NFIB’s Kansas PAC Releases 2020 Senate and House Endorsements

“We support the candidates that support small business!”

The state’s leading small business organization, NFIB, announced today that its state political action committee in Kansas, the NFIB Kansas PAC, had endorsed candidates for state Senate and House running in the upcoming 2020 General Election.

“The candidates that we have endorsed have been through a rigorous review process and have an excellent understanding of the problems that small business owners face,” said NFIB’s State Director in Kansas, Dan Murray. “Especially now, during a pandemic that has crushed many small business owners across Kansas, we need leaders who know and understand that the key to once again stabilizing our economy is getting our small business owners back on their feet.”

The PAC took several things into consideration before endorsement, but one of the most important tools it uses is NFIB’s voting record, which you can find here. NFIB’s State Director, Dan Murray, took seven key bills during 2019-2020 and scored legislators on how they voted. The voting record is also an important tool our members use before they decide which candidate to vote for.

The NFIB Kansas PAC’s endorsement is important to these campaigns. Small business owners and their employees vote in high numbers and are known for actively recruiting friends, family members and acquaintances to go to the polls. NFIB’s political support is based on the candidates’ positions and records on key small-business issues.

“We want to make sure that when they vote, Kansas small business owners know which candidates are small business champions,” said Murray.

House Candidates Endorsed:

1	Mr.	Michael	Houser	Columbus
2	Mr.	Kenneth	Collins	Mulberry
3	Mr.	Charles(Chuck)	Smith	Pittsburg
4	Mr.	Trevor	Jacobs	Fort Scott
6	Ms.	Samantha	Poetter	Paola
7	Mr.	Richard	Proehl	Parsons
8	Mr.	Chris	Croft	Overland Park
9	Mr.	Kent	Thompson	La Harpe
11	Mr.	Jim	Kelly	Independence
12	Mr.	Doug	Blex	Independence
13	Mr.	Joe	Newland	Neodesha
14	Mrs.	Charlotte	Esau	Olathe
15	Mr.	John	Toplikar	Olathe
16	Mr.	Rashard	Young	Overland Park
17	Mrs.	Kristine	Sapp	Lenexa
18	Mrs.	Cathy	Gordon	Shawnee
20	Mrs.	Jane	Dirks	Overland Park
23	Mr.	Jeff	Shull	Lenexa
26	Mr.	Adam	Thomas	Olathe
27	Mr.	Sean	Tarwater	Stillwell
28	Mr.	Carl	Turner	Leawood
29	Mr.	Jerry	Clinton	Overland Park
30	Mrs.	Laura	Williams	Lenexa
33	Mr.	Jordan	Mackey	Bonner Springs
36	Mr.	Mark	Gilstrap	Kansas City
38	Mr.	Timothy	Johnson	Bonner Springs
39	Mr.	Owen	Donohoe	Shawnee
40	Mr.	David	French	Lansing
41	Mr.	Pat	Proctor	Leavenworth
42	Mr.	Lance	Neelly	Tonganoxie
43	Mr.	Bill	Sutton	Gardner
47	Mr.	Ronald	Ellis	Meriden
48	Mr.	Terry	Frederick	Overland Park
49	Mrs.	Megan	Lynn	Olathe
50	Mr.	Fred	Patton	Topeka
51	Dr.	Ron	Highland	Wamego
52	Mr.	Jesse	Borjon	Topeka
53	Mr.	Jeff	Coen	Topeka
54	Mr.	Ken	Corbet	Topeka
55	Ms.	Janlyn	Tucker	Topeka
56	Mr.	Tim	Clothier	Topeka
57	Mr.	Michael	Martin	Topeka
58	Mr.	Geoffrey	Gawdun	Topeka
59	Mr.	Blaine	Finch	Ottawa
60	Mr.	Mark	Schreiber	Emporia
61	Mr.	Francis	Awerkamp	St. Marys
62	Mr.	Randy	Garber	Sabetha
63	Dr.	John	Eplee	Atchison
64	Ms.	Suzi	Carlson	Clay Center
65	Mr.	Lonnie	Clark	Junction City
67	Mr.	Mike	Dodson	Manhattan
68	Mr.	Dave	Baker	Council Grove
69	Mr.	Clarke	Sanders	Salina
70	Mr.	John	Barker	Abilene
71	Mr.	Steven	Howe	Salina
72	Mr.	Avery	Anderson	Newton
73	Mr.	Les	Mason	McPherson
74	Mr.	Stephen	Owens	Hesston
75	Mr.	Will	Carpenter	El Dorado
76	Mr.	Eric	Smith	Burlington
77	Mrs.	Kristey	Williams	Augusta
78	Mr.	Ron	Ryckman	Olathe
79	Ms.	Cheryl	Helmer	Mulvane
80	Mr.	Bill	Rhiley	Wellington
81	Mr.	Blake	Carpenter	Derby
82	Mr.	Jesse	Burris	Mulvane
85	Mr.	Patrick	Penn	Wichita
86	Ms.	Cyndi	Howerton	Wichita
87	Ms.	Susan	Estes	Wichita
89	Mr.	Robert	Herrick	Wichita
90	Mr.	Steve	Huebert	Valley Center
91	Mr.	Emil	Bergquist	Park City
94	Mr.	Leo	Delperdang	Wichita
97	Mr.	Nick	Hoheisel	Wichita
98	Mr.	Ron	Howard	Wichita
99	Mrs.	Susan	Humphries	Wichita
100	Mr.	Daniel	Hawkins	Wichita
101	Mr.	Joe	Seiwert	Pretty Prairie
102	Mr.	John	Whitesel	Hutchinson
104	Mr.	Paul	Waggoner	Hutchinson
105	Mrs.	Brenda	Landwehr	Wichita
106	Mrs.	Lisa	Moser	Wheaton
107	Mrs.	Susan	Concannon	Beloit
108	Mr.	Steven	Johnson	Assaria
109	Mr.	Troy	Waymaster	Bunker Hill
110	Mr.	Ken	Rahjes	Agra
111	Mrs.	Barb	Wasinger	Hays
112	Ms.	Tory	Arnberger	Great Bend
113	Mr.	Brett	Fairchild	St. John
115	Mr.	Boyd	Orr	Fowler
116	Mr.	Kyle	Hoffman	Coldwater
117	Mr.	Leonard	Mastroni	LaCrosse
118	Mr.	Jim	Minnix	Scott City
119	Mr.	Bradley	Ralph	Dodge City
120	Mr.	Adam	Smith	Weskan
121	Mr.	John	Resman	Olathe
122	Mr.	Russ	Jennings	Lakin
123	Mr.	John	Wheeler	Garden City
124	Mr.	Marty	Long	Ulysses
125	Mr.	Shannon	Francis	Liberal

