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Charles Macheers
Charles Macheers is a former Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing District 39 from 2013 to 2017.
Macheers earned his J.D. from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. His professional experience includes working as a private-practice attorney operating in the areas of estate planning, real estate, and the formation of new small businesses.[1]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Macheers served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Judiciary, Vice Chair |
| • Pensions, Investments and Benefits |
| • Education |
| • Appropriations |
| • State-Tribal Relations |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Macheers served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Pensions and Benefits |
| • Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget |
| • Energy and Environment |
| • Taxation |
Campaign themes
2016
Macheer's website highlighted the following issues:[2]
Education
- Excerpt: "Aside from public safety, I believe the foremost responsibility of the Kansas Legislature is to fund education and ensure that our children receive a quality education."
Limited government
- Excerpt: "I believe the proper role of government is to protect public safety, provide important public services, such as education, in an efficient and cost-effective manner while still meeting the expectations of the public and under the Constitution of the State of Kansas."
Economy and jobs
- Excerpt: "I believe it is an important role of the state government to create sound fiscal and economic policies which create an environment which allows the entrepreneurial spirit to take hold. With low and fair tax rates and light, sensible regulations, small business can flourish and families can keep more of their hard earned income."
Values and liberty
- Excerpt: "While economic and education policies often grab the headlines, we must always strive to create an environment where life is protected, religious liberty is respected, and communities thrive. I am proud of my 100% pro-life voting record and my efforts to uphold the First Amendment rights of Kansans."
Prior years
Macheer's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]
Effective, Efficient Government
- Excerpt: "Charles will work to eliminate inefficient government spending and to improve the effectiveness of state-funded programs. "
Education
- Excerpt: "There is a looming problem facing Kansas schools -- local control is being threatened by increasing federal government intervention and bureaucratic mandates from the federal Department of Education."
Job Creation
- Excerpt: "Charles knows that Kansas needs a competitive tax policy to attract jobs to Kansas and enable our current businesses to expand and add jobs."
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.
Shelee Brim defeated Angeliina Lawson in the Kansas House of Representatives District 39 general election.[3][4]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 39 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Shelee Brim |
64.92% | 7,996 | |
| Democratic | Angeliina Lawson | 35.08% | 4,320 | |
| Total Votes | 12,316 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State | ||||
Angeliina Lawson ran unopposed in the Kansas House of Representatives District 39 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 39 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Angeliina Lawson (unopposed) | |
Shelee Brim defeated incumbent Charles Macheers and Owen Donohoe in the Kansas House of Representatives District 39 Republican primary.[5][6]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 39 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Shelee Brim |
43.16% | 963 | |
| Republican | Charles Macheers Incumbent | 34.29% | 765 | |
| Republican | Owen Donohoe | 22.55% | 503 | |
| Total Votes | 2,231 | |||
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. Charles Macheers 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. Vicki Hiatt was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Charles Macheers was unopposed in the Republican primary. Macheers defeated Hiatt in the general election.[7][8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles Macheers Incumbent |
61.5% | 4,572 | |
| Democratic | Vicki Hiatt | 38.5% | 2,867 | |
| Total Votes | 7,439 | |||
2012
Macheers won election in the 2012 election for Kansas House of Representatives District 39. Macheers defeated Stephanie Meyer in the August 7 Republican primary and defeated Marlys Shulda (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles Macheers |
63.4% | 6,819 | |
| Democratic | Marlys Shulda | 36.6% | 3,930 | |
| Total Votes | 10,749 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Charles Macheers |
62.7% | 1,162 |
| Stephanie Meyer | 37.3% | 691 |
| Total Votes | 1,853 | |
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.[11]
2013
Charles Macheers received a score of 74.0% in the 2013 index.[12]
Personal
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Macheers and his wife, Diane, have one child.[1]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Charles + Macheers + Kansas + House"
See also
- Kansas House of Representatives
- House Committees
- Joint Committees
- Kansas state legislative districts
- Kansas State Legislature
External links
- Rep. Macheers' website
- Profile from Open States
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Charles Macheers on Facebook
- Charles Macheers on Twitter
- Campaign Contributions: 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "macheers," Official Campaign Website
- ↑ Charles Macheers, "Issues," accessed June 16, 2016
- ↑ 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, "Candidates for the 2012 primary (unofficial)," accessed June 26, 2012
- ↑ C-SPAN, "Kansas - Summary Vote Results," accessed August 7, 2012
- ↑ Kansas Policy Institute, "Freedom Index," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Ballotpedia, "2013 Kansas Policy Index," accessed March 10, 2015
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Owen Donohoe (R) |
Kansas House of Representatives District 39 2013–2017 |
Succeeded by Shelee Brim (R) |
