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Mel Pinick
Mel Pinick (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Kansas House of Representatives to represent District 121. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Pinick completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mel Pinick was born in Tucson, Arizona. She graduated from Leavenworth High School. She earned an associate degree from Kansas City Kansas Community College in 2007. Her career experience includes working as a business analyst.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 121
Incumbent John Resman defeated Mel Pinick in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 121 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Resman (R) | 55.5 | 6,800 | |
 | Mel Pinick (D)  | 44.5 | 5,454 | |
| Total votes: 12,254 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 121
Mel Pinick advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 121 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mel Pinick | 100.0 | 1,096 |
| Total votes: 1,096 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 121
Incumbent John Resman advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 121 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Resman | 100.0 | 1,720 | |
| Total votes: 1,720 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Pinick in this election.
2022
See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 121
Incumbent John Resman defeated Mel Pinick in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 121 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Resman (R) | 54.6 | 4,972 | |
| Mel Pinick (D) | 45.4 | 4,133 | |
| Total votes: 9,105 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 121
Mel Pinick advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 121 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mel Pinick | 100.0 | 2,732 |
| Total votes: 2,732 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 121
Incumbent John Resman advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 121 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Resman | 100.0 | 3,746 | |
| Total votes: 3,746 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mel Pinick completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pinick's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Our current lawmakers don't understand what life is like for the rest of us, I aim to change that by bringing the voice of working Kansas families to the state house. I believe the job of the legislature is to ensure Kansans are able to fully realize their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
- Relevant experience matters, especially in representative government. Not only will I bring my lived-experience and that of the constituents in the district, I will also be bringing my professional experience to the state house as well. From my first job at Radioshack, to my current role as a business analyst and everything in between (wireless sales, community banking, debt consolidation lending), my entire career has been listening, analyzing a need or problem, and working collaboratively to find and implement a solution. This is how I want to approach creating legislation in Topeka.
- The reason I'm running for this office is because I want to make things better for working families. Lobbying my company for paid maternity leave after experiencing the hardship of taking unpaid time off with both my kids, and seeing them implement a 12 week fully paid parental leave, taught me the power of turning my pain into passion and purpose. I want to use the hard experiences I've been through, and those of my constituents, to make sure others don't have to suffer the way we've had to.
I'm also very passionate on legalizing cannabis, having watched my husband go through 8 rounds of chemo with no access to the most effective relief for the side effects. Our address shouldn't determine the state of the healthcare we receive.
Collaboration- My entire career has been a master class in listening to people to fully understand a need, problem or process and working collaboratively to select a solution or improvement and plan the best possible implementation. This is exactly how I aim to approach work in the State House.
If our system is truly representative of the people of Kansas, we would have a process for ballot initiatives, but also we would not have much use for it. People should be able to trust that their representatives are going to listen to their needs. But when that doesn't happen, having another option would be beneficial for the future of the state.
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2022
Mel Pinick did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 23, 2024
