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Jan Kessinger
Jan Kessinger (Republican Party) was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing District 20. He assumed office on January 9, 2017. He left office on January 11, 2021.
Kessinger (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Kansas House of Representatives to represent District 20. He lost in the Republican primary on August 4, 2020.
Biography
Jan Kessinger was born in Junction City, Kansas and lives in Overland Park, Kansas. He earned an MBA in management and marketing from Rockhurst University in 1988 and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism in 1973. Kessinger's professional experience includes serving as president of Henderson Kessinger Consulting, associate publisher and sales director of Vance Publishing, and as founding publisher of ProNet Online Service. He was elected to the Kansas State House of Representatives in 2016. [1]
Committee assignments
2019-2020
Kessinger was assigned to the following committees:
- Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee
- House Federal and State Affairs Committee
- Transportation and Public Safety Budget Committee
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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| • Appropriations |
| • Commerce, Labor and Economic Development |
| • Transportation and Public Safety Budget |
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
2020
See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 20
Mari-Lynn Poskin defeated Jane Dirks in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 20 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mari-Lynn Poskin (D)  | 51.6 | 8,249 |
| Jane Dirks (R) | 48.4 | 7,752 | ||
| Total votes: 16,001 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 20
Mari-Lynn Poskin advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 20 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mari-Lynn Poskin | 100.0 | 2,973 |
| Total votes: 2,973 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 20
Jane Dirks defeated incumbent Jan Kessinger in the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 20 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jane Dirks | 57.2 | 2,863 | |
 | Jan Kessinger | 42.8 | 2,139 | |
| Total votes: 5,002 | |||
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2018
See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 20
Incumbent Jan Kessinger defeated Becky Barber in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 20 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jan Kessinger (R) | 60.3 | 7,982 |
| Becky Barber (D) | 39.7 | 5,259 | ||
| Total votes: 13,241 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 20
Becky Barber advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 20 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Becky Barber | 100.0 | 2,172 | |
| Total votes: 2,172 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 20
Incumbent Jan Kessinger advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 20 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jan Kessinger | 100.0 | 3,709 |
| Total votes: 3,709 | |||
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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.
Jan Kessinger defeated Christopher McQueeny in the Kansas House of Representatives District 20 general election.[2][3]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 20 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Jan Kessinger |
64.93% | 9,153 | |
| Democratic | Christopher McQueeny | 35.07% | 4,944 | |
| Total Votes | 14,097 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State | ||||
Christopher McQueeny ran unopposed in the Kansas House of Representatives District 20 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 20 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Christopher McQueeny (unopposed) | |
Jan Kessinger defeated incumbent Rob Bruchman in the Kansas House of Representatives District 20 Republican primary.[4][5]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 20 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Jan Kessinger |
54.74% | 2,277 | |
| Republican | Rob Bruchman Incumbent | 45.26% | 1,883 | |
| Total Votes | 4,160 | |||
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. Rob Bruchman was one of 14 Republican incumbents who were defeated in the 2016 primary.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2016
Kessinger's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[6]
Support local public education
- Excerpt: "Jan supports local control and funding for these schools and their programs and believes cuts in education should be off the table."
Balance Kansas tax burden and funding
- Excerpt: "Kansas tax changes in recent years have resulted in a tax revenue shortage that is made up for by the transfer of highway funds and the largest tax increase in Kansas history. Jan calls for a restructuring and balancing of the tax burden for all."
Let local governments run our communities
- Excerpt: "The same legislators who complain about federal intrusion in state matters are doing the same thing to our local governments. Leawood and Overland Park have much to be proud of and it has come from local control. Jan supports letting local governments govern locally."
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, "Jan Kessinger's Biography," accessed November 5, 2019
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Kessinger 4 Kansas, "Jan on the Issues," accessed June 16, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Rob Bruchman (R) |
Kansas House of Representatives District 20 2017–2021 |
Succeeded by Mari-Lynn Poskin (D) |
