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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • BS, Business Administration and Management, Fort Hays University, 1968

Professional Experience

  • BS, Business Administration and Management, Fort Hays University, 1968
  • Co-Owner, General Manager, Bucklin Tractor & Implement Company, Ness City
  • Co-Owner, Bucklin Tractor & Implement Company Wind
  • Cit Marshal/Deputy, Ford County, 1970-1971
  • Employee, Bucklin Tractor and Implement, 1968

Political Experience

  • BS, Business Administration and Management, Fort Hays University, 1968
  • Co-Owner, General Manager, Bucklin Tractor & Implement Company, Ness City
  • Co-Owner, Bucklin Tractor & Implement Company Wind
  • Cit Marshal/Deputy, Ford County, 1970-1971
  • Employee, Bucklin Tractor and Implement, 1968
  • Senator, Kansas State Senate, District 38, 2017-present
  • Member/Officer, Boothill Chapter of the Fort Hays State University Alumni Association
  • Member, Ford County Planning Commission
  • Candidate, Kansas State Senate, District 38, 2020
  • Representative, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 119, 2013-2017
  • Mayor, Bucklin City, 1976-1990
  • Member, Bucklin City Council, 1972-1976

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Vice Chair, Agriculture Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, New Jail Committee

Current Legislative Committees

Vice Chair, Agriculture and Natural Resources

Member, Education

Chair, Federal and State Affairs

Member, Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight

Member, Public Health and Welfare

Member, Select Committee on Education Finance

Chair, State-Tribal Relations

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BS, Business Administration and Management, Fort Hays University, 1968
  • Co-Owner, General Manager, Bucklin Tractor & Implement Company, Ness City
  • Co-Owner, Bucklin Tractor & Implement Company Wind
  • Cit Marshal/Deputy, Ford County, 1970-1971
  • Employee, Bucklin Tractor and Implement, 1968
  • Senator, Kansas State Senate, District 38, 2017-present
  • Member/Officer, Boothill Chapter of the Fort Hays State University Alumni Association
  • Member, Ford County Planning Commission
  • Candidate, Kansas State Senate, District 38, 2020
  • Representative, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 119, 2013-2017
  • Mayor, Bucklin City, 1976-1990
  • Member, Bucklin City Council, 1972-1976
  • Officer/Board Member, Bucklin Alumni Association, 1996-present
  • Director, Dodge City Roundup, 1989-present
  • Member, Education Committee, present
  • Director/ Member, Management Committee, Development Corporation, present
  • President, Bucklin Community Band
  • Member, Dodge City Ford and Bucklin Railroad, Board of Directors
  • Member, Fort Hays State University Foundation, Board of Directors
  • Former President, Lion's Club
  • Production Manager, The Living Last Supper Drama

Other Info

Date of Wedding Anniversary:

December 3, 1995

Priority Issues:

- Kansas Families

  • - Kansas Children
  • - Kansas Seniors
  • - Kansas Business
  • - Kansas Agriculture
  • - 2nd Amendment
  • - Pro-Life