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Lori Graham
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Lori Graham was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 27 of the Kansas State Senate.
Campaign themes
2016
Graham's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
Education freedom
- Excerpt: "Kansas needs to focus on quality of education for our students. Lori supports empowering parents with Education Savings Accounts."
Tax reform
- Excerpt: "Kansas needs to be competitive with other states with its tax policy. Lori has innovative ideas which will reduce the tax impact on every Kansan while bringing in more money to fund the essential functions of the State."
Term limits
- Excerpt: "Serving the people of Kansas should never be a vocation. With term limits, elected officials will be less likely to make decisions based on partisan politics and more on what is best for Kansans."
Healthcare
- Excerpt: "Lori believes we need to reduce the roadblocks that prevent more companies from competing in Kansas. Lori advocates increasing the availability of healthcare in rural communities with more innovative telemedicine options. Most importantly, the solution to esclating [sic] costs and the Medicaid crisis is to reform the system using the Direct Care model which empowers the patient to be in charge of his own care and encourages more doctors to provide care to those in the system."
Pro-life
- Excerpt: "Life is our greatest gift and begins at conception. We need to protect the most innocent among us by providing options for expectant mothers."
Budget solutions
- Excerpt: "Lori believes in setting the state budget using real numbers based on the previous year's income instead of estimating future income. Lori promotes effeciencies by finding programs that would be more effective through privatization."
Immigration
- Excerpt: "Illegal entry into the United States is breaking the law and the bank. The drain on jobs and the economy is squelching opportunity for all Kansans. It is time that Kansas leads the effort for State-issued work visas instead of relying on the Federal government's broken system."
Second Amendment
- Excerpt: "Owning guns is a liberty protection embodied in our Constitution. It is our guard against government overstepping its boundaries."
Seniors
- Excerpt: "Our senior citizens have issues that are unique, from health care to limited incomes to being targets of fraud. Lori believes we need to protect the aging populations from being forgotten or abused."
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. Incumbent Leslie Donovan (R) did not seek re-election.
Gene Suellentrop defeated Tony Hunter in the Kansas State Senate District 27 general election.[2][3]
| Kansas State Senate, District 27 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Gene Suellentrop |
66.50% | 22,252 | |
| Democratic | Tony Hunter | 33.50% | 11,209 | |
| Total Votes | 33,461 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State | ||||
Tony Hunter ran unopposed in the Kansas State Senate District 27 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Kansas State Senate, District 27 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Tony Hunter (unopposed) | |
Gene Suellentrop defeated Lori Graham in the Kansas State Senate District 27 Republican primary.[4][5]
| Kansas State Senate, District 27 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Gene Suellentrop |
50.61% | 4,085 | |
| Republican | Lori Graham | 49.39% | 3,987 | |
| Total Votes | 8,072 | |||
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See also
- Kansas State Senate
- Kansas State Senate District 27
- Kansas State Senate elections, 2016
- Kansas State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Lori Graham, "Issues," accessed June 15, 2016
- ↑ 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
Current members of the Kansas State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Ty Masterson
Majority Leader:Chase Blasi
Minority Leader:Dinah Sykes
Senators
District 1
Craig Bowser (R)
District 2
Marci Francisco (D)
District 3
Rick Kloos (R)
District 4
David Haley (D)
District 5
Jeff Klemp (R)
District 6
Pat Pettey (D)
District 7
Ethan Corson (D)
District 8
Cindy Holscher (D)
District 9
Beverly Gossage (R)
District 10
Mike Thompson (R)
District 11
Kellie Warren (R)
District 12
Caryn Tyson (R)
District 13
District 14
Michael Fagg (R)
District 15
Virgil Peck (R)
District 16
Ty Masterson (R)
District 17
Mike Argabright (R)
District 18
Kenny Titus (R)
District 19
Patrick Schmidt (D)
District 20
Brenda Dietrich (R)
District 21
Dinah Sykes (D)
District 22
Brad Starnes (R)
District 23
Adam Thomas (R)
District 24
Scott Hill (R)
District 25
Mary Ware (D)
District 26
Chase Blasi (R)
District 27
Joe Claeys (R)
District 28
Mike Petersen (R)
District 29
District 30
Renee Erickson (R)
District 31
Stephen Owens (R)
District 32
Larry Alley (R)
District 33
Tory Blew (R)
District 34
Michael Murphy (R)
District 35
TJ Rose (R)
District 36
Elaine Bowers (R)
District 37
Douglas Shane (R)
District 38
Ronald Ryckman (R)
District 39
Bill Clifford (R)
District 40
Rick Billinger (R)
Republican Party (31)
Democratic Party (9)
