Brett Hildabrand
Brett Hildabrand is a former Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing District 17 from 2013 to 2017. He represented District 23 from 2011 to 2012.[1]
Biography
Brett earned his bachelor's degree from Kansas State University.[2]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Hildabrand served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Elections |
| • Information Technology |
| • Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| • Federal and State Affairs |
Note: Hildabrand was added to the Health and Human Services committee in November 2015 after Barbara Bollier, Don Hill and vice chair Susan Concannon were removed following their support of Medicaid expansion.[3]
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Hildabrand served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Transportation and Public Safety Budget, Vice chair |
| • Federal and State Affairs |
| • Corrections and Juvenile Justice |
2011-2012
Hildabrand served on the following committees in the 2011-2012 legislative session:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| • Local Government |
| • Transportation |
| • Vision 2020 |
Campaign themes
2016
Hildabrand's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[4]
Personal liberties and freedoms
- Excerpt: "Our personal liberties and freedoms are not granted to us by the government. We are born with them. It is the government's responsibility to recognize and protect those rights."
Job growth & small business
- Excerpt: "In order to create new job growth in Kansas, it is imperative that the legislature foster an economic environment favorable to small business owners. Legislators must ease the tax burden on small businesses and allow the owners to determine how to run their own business."
Gun ownership
- Excerpt: "The second amendment to the Constitution protects our right to own and bear arms. In many ways, it is one of the most important rights specified in the Constitution."
Abortion
- Excerpt: "The government has a moral obligation to protect life at all stages of development; from conception to natural death."
Budget
- Excerpt: "Basic but foundational issues such as which services the state should perform, how much we should spend on those services, and how they are best delivered for maximum impact are fundamental to fiscal reform. The handling of those issues are not only key to responsible government, but also clearly indicate the concern we have, or lack thereof, for future generations of Kansans."
Education
- Excerpt: "The tax dollars you thought were going to education are largely going to administrators, not to classroom teachers."
Energy
- Excerpt: "I believe in a sensible energy policy."
Electronic property
In November 2013, Hildabrand announced his plan to introduce a bill in the 2014 legislative session entitled the "Fourth Amendment Preservation and Protection Act."[5] The bill would prohibit all local and state governments from possessing or trying to possess information about individuals or groups held by a third-party in a system of records. This information would not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for its release in any administrative or judicial proceeding. Hildabrand said the legislation seeks to expand protection from searches and seizures to include "electronic property." Hildabrand said, "There’s good court cases involving physical mail, physical property, but as electronic data and technology advances there might not be a lot of good case law on that, so that was part of my intention with this is to shore up protections for electronic media."[5] Hildabrand's proposal received bipartisan backing from State Sen. David Haley (D-Kansas City) and State Rep. Gail Finney (D-Wichita).
Federal government shutdown
As federal legislators failed to reach an agreement and allowed funding for the government to lapse in October 2013, several Republican state legislators spoke out against Republican members of the United States Congress, noting the shutdown hurt state and local governments and would likely lead to the public blaming Republicans for the gridlock. Hildabrand, in an interview with The Huffington Post, expressed disappointment in the shutdown. He said that, while President Barack Obama (D) and Congressional Democrats were "throwing up roadblocks," the Republicans in the U.S. House "have not been cooperative." He also noted that, while understanding the opposition to Obama, he wanted the federal government to remain operational.[6]
Sponsored legislation
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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.
Tom Cox defeated Helen Stoll in the Kansas House of Representatives District 17 general election.[7][8]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 17 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Tom Cox |
56.66% | 6,972 | |
| Democratic | Helen Stoll | 43.34% | 5,333 | |
| Total Votes | 12,305 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State | ||||
Helen Stoll ran unopposed in the Kansas House of Representatives District 17 Democratic primary.[9][10]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 17 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Helen Stoll (unopposed) | |
Tom Cox defeated incumbent Brett Hildabrand in the Kansas House of Representatives District 17 Republican primary.[9][10]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 17 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Tom Cox |
61.59% | 1,927 | |
| Republican | Brett Hildabrand Incumbent | 38.41% | 1,202 | |
| Total Votes | 3,129 | |||
Primary election
In the primary elections held on August 2, 2016, six incumbents were defeated in the state Senate, while nine incumbents were defeated in the state House. Outside of the one incumbent Democrat who was defeated in the House, moderates defeated 14 conservative Republican incumbents in the primary. Before the 2016 primary, moderate Republicans had been losing ground in the state legislature since the 2010 election of Gov. Sam Brownback (R), shifting from a more moderate Republican-controlled state legislature to a more conservative one after the 2012 elections. Eighteen Republican incumbents were defeated in the conservative wave in 2012. Brett Hildabrand was one of 14 Republican incumbents who were defeated in the 2016 primary.
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. Larry Meeker was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Brett Hildabrand was unopposed in the Republican primary. Hildabrand defeated Meeker and Michael Kerner (L) in the general election.[11][12]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brett Hildabrand Incumbent |
49.7% | 4,466 | |
| Democratic | Larry Meeker | 44% | 3,952 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Kerner | 6.3% | 566 | |
| Total Votes | 8,984 | |||
2012
Hildabrand won election in the 2012 election for Kansas House of Representatives District 17. Hildabrand defeated Jason Leib in the August 7 Republican primary and defeated Michael Kerner (L) and Larry Meeker (D/I) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[13][14]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brett Hildabrand |
49.3% | 5,837 | |
| Independent | Larry Meeker | 39.6% | 4,694 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Kerner | 11.1% | 1,311 | |
| Total Votes | 11,842 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Brett Hildabrand |
57.8% | 1,685 |
| Jason Leib | 42.2% | 1,232 |
| Total Votes | 2,917 | |
2010
Hildabrand defeated incumbent Milack Talia (D) in the November 2 general election.[15]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 23 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Brett Hildabrand (R)
|
2,982 | |||
| Milack Talia (D) | 2,550 | |||
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.[16]
2013
Brett Hildabrand received a score of 86.0% in the 2013 index.[17]
Recent news
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See also
- Kansas House of Representatives
- House Committees
- Joint Committees
- Kansas state legislative districts
- Kansas State Legislature
External links
- Kansas Legislature - Representative Brett Hildabrand
- Profile from Open States
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign contributions: 2012, 2010
Footnotes
- ↑ cjonline.com, "Democrats: Kobach's office lost candidate filing," June 14, 2012
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Brett Hildabrand's Biography," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Lawrence Journal-World, "Lawmakers in favor of Medicaid removed from Kansas House health committee," November 12, 2015
- ↑ Brett Hildabrand, "Issues," accessed June 16, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Watchdog.org, "Kansas lawmaker pens pre-emptive strike against Big Brother," December 23, 2013
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Republican State Legislators Call For End To Shutdown," October 3, 2013
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election official results," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 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 Policy Institute, "Freedom Index," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Ballotpedia, "2013 Kansas Policy Index," accessed March 10, 2015
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Kelly Meigs (R) |
Kansas House of Representatives District 17 2013–2017 |
Succeeded by Tom Cox (R) |
| Preceded by Milack Talia (D) |
Kansas House of Representatives District 23 2011–2012 |
Succeeded by Judy Morrison (R) |
