |
| • Judiciary |
| • Public Health and Welfare |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Love served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Agriculture, Chair |
| • Judiciary |
| • Ethics, Elections and Local Government |
| • Public Health and Welfare |
| • Interstate Cooperation |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Love served on these committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Agriculture |
| • Assessment and Taxation |
| • Information Technology |
| • Local Government |
| • Natural Resources |
| • Utilities |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Issues
Presidential endorsements
2016 presidential endorsement
✓ Love endorsed Marco Rubio for the Republican primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[3]
- See also: Endorsements for Marco Rubio
Elections
2016
- See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Kansas State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016. Incumbent Garrett Love (R) did not seek re-election.
Bud Estes defeated Miguel Angel Rodriguez in the Kansas State Senate District 38 general election.[4][5]
| Kansas State Senate, District 38 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Bud Estes |
75.73% | 12,884 | |
| Democratic | Miguel Angel Rodriguez | 24.27% | 4,130 | |
| Total Votes | 17,014 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State | ||||
Miguel Angel Rodriguez ran unopposed in the Kansas State Senate District 38 Democratic primary.[6][7]
| Kansas State Senate, District 38 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Miguel Angel Rodriguez (unopposed) | |
Bud Estes defeated Joyce Warshaw in the Kansas State Senate District 38 Republican primary.[6][7]
| Kansas State Senate, District 38 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Bud Estes |
64.80% | 4,488 | |
| Republican | Joyce Warshaw | 35.20% | 2,438 | |
| Total Votes | 6,926 | |||
2012
- See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2012
Love won election in the 2012 election for Kansas State Senate District 38. Love ran unopposed in the August 7 Republican primary and defeated Johnny Dunlap II (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Garrett Love Incumbent |
77% | 13,539 | |
| Democratic | Johnny Dunlap II | 23% | 4,033 | |
| Total Votes | 17,572 | |||
2010
Love defeated incumbent Melvin Neufeld in the Republican primary on August 3, 2010 by a margin of 2,079-1,042.[10] Love won unopposed in the general election.[11]
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
Kansas Freedom Index
The Kansas Policy Institute, Kansas’s "first free market think tank," releases its legislator scorecard as a part of its Kansas Freedom Index for Kansas state representatives and senators once a year. The Score Card gives each legislator a score from 1%-100% based on how they voted in the prior legislative term on specific issues which the Kansas Policy Institute thought were pro-limited government policies.[12]
2013
Garrett Love received a score of 66.4% in the 2013 index.[13]
Personal
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Love has a wife, Caley.[2]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term Garrett + Love + Kansas + Senate
See also
- Kansas State Senate
- Senate Committees
- Joint Committees
- Kansas state legislative districts
- Kansas State Legislature
External links
- Kansas Legislature - Senator Garrett Love
- Profile from Open States
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2012, 2010
Footnotes
- ↑ Lawrence Journal-World & News, "Garrett Love, elected to Kansas House, to replace Tim Huelskamp in Kansas Senate instead," December 29, 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Project Vote Smart, "Garrett Love's Biography," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Topeka Capital-Journal, "Kansas Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan, 18 state legislators endorse Marco Rubio," March 2, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election official results," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 Official Kansas Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Garden City Telegram, "Love upsets Neufeld," August 4, 2010
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2010 General Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Policy Institute, "Freedom Index," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Ballotpedia, "2013 Kansas Policy Index," accessed March 10, 2015
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Tim Huelskamp (R) |
Kansas State Senate 38 2011-2017 |
Succeeded by Bud Estes (R) |
| Preceded by Melvin Neufeld (R) |
Kansas House of Representatives District 115 2011 |
Succeeded by Ronald Ryckman (R) |
