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Edward Berger
Edward Berger (Republican Party) was a member of the Kansas State Senate, representing District 34. He assumed office on January 9, 2017. He left office on January 11, 2021.
Berger (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Kansas State Senate to represent District 34. He lost in the Republican primary on August 4, 2020.
Biography
Edward Berger, as of February 2020, lived in Harvey County, Kansas. He earned a bachelor's and a master's degree in history from Wichita State University and a doctor of education from Kansas State University in 1990. Berger’s career experience includes working as an administrator with Seward County Community College, as the Dean of Continuing Education and the president of Hutchinson Community College, and as the president of Berger Training and Consulting.[1]
Committee assignments
2019-2020
Berger was assigned to the following committees:
- Home and Community Based Services Oversight Committee (decommissioned)
- Ways and Means Committee
- Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
- Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee (decommissioned)
- Public Health and Welfare Committee, Vice Chair
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| • Public Health and Welfare |
| • Ways and Means |
| • Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2020
See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Kansas State Senate District 34
Mark Steffen defeated Shanna Henry in the general election for Kansas State Senate District 34 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark Steffen (R)  | 69.8 | 21,240 |
| Shanna Henry (D) | 30.2 | 9,192 | ||
| Total votes: 30,432 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 34
Shanna Henry advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 34 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Shanna Henry | 100.0 | 2,952 | |
| Total votes: 2,952 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 34
Mark Steffen defeated incumbent Edward Berger in the Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 34 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Steffen | 57.5 | 7,177 |
 | Edward Berger | 42.5 | 5,302 | |
| Total votes: 12,479 | |||
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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.
Edward Berger defeated Homer Gilson in the Kansas State Senate District 34 general election.[2][3]
| Kansas State Senate, District 34 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Edward Berger |
82.21% | 21,559 | |
| Democratic | Homer Gilson | 17.79% | 4,664 | |
| Total Votes | 26,223 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State | ||||
Homer Gilson ran unopposed in the Kansas State Senate District 34 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Kansas State Senate, District 34 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Homer Gilson (unopposed) | |
Edward Berger defeated incumbent Terry Bruce in the Kansas State Senate District 34 Republican primary.[4][5]
| Kansas State Senate, District 34 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Edward Berger |
57.19% | 6,279 | |
| Republican | Terry Bruce Incumbent | 42.81% | 4,701 | |
| Total Votes | 10,980 | |||
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. Terry Bruce was one of 14 Republican incumbents who were defeated in the 2016 primary.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Edward Berger did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Berger's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[6]
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2020
In 2020, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 13 to May 21. A special session convened from June 3 to June 4.
- Kansas AFL-CIO: House
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
- Legislators are scored on their support for bills that the organization lists as promoting "individual liberty, limited government, free markets and student-focused education."
- Legislators are scored by the MainStream Coalition on whether they voted with the moderate position on selected bills.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
2019
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In 2019, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 14 through May 29.
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2018
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In 2018, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 8 through April 7.
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2017
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In 2017, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 9 through June 26.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Vote Smart, "Edward Berger's Biography," accessed February 27, 2020
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election official results," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 Official Kansas Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ Berger for Kansas, "On the Issues," accessed June 15, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Terry Bruce (R) |
Kansas State Senate District 34 2017–2021 |
Succeeded by Mark Steffen (R) |
