Robert Grant

From Ballotpedia

Robert Grant
Kansas House of Representatives District 2
Incumbent
Assumed office 1991-94, 1997
Current term ends 2011
Political party	Democrat
Profession	Catering
Website	Robert Grant

Robert Grant is a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 2nd district. He served his first term from 7/18/91 to 1994 and has currently served since 1997.

Prior to becoming a representative, Grant served as mayor of Cherokee for 16 years. Long active in the community, he has been involved with the American Legion, West Mineral Eagles and Pittsburg Elks Lodge #412 and currently with Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Cherokee Gun Club.^[1]

Grant has been married to his wife Lynn for 39 years. They have a daughter and two grandchildren.

Issue positions

Grant has refused to take Project Vote Smart's 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]

Committee membership

• Financial Institutions Committee, House of Representatives (Ranking Member)
• Commerce and Labor Committee, House of Representatives
• Federal and State Affairs Committee, House of Representatives
• Insurance Committee, House of Representatives
• Special Claims Against the State Joint Committee, State Legislature
• State Building Construction Joint Committee, State Legislature

Sponsored legislation

Grant does not have any major sponsored legislation.

Co-sponsored:

• HB2163 - Administrative Procedure Act, Aliens, Attorney General, Contractors, Contracts, Employer And Employees^[3]

Major donors

The top 5 donors to Grant's 2008 campaign came mostly from professional associations:^[4]

• 1. Midwest Minerals $1,000
• 2. Kansas National Education Assoc $1,000
• 3. Kansans for Lifesaving Cures $1,000
• 4. Kansas Optometric Assoc $800
• 5. Kansas Bankers Assoc $800

Contact information

Capitol Office Room: DSOB Phone: 785-296-7650 Email: bob.grant@house.ks.gov

External links

• Kansas Legislature - Robert Grant
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Kansas Votes profile
• State Surge - Legislative and voting track record
• Campaign contributions: 2000,2002, 2004, 2006, 2008

References

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) Terrie Huntington (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) Tom Sawyer (D) Phil Hermanson (R) Dale Swenson (D) Geraldine Flaharty (D) Aaron Jack (R) Mario Goico (R) Joe Seiwert (R) Janice Pauls (D) Delia Garcia (D) Michael O'Neal (R) Jason Watkins (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 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 |
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 |