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Peggy Mast
Peggy Mast is a former Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing District 76 from 1997 to 2017. She served as Assistant Majority Leader. Mast did not seek re-election to the Kansas House of Representatives in 2016.
Mast's professional experience includes working for Design Rite Contracting, as a secretary for the Emporia Zoo, a branch manager of Arnold Staffing Services, and a school bus driver.
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Mast served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Interstate Cooperation, Vice Chair |
| • Social Services Budget, Vice Chair |
| • Kansas Security |
| • Legislative Post Audit |
| • Legislative Coordinating Council |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Mast served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Interstate Cooperation, Vice chair |
| • Legislative Budget |
| • Calendar and Printing |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Mast served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Appropriations |
| • Calendar and Printing |
| • Health Policy Oversight |
| • Health and Human Services |
| • Interstate Cooperation |
| • Kansas Security |
| • Legislative Budget |
| • Legislative Post Audit |
| • Social Services Budget |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Mast served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2009 |
|---|
| • Appropriations |
| • Health and Human Services |
| • Social Services Budget, Chair |
| • Calendar and Printing |
| • Interstate Cooperation |
| • Legislative Budget |
| • Health Policy Oversight Joint |
| • Legislative Post Audit Joint |
| • Home and Community Based Services Oversight Joint |
Issues
Policy positions
Mast's website lists her legislative priorities as education, family values, taxes, health care, businesses and jobs, and gun control.[1]
Mast 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?"[2]
Her answers to the Kansas State Legislative Election 2004 National Political Awareness Test are available.
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.
Elections
2016
Elections for the Kansas House of Representatives were held 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 Peggy Mast (R) did not seek re-election.
Eric Smith defeated Teresa Briggs in the Kansas House of Representatives District 76 general election.[3][4]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 76 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Eric Smith |
63.69% | 5,955 | |
| Democratic | Teresa Briggs | 36.31% | 3,395 | |
| Total Votes | 9,350 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State | ||||
Kelly Atherton defeated Teresa Briggs in the Kansas House of Representatives District 76 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 76 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Teresa Briggs | 50.06% | 398 | |
| Democratic | Kelly Atherton |
49.94% | 397 | |
| Total Votes | 795 | |||
Eric Smith ran unopposed in the Kansas House of Representatives District 76 Republican primary.[5][6]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 76 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Eric Smith (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the Kansas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Teresa Briggs was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Peggy Mast defeated Jeffrey Freeman in the Republican primary. Bill Otto ran as an independent candidate. Mast defeated Briggs and Otto in the general election.[7][8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Peggy Mast Incumbent |
47.9% | 3,516 | |
| Democratic | Teresa Briggs | 31% | 2,279 | |
| Independent | Bill Otto | 21.1% | 1,548 | |
| Total Votes | 7,343 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Peggy Mast Incumbent |
68.9% | 1,663 |
| Jeffrey Freeman | 31.1% | 751 |
| Total Votes | 2,414 | |
2012
Mast won re-election in the 2012 election for Kansas House of Representatives District 76. She defeated District 9 incumbent Bill Otto and District 59 incumbent William Prescott in the August 7 Republican primary and defeated Janet L. Lewis (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Peggy Mast Incumbent |
63.8% | 5,747 | |
| Democratic | Janet Lewis | 36.2% | 3,258 | |
| Total Votes | 9,005 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Peggy Mast Incumbent |
46.9% | 1,735 |
| Bill Otto Incumbent | 33.2% | 1,226 |
| William Prescott Incumbent | 19.9% | 735 |
| Total Votes | 3,696 | |
2010
Mast won re-election to the 76th District seat against Alan Rees (D). Mast had no opposition in the GOP primary. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.[11]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 76 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Peggy Mast (R)
|
4,744 | |||
| Susan Fowler (D) | 2,170 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Mast was re-elected to the 76th District Seat in the Kansas House of Representatives, defeating Carol Strickland (D).[12] Mast raised $41,795 for her campaign, while Strickland raised $10,657.[13]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 76 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Peggy Mast (R)
|
6,364 | 68.9% | ||
| Carol Strickland (D) | 2,860 | 31.0% | ||
Campaign themes
2014
Mast's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[14]
| “ | As your State Representative I’ve committed myself to the values that have made our country great, the values that it was founded on. Now, more than ever, our extraordinary heritage is under attack. We need strong leaders committed to fighting for our freedoms and values. I will continue being a strong voice to protect this generation and the generations to come.”[15] | ” |
- Lowering taxes for everyone
- Preserving our shared values
- Ending the waste in government
- American law for American courts
- Protecting our schools
- Stopping Obamacare
2012
Mast's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[16]
Education
- Excerpt: "Peggy has consistently fought for adequate funding of Kansas schools and strong local control."
Family Values
- Excerpt: "Peggy understands that the government that governs the least, governs the best."
Taxes
- Excerpt: "Peggy has been a strong advocate of limiting government spending and making it more efficient and accountable to the taxpayers."
Healthcare
- Excerpt: "Peggy has been an advocate of allowing communities to also band together to buy cheaper prescription drugs, just like large corporations."
Businesses and Jobs
- Excerpt: "The way to business growth and therefore job growth, is to reduce Kansas taxes."
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.[17]
2013
Peggy Mast received a score of 66.0% in the 2013 index.[18]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Mast was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Kansas. Mast was one of 24 delegates from Kansas bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention. Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Delegate rules
Kansas district-level delegates were elected at district conventions, while the Kansas Republican State Committee elected at-large delegates at a state convention. All delegates from Kansas to the 2016 Republican National Convention were bound to vote at the convention for the candidate to whom they were allocated and bound unless released by their candidate.
Kansas caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Kansas, 2016
| Kansas Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Ted Cruz |
48.2% | 35,207 | 24 | |
| Donald Trump | 23.3% | 17,062 | 9 | |
| Marco Rubio | 16.7% | 12,189 | 6 | |
| John Kasich | 10.7% | 7,795 | 1 | |
| Other | 1.2% | 863 | 0 | |
| Totals | 73,116 | 40 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Kansas had 40 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 10 percent of the district caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the district's delegates.[19][20]
Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 10 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[19][20]
Personal
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Mast and her husband, John, have four children.[21] She has been a member of a number of organizations, including American Business Women's Association, Prairie Hens Unit, Kansas Cattlewoman's Association, Republican Womens Organization, and Alliance to Recognize and End Abuse.[16]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Peggy + Mast + Kansas + House"
See also
- Kansas House of Representatives
- House Committees
- Joint Committees
- Kansas state legislative districts
- Kansas State Legislature
External links
- Official campaign website
- Rep. Mast's website
- Profile from Open States
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Kansas Votes profile
- State Surge - Legislative and voting track record
- Campaign contributions: 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996
Footnotes
- ↑ Rep. Peggy Mast - Issues
- ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Mast Issue Positions
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election official results," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 Official Kansas Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed September 15, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 General Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed April 17, 2015
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2010 General Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2008 General Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Kansas 2008 - General Election Results," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Peggy Mast, "Issues," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "peggymast," Official Campaign Website
- ↑ Kansas Policy Institute, "Freedom Index," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Ballotpedia, "2013 Kansas Policy Index," accessed March 10, 2015
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed June 2, 2014
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
Kansas House of Representatives District 76 1997–2017 |
Succeeded by Eric Smith (R) |