Senate candidates endorsed:

1	Mr.	Dennis	Pyle
3	Mr.	Willie	Dove
5	Mr.	Kevin	Braun
8	Mr.	James	Todd
9	Mrs.	Beverly	Gossage
10	Mr.	Mike	Thompson
11	Ms.	Kellie	Warren
12	Mrs.	Caryn	Tyson
13	Mr.	Richard	Hilderbrand
14	Mr.	Michael	Fagg
15	Mr.	Virgil	Peck
16	Mr.	Ty	Masterson
17	Mr.	Jeff	Longbine
18	Mrs.	Kristen	O’Shea
20	Dr.	Brenda	Dietrich
21	Mr.	Tom	Bickimer
22	Dr.	Craig	Bowser
23	Mr.	Rob	Olson
24	Mr.	J.R.	Claeys
25	Mr.	Vail	Fruechting
26	Mr.	Dan	Kerschen
27	Mr.	Gene	Suellentrop
28	Mr.	Mike	Petersen
30	Mrs.	Renee	Erickson
32	Mr.	Larry	Alley
33	Mrs.	Alicia	Straub
34	Dr.	Mark	Steffen
35	Mr.	Richard	Wilborn
36	Mrs.	Elaine	Bowers
37	Mrs.	Molly	Baumgardner
38	Mr.	Bud	Estes
40	Mr.	Richard	Billinger

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