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Randall Hardy
Randall Hardy (Republican Party) was a member of the Kansas State Senate, representing District 24. Hardy assumed office on January 9, 2017. Hardy left office on January 11, 2021.
Hardy (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Kansas State Senate to represent District 24. Hardy lost in the Republican primary on August 4, 2020.
Biography
Hardy earned his B.A. from Oral Roberts University in 1973 and his MBA from the University of Kansas in 1976. His professional experience includes serving as president of Construction Rental Inc. from 1987 to 2012.
Committee assignments
2019-2020
Hardy was assigned to the following committees:
- Ethics, Elections, and Local Government Committee, Ranking minority member
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Senate Transportation Committee
- Utilities 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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| • Ethics, Elections, and Local Government |
| • Judiciary |
| • Transportation |
| • Utilities |
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 State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Kansas State Senate District 24
J.R. Claeys won election in the general election for Kansas State Senate District 24 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | J.R. Claeys (R) | 100.0 | 25,242 |
| Total votes: 25,242 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 24
J.R. Claeys defeated incumbent Randall Hardy in the Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 24 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | J.R. Claeys | 62.4 | 7,453 |
 | Randall Hardy | 37.6 | 4,497 | |
| Total votes: 11,950 | |||
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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.
Randall Hardy defeated Donald Merriman in the Kansas State Senate District 24 general election.[1][2]
| Kansas State Senate, District 24 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Randall Hardy |
59.06% | 16,195 | |
| Democratic | Donald Merriman | 40.94% | 11,228 | |
| Total Votes | 27,423 | |||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State | ||||
Donald Merriman ran unopposed in the Kansas State Senate District 24 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Kansas State Senate, District 24 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Donald Merriman (unopposed) | |
Randall Hardy defeated incumbent Tom Arpke and John Price in the Kansas State Senate District 24 Republican primary.[3][4]
| Kansas State Senate, District 24 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Randall Hardy |
46.34% | 4,307 | |
| Republican | Tom Arpke Incumbent | 41.79% | 3,884 | |
| Republican | John Price | 11.87% | 1,103 | |
| Total Votes | 9,294 | |||
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. Tom Arpke was one of 14 Republican incumbents who were defeated in the 2016 primary.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Randall Hardy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Hardy's campaign websites highlighted the following issues:[5]
State budget crisis
- Excerpt: "I will take a balanced approach where everyone pays for the basic services that Kansans support. The Brownback tax plan supported by Sen Arpke punishes hard working Kansans and rewards a select few. I will support fair tax codes for Kansans, stop the reckless budgeting policies, and restore the Kansas value of fiscal responsibility."
Highway funding
- Excerpt: "For every $1 million spent on our highways, 47 jobs are created."
School funding
- Excerpt: "The Kansas Constitution specifies that the Legislature allow for an adequate education for Kansas children. It is the work of the Legislature to fund that education."
KPERS funding
- Excerpt: "With the budget crisis, the Legislature is delaying payments to KPERS. The Legislature needs to get back to regular payments to the pension."
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
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election official results," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 Official Kansas Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ Randall Hardy, "On the Issues," accessed June 15, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Tom Arpke (R) |
Kansas State Senate District 24 2017–2021 |
Succeeded by J.R. Claeys (R) |
