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Larry Powell
Larry Powell is a former Republican member of the Kansas State Senate, representing District 39 from 2013 to 2017. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013.
Campaign themes
2016
Powell's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
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Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Powell served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Natural Resources, Chair |
| • Agriculture |
| • Ways and Means |
| • Assessment and Taxation |
| • State Building Construction |
| • Utilities |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Powell served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Natural Resources, Chair |
| • Ways and Means |
| • Agriculture |
| • Assessment and Taxation |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Powell served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chair |
| • Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget |
| • Taxation |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Powell served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Taxation |
| • Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget, Vice chair |
| • Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chair |
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
- 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.
John Doll defeated A. Zacheriah Worf in the Kansas State Senate District 39 general election.[3][4]
| Kansas State Senate, District 39 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  John Doll |
79.02% | 12,884 | |
| Democratic | A. Zacheriah Worf | 20.98% | 3,421 | |
| Total Votes | 16,305 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State | ||||
A. Zacheriah Worf ran unopposed in the Kansas State Senate District 39 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| Kansas State Senate, District 39 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | A. Zacheriah Worf (unopposed) | |
John Doll defeated incumbent Larry Powell in the Kansas State Senate District 39 Republican primary.[5][6]
| Kansas State Senate, District 39 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | John Doll |
52.35% | 4,664 | |
| Republican | Larry Powell Incumbent | 47.65% | 4,246 | |
| Total Votes | 8,910 | |||
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. Larry Powell was one of 14 Republican incumbents who were defeated in the 2016 primary.
2012
- See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2012
Powell won election in the 2012 election for Kansas State Senate District 39. Powell defeated Stephen R. Morris in the August 7 Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Larry Powell |
51.9% | 5,106 |
| Stephen R. Morris Incumbent | 48.1% | 4,737 |
| Total Votes | 9,843 | |
2010
Powell won re-election to the 117th District Seat in 2010 with no opposition. He was also unopposed in the GOP primary.[9]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Powell was re-elected to the 117th District Seat in the Kansas House of Representatives with no opposition.[10] He raised $15,056 for his campaign.[11]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 117 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Larry Powell (R)
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5,147 | 100% | ||
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.[12]
2013
Larry Powell received a score of 66.4% in the 2013 index.[13]
Endorsements
Presidential preference
2012
Larry Powell endorsed Newt Gingrich in the 2012 presidential election.[14]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term Larry + Powell + Kansas + Legislature
See also
- Kansas State Senate
- Senate Committees
- Joint Committees
- Kansas state legislative districts
- Kansas State Legislature
External links
- Official campaign website
- Sen. Powell's website
- Profile from Open States
- Project Vote Smart profile
- Kansas Votes profile
- State Surge - Legislative and voting track record
- Campaign contributions: 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000
Footnotes
- ↑ Larry Powell, "Conservative Leader," accessed June 16, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 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, "2012 Primary Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed March 29, 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 Secretary of State, "2008 General Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Kansas 2008 - General Election Results," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Policy Institute, "Freedom Index," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Ballotpedia, "2013 Kansas Policy Index," accessed March 10, 2015
- ↑ Newt Gingrich 2012, "Newt Gingrich Announces Support of Conservative Kansas State Legislators," February 15, 2012 (Archived)
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Stephen Morris (R) |
Kansas State Senate District 39 2013–2017 |
Succeeded by John Doll (R) |
| Preceded by - |
Kansas House of Representatives District 117 2001–2013 |
Succeeded by John L. Ewy (R) |
