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Kansas
Women in Elective Office - Historical Summary

U.S. Congress  
  Sheila Frahm (R)
U.S. Senator 1996 
     Frahm was appointed by the governor to fill a vacancy caused by Senator Robert Dole's resignation to run for the presidency. She lost her primary bid to complete the term.
  Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R) U.S. Senator 1978-1997
     Kassebaum was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate without having previously filled an unexpired congressional term. After her initial election, she was appointed to fill a brief vacancy caused by the resignation of her predecessor.
  Nancy Boyda (D)
Jan Meyers (R)
Martha E. Keys (D)
Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy (D)
U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative
2007-present
1985-1997
1975-1979
1933-1935
 
Statewide Elective Executives
  Kathleen Sebelius (D)
  
Lynn Jenkins (R)
Sandy Praeger (R)
Carla J. Stovall (R)
Sally Thompson (D)
Sheila Frahm (R)
Joan Finney (D)
Governor
Comm. of Insurance
State Treasurer
Commissioner of Insurance
Attorney General
State Treasurer
Lt. Governor
Governor
2003-present
1995-2002
2003-present
2003-present
1995-2003
1991-1999
1995-1996
1991-1995
     Finney was the first woman to defeat an incumbent governor.
  Joan Finney (D)
Elwill M. Shanahan (R)
  State Treasurer
Secretary of State
1975-1990
1966-1978
     Shanahan was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband; she was subsequently elected.
  Lily M. Washabough (D)
Elizabeth Wooster (R)
 
State Printer
Sup. of Pub. Instr.
1957-1960
1919-1922
 
State Legislature
   
  
  
  
State
  
  
Senate
Total
Wom./
Total
  
  
House
Total
Wom./
Total
Total
Wom./
Total
  
%
Total
Year 
 Rank 
  D  
  R 
  Senate  
   D  
  R  
  House  
  Legis.  
 Wom. 
                          
2008
14 4 9 13/ 40 19 16 35/ 125 48/ 165 29.1
2007
14 4 9 13/ 40 19 16 35/ 125 48/ 165 29.1
2006
7 4 9 13/ 40 18 22 40/ 125 53/ 165 32.1
2005
8 4 9 13/ 40 18 23 41/ 125 54/ 165 32.7
2004
13 3 7 10/ 40 17 19 36/ 125 46/ 165 27.9
2003
11 3 8 11/ 40 16 19 35/ 125 46/ 165 27.9
2002
6 3 10 13/ 40 19 22 41/ 125 54/ 165 32.7
2001
6 3 10 13/ 40 19 22 41/ 125 54/ 165 32.7
2000
5 4 10 14/ 40 17 23 40/ 125 54/ 165 32.7
1999
5 4 10 14/ 40 17 24 41/ 125 55/ 165 33.3
1998
9 4 10 14/ 40 15 20 35/ 125 49/ 165 29.7
1997
9 4 10 14/ 40 15 20 35/ 125 49/ 165 29.7
1996
10 3 11 14/ 40 12 20 32/ 125 46/ 165 27.9
1995
10 3 11 14/ 40 12 20 32/ 125 46/ 165 27.9
1994
8 3 11 14/ 40 19 14 33/ 125 47/ 165 28.5
1993
8 3 11 14/ 40 19 15 34/ 125 48/ 165 29.1
1992
9 5 4 9/ 40 18 18 36/ 125 45/ 165 27.3
1991
9 5 4 9/ 40 17 18 35/ 125 44/ 165 26.7
1990
8 5 4 9/ 40 16 17 33/ 125 42/ 165 25.5
1989
8 5 4 9/ 40 17 17 34/ 125 43/ 165 26.1
1988
16 2 3 5/ 40 12 14 26/ 125 31/ 165 18.8
1987
16 2 3 5/ 40 12 14 26/ 125 31/ 165 18.8
1986
16 2 3 5/ 40 11 14 25/ 125 30/ 165 18.2
1985
16 2 3 5/ 40 11 14 25/ 125 30/ 165 18.2
1984
18 2 1 3/ 40 10 10 20/ 125 23/ 165 13.9
1983
17 2 1 3/ 40 10 11 21/ 125 24/ 165 14.5
1981
15 2 2 4/ 40 9 9 18/ 125 22/ 165 13.3
1979
28 - - 1/ 40 - - 13/ 125 14/ 165 8.5
1977
- - - 1/ NA - - 10/ NA 11/ NA -
1975
- - - 1/ NA - - 8/ NA 9/ NA -
  

  

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