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Forrest Knox

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Forrest Knox
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Prior offices
Kansas House of Representatives District 13

Kansas State Senate District 14

Education

Bachelor's

Kansas State University, 1978

Graduate

Israel Institute of Technology, 1989

Personal
Religion
Christian
Profession
Farmer/Rancher
Contact

Forrest Knox is a former Republican member of the Kansas State Senate, representing District 14 from 2013 to 2017. He previously served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013.

Knox earned his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology.[1]

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Knox served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Knox served on the following committees:

Kansas committee assignments, 2013
Utilities, Vice chair
Judiciary
Agriculture

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Knox served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Knox served on the following committees:

Campaign themes

Knox's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]

Efficient Government

  • Excerpt: "Supports a statewide lid on property taxes and will not support tax increases."

Pro-Business

  • Excerpt: "Strong advocate for the family farmer and agriculture."

Traditional Values

  • Excerpt: "Fought for a constitutional amendment to preserve traditional marriage."

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

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.

Bruce Givens defeated Mark Pringle in the Kansas State Senate District 14 general election.[2][3]

Kansas State Senate, District 14 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Bruce Givens 72.64% 20,452
     Democratic Mark Pringle 27.36% 7,702
Total Votes 28,154
Source: Kansas Secretary of State


Mark Pringle defeated Carl Shay Jr. in the Kansas State Senate District 14 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Kansas State Senate, District 14 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mark Pringle 54.50% 1,174
     Democratic Carl Shay Jr. 45.50% 980
Total Votes 2,154


Bruce Givens defeated incumbent Forrest Knox in the Kansas State Senate District 14 Republican primary.[4][5]

Kansas State Senate, District 14 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Bruce Givens 52.47% 6,513
     Republican Forrest Knox Incumbent 47.53% 5,900
Total Votes 12,413

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. Forrest Knox was one of 14 Republican incumbents who were defeated in the 2016 primary.

2012

See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2012

Knox ran for State Senate in 2012. Knox defeated John Grange in the August 7 Republican primary and defeated Eden Fuson (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

Kansas State Senate, District 14, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngForrest Knox 72.3% 21,790
     Democratic Eden Fuson 27.7% 8,349
Total Votes 30,139
Kansas State Senate, District 14 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngForrest Knox 58.5% 7,416
John Grange 41.5% 5,254
Total Votes 12,670

2010

See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2010

Knox won re-election to the 13th District Seat in 2010 with no opposition. In the August 3rd primary election, Knox defeated Republican primary opponent Trent Forsyth by a margin of 1,742 to 1,490. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.[8]

2008

On November 4, 2008, Knox was re-elected to the 13th District Seat in the Kansas House of Representatives with no opposition.[9] He raised $15,175 for his campaign.[10]

Kansas House of Representatives, District 13
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.pngForrest Knox (R) 5,925 100%

Endorsements

2016

In 2016, Knox's endorsements included the following:[11]

Campaign finance summary


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Forrest Knox campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2012Kansas State Senate, District 14Won $79,324 N/A**
2010Kansas State House, District 13Won $34,458 N/A**
2008Kansas State House, District 13Won $15,175 N/A**
2006Kansas State House, District 13Won $23,425 N/A**
2004Kansas State House, District 13Won $18,430 N/A**
Grand total$170,812 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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.[12]

2013

Forrest Knox received a score of 70.7% in the 2013 index.[13]

Personal

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Knox and his wife, Renee, have nine children.[1]

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Dwayne Umbarger (R)
Kansas State Senate District 14
2013–2017
Succeeded by
Bruce Givens (R)
Preceded by
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Kansas House of Representatives District 13
2005–2013
Succeeded by
Larry Paul Hibbard (R)


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